Pre-Departure Webinar

The things I just learned about this class...incredible! Some quick info I took with me..

- Local people call Cairns Tropical North Queensland, the weather is compared to South America. It will be their 'winter', which means between 70-80 degrees. Sounds perfect for us, right?
- It is a new tourist city, started becoming popular about 30 years ago.
- The minimum wage in Australia is around $20...meaning it's way more expensive to live there...

And I think I'm broke now. Just wait until I come back.

As I Wander Down Under: Australian terms which may or may not scare me.

As I Wander Down Under: Australian terms which may or may not scare me.:

• Pissed Intoxicated.
• Pissed to the eyeballs Intoxicated to the point of probably vomiting shortly and walking into the path of oncoming cars, and therefore both a highly amusing condition and cause for pride. 
• Dag Wool around a sheep’s anus clumped with excreta and therefore a term of endearment. Best mate.
• Croc sandwich Tourist in northern Australia
• Drop Bears Savage bush creatures which live in every tree under which a tourist passes. 
• Nucular 1) If owned by the USA or the UK (now also the Russians), an approved Weapon of Mass Destruction; if owned by a muslim country or the French, the work of satan in the hands of evil-doers; if owned by the Indians or Chinese, an approved commerical transaction.
  2) Bushism; Incorrect pronunication of "nuclear", mainly by retards with their finger on the button.

This comes from one of my travel buddies, Rachel! Can't wait to meet her!

12 Days

These next 12 days are going to be insane! I have so much to do to prepare for my international endeavor across the world. Some things that are on the to-do list are:
- Prepare my documents for flight
- Purchase a bathing suit and some new shoes
- PACK
- Many other things I simply cannot wrap my head around

Something I did yesterday was purchase my zoom lens for my Canon Rebel XSi, a 70-300mm. Luckily, it was much cheaper than I expected. It was a necessity for this trip, since I may never see these things again!

It's kind of difficult to get all of this paperwork completed, simply because this is the first week I've had off of school since Christmas Break 2011. It would be lovely to just watch TV all day, and not work at Applebee's like it's what I have to do.

Truth is, I just want to be on the plane NOW. 12 days, 12 days, 12 days...