Gold Coast/ Update

Jessica, Maxwell and I at Hardrock Cafe Fiji

I went on my first road trip this past weekend to the Gold Coast

It was a short drive about and hour and half south of Brisbane...

Jessica had to work so I went with the roommates Geri and Peter (aka flatmate as they call it)


and the neighbor girl...





We went to the beach and went swimming.. and its winter here!!! the water of course was freezing BUT I went in anyways... It was SO nice to just layout and have some nice harsh aussie sun on me!!





We also took a hike around a mountain that was there I didn't have my camera since its still broken and I havent had time to take it in yet but the mental pictures i took were AMAZING... the lookout on top of the mountain was priceless... the ocean water was oh so blue and clear...





I also went to Surfers paradise to drop off Peter for a whale watching tour and I honestly felt like I was in California and not australia.. it was beyond too fake for me... BUT i will be going back there with Jess because they had a hard rock cafe and well we have to go there!!! I can compare it to our stop at Hard Rock Cafe Fiji...





well I worked this morning and my manager asked me to work more tomorrow... even though I still can't 100% bar I am getting better at the whole starbucks world here... and I still have yet to master the pastry case... ah! lol they have WAY more food items here than in the states... but they freeze their stuff whereas in the states its delivered fresh every morning...





well I'm cleaning my room today and getting everything ready for this busy week of work... monday-friday.. ahh!





my bank account has not been my friend this trip.. my bank keeps putting a hold on my account even though I told them that I'd be in Australia... seriously bofa!? lol...





Its weird I've been away for over a month already... crazy if you ask me... who would've thought that I would actually do it. I actually moved away. its kinda crazy and well it still hasn't hit me that I moved away. i really did it. and well I'm really doing it.





People here are always highly impressed that Jess and I just moved here not knowing anyone but eachother and well its kinda weird that we've only been here for about 3 weeks and we already have a new set of 'friends' and making a whole new chapter in our life... we have people that we will go and visit in Germany and Malaysia... we already have people planning their trips to the states to come and visit us... talk about crazy but its true...





I am thankful that I actually had the balls to move here and not chicken out... as many people I'm sure thought I would never be able to make it here.. but, then again when I say I'm going to do something.. i do it...





I decided I want to change the world... lol :) don't know how yet.. but, I want to do more with my life than JUST make someone a coffee.. I haven't a clue yet.. but I know it well be in some sort of way working with children as that is what my heart is directed towards... but maybe I wanna start my own childhelp center or something like that.. I'm going to look into a group here in Australia called 'Brave Hearts' as my shift at Starbucks told me about it and when I was visiting the gold coast I ran into a guy raising money for the 'Brave Hearts Org.' so I decided that maybe thats my sign of TWO people telling me about it I should actually do something about it...





I will keep you all posted... Hope all is well..





love and miss you loads.





always...





dayyyy