Last Days in Australia

Wednesday November 5^th, 2014

I slept in!!! It was great. I hadn’t slept that long for weeks. When I did get up I cleaned up the house for Beck. We were having a game night later in the evening.  By the time I had cleaned everything up and had eaten. I had to head into town to get ice cream with Annabel and Robyn. It was great to catch up with them but it was hard to say goodbye. 

Josh and I dropped some coffee off at Beck’s before going grocery shopping for the stuff I needed to make enchiladas. The funny part about the grocery trip was I was able to use all my change to pay for 80% of the bill. That is a lot of change. I went to uni and started to cook. Anthony and Jackie said they were already missing me. Josh cut up all the veggies before I kicked him out of the kitchen. I loved cooking with Anthony and Jackie for the last time. We do way more laughing than cooking every time. Beck and Minion arrived just in time  for the enchiladas. Everyone seemed to enjoy them. We had to wait for Josh to eat before we headed back to Beck’s for a Catch Phrase game night. We did guys vs girls. They won but I think we had more fun. We were all exhausted by the end and headed to bed.

Thursday November 6^th, 2014

I didn’t sleep in for as long because I went and played with Sonia's band. It was great to play with the high school band. I was very impressed with them.

I let Louie in to play while I was packing. He started getting worried as I was packing. He would play with his bottle, then run over to where I was and watch, come up and lick me, then stare some more before he started playing again. I finally finished around lunch time. It was finally really warm outside, so as soon as I finished lunch I was outside sun baking. Louie loved it minus the sun part. He stayed in a shady, dirt patch in the garden. I napped a little bit and talked to some people from home. When Josh got home from work and the gym he offered to take me on a motor bike ride to see Warrnambool for one of the last times. It was a really beautiful day. We rode around Lake Pertobe, the Breakwater and then we stopped at Logan’s Beach. We just watched the ocean for awhile. I started crying. I really couldn’t believe how beautiful of a place I had been living in for the past nine months. I am really going to miss Australia. We took an easy way back to Beck’s so I would have enough time to get ready for dinner at the Crofts.

Ben asked me what I would like for my last meal with his family. I chose to have carbonara. And there was wine and toblerone cheesecake too. I was so full I thought they were going to have to roll me home. It was a great meal and we shared a lot of laughs. It was very emotional saying goodbye to Ben’s parents.

By the time I got back to Beck’s I was emotionally and physically exhausted. I planted myself on the couch and we all watched tattoo shows. I was the first to head to bed.

Friday November 7^th, 2014

My very last day in Australia. Beck took the day off of work to spend time with me. I woke up in the morning when she was having her coffee. I couldn’t help but cry. She just hugged me and said I would be back. She had to run into work before we could do anything so that gave me enough time to talk to Eric and get ready for the beach later.  Beck and I ran some errands in town. It was great to just have some time together, just the two of us. My going away present/ bribe was a beach tent. Beck doesn’t like the sun or beach during the day. It was a 33 degree day and no one was going to stop me from going to the beach. I actually convinced her! We spent the afternoon at the beach. It was so hot, I actually had to keep getting in the water to cool off. The water was beautiful and crystal clear. We played with the dogs, American Football, and the Aussie footy. It was simply perfect! Especially with Beck being there!

Eventually we had to go because Anthony had to feed the fish and I had to get ready for dinner. I had dinner at the Ker’s. Pastor is known for his pizza. It was fantastic and we all had fun getting to know one another more. After dinner was my very last going away get together. Everyone met at uni to relax and talk. I also had everyone sign a flag. It was very tough to say good bye to everyone. It was pretty late by the time I got back to Beck’s and I just finished packing and went to bed.