I’m afraid if I go to bed now i will sleep through my alarm and miss my plane to Sydney. Whyyyy am I awake at 3:30 anyway?? I always save packing for the last minute and this is what I get.

On a happier note I’m freaking out about my trip up the coast. I have a brand new memory card in my camera ready for picture taking. 

 

Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas

Coldplay “Christmas Lights”

Merry Christmas from Australia! 

This is so beautiful. 

Listen to that voice. :)

The Art of Getting By.


this movie was fantastic.  

“So when Andrea gets back from Australia in umm… August… we’re going to have a blasty-blast going around Georgia doing all the things she loves to do at home and possibly didn’t get to do while she was away being super-nanny. I’m going to start a list on here, and edit/add to it periodically as I think of things. Please feel free to assist me.

• Go wake-boarding
• Eat at Five Guys (I was just informed that they do in fact have cheeseburgers in Australia, but still.)
• Ride the front row of Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia; also, play the “-tion” game while waiting in line for Superman
• GO DOWNTOWN to the The Brick in Milledgeville on a Thursday night, possibly dressed in our favorite Social themes
• Attend a Braves Game
• Say “‘Merica!” in a deep, southern accent as many times as possible
• Go camping with friends in Northwest GA
• Sing karaoke at Hudson Grille in Alpharetta on a Friday night
• Eat at every restaurant she missed while she was gone, just in case she doesn’t want Five Guys
• Bake EVERYTHING
• Help me shop for mini things
• Attend a formal Kappa Delta, Eta Mu chapter meeting as Alums :)
• Drive to Tybee Island and lay in the sun ‘til we’re tanner than we were last year
• Watch all eight Harry Potter movies
• Do a puzzle
• Eat dinner at Lemongrass Thai Bistro in downtown Macon, and order Thai Tea.
• Attend a Mutemath concert

As excited as I am to be moving to Sydney in a month I can’t help but feel so sad to leave Melbourne and all the awesome people here. I finally feel like I have a good routine down and friends to hang out with every weekend. Tonight I went to the movies with some of my German girl friends. Our little group that live in the outer suburbs. We call ourselves the ‘au pairs of the hills’. And this weekend we are planning a Christmas cookie baking and Love Actually movie watching chill night. 

How long will it take to get back to these comfortable things in Sydney?  I remember how lonely I was at first, and how every weekend was a scramble to facebook random girls hoping to meet other au pairs and make friends. So stressful and I hated it, and now I am willingly throwing my self back out there to do the same thing in a new city.

rebelatnight:

I could barely move because it was so damn hot and humid. Today, Tumblin’ like its no one’s business with the heater on. In December. In Melbourne. At least it’s not boring.

tylerknott:

“Winter Song” by Ingrid Michaelson and Sara Barielles

“This is my winter song
December never felt so wrong
Cause you’re not where you belong
Inside my arms”

perennialyouth:

As each day passes and brings us closer to Christmas.. All through my dash, I see pictures of snow, snowflakes, wooly sweaters, hot cocoa, pine trees, snow angels, and families sitting by a fireplace.. Don’t worry, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing.. It’s awesome seeing all these festive…

I just got home from a sunset city kayak tour on the Yarra river. It was a beautiful night with the sun setting behind the buildings and the air just cool enough to be refreshing as we paddled down the river. 

In other news.. guess who is moving to Sydney in February?


:) 

mols:

I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them no one else gets to see. Like if you followed them around invisibly for a day and saw them crying in their bed at night or singing in the shower or humming quietly to themselves as they make a sandwich or even just walking along the street. And even if they were really weird and had no friends at school, I think, after seeing them at their most vulnerable, you wouldn’t be able to help falling in love with them.