Waking Up in Oz

I finally have my flights and Fiji accommodation booked! My flight out of Florida leaves at 5:49 a.m., kill me.  Mandi and I lucked out because even though we’re leaving from different cities, we both have layovers  in Atlanta and were able to coordinate the same flight from there to LA.
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Once we get to LAX, [...]

I spent all of yesterday cleaning out my closet. Final results: 2 bags of trash, 2 bags of stuff to sell, 2 bags of stuff to donate, 1 box full of books to donate. Getting rid of so much stuff was as liberating as it was amusing, I couldn’t believe some of what I found. [...]

Yeah, yeah, I’ll miss my family and friends while I’m living down under, but there are plenty of non-essential, downright lame things I will miss a lot, too…
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1. The Crackberry. I’m going to struggle giving up my precious Blackberry in exchange for a basic phone plan. No longer being able to check Facebook on the [...]

Guess who found out their visa has been granted? ME! If anyone asks, I’ll say I was selected because of my many accolades and my charm, but for real, I think they let anyone in.
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Up until a few months ago, I had no idea there was this thriving community of bloggers.  I had a livejournal [...]

I don’t think I’ve mentioned my best friend is joining me on my adventure down under. How rude of me! She’s started up a blog as well.  She had me convinced she had the writing talent of a kindergartener, but her first post is great. It’s a funny story from 2 years ago about us [...]

I know I’ve been slacking. I’ve been really busy, though. Yesterday I devoted 30 minutes to discussing The Bachelorette with 3 like-minded female friends. Plus we were in the pool at the time. I’m a multi-tasker. It’s getting to be ridiculous how much stress is in my life. The aforementioned females requested I update the [...]