Finally its making sense...

I'm starting to actually understand things better. Jess and I finally found a Church this past Sunday to call 'home' and that is exactly what it felt like when I walked in... I turned to Jess and was like Jess I feel like I'm at home... I like it here... the feeling was amazing and it just felt right. Its been something I've been missing in my life. I knew I wanted to find a Church but with Jess always working on Sundays and never really exploring towards the church scene alone... I didn't know how to actually find one...until Luke came into Jess and mines life... it was about a month ago when I was working a night at Starbucks and Jessica came in when she got off work.. and well this boy came up to the register and was like how are you? and I was like fine.. and then I was like actually truthfully my foot is killing me bc a mosquito bite me and its hardcore itching and I can't itch it because I'm working... and he was just like whoa... lol and then we started to talk and then I left to make some coffee and he started to talk to Jess and well Long story short they exchanged phone numbers because he told her about his church... and jess told him that we were looking for a church... and well Sunday night we finally made it there!!!

I've gone to many churches in my life and well last night I felt like where I was, was exactly where I needed to be in my life... its kinda strange to take a moment and just be like whoa this is exactly where I'm supposed to be in my life... sure sometimes I question things and ask tons of questions (poor Jessica...) and well when I finally just open my eyes and see that this is where I'm supposed to be, what a great feeling... and well its all starting to come together.. last night Jess and I met some really great people and we ended up hanging out with the group after Church at the Coffee Club and it was fun... we actually had friends outside of Starbucks and it felt beyond right.

I have questioned life and faith a lot.. and I still do... I ask Jessica questions daily about God/Jesus and why (I'm sure she sometimes just wishes I'd just understand and stop asking questions...)

Last night though the message was perfect.. it was just about living life and being happy with where you are RIGHT NOW... because God has a plan for you and you just have to give yourself to him to allow him to strength you to where you are supposed to be...

After Church Jess and I went up the Pastor to say Hello and he talked to us for a little bit and well he was like he has churches all across Australia so where ever we go we'll have a place to call home... and he asked us how long we'd be in Brisbane and we said Febuary and he said okay by then you'll be family so I'll be sure to take care of you... He was a very sweet and funny Old man.. I liked him...

The youth Pastor - Grant - he was orignally from Georgia and moved to China and then Canada and then Australia... he was beyond amazing lol he thought Jess and I were 17-18... ahah we were like umm 22 thank you... I told him I want to get involved within the church as much as possible.. he said wonderful! I don't know exactly what my calling is to do I know its something to do with Children... and well I'd love to get into Church more because the faith behind life is what matters the most... I want to find that love that is forever and I believe through Christ its possible... its something I haven't found because I haven't been looking in the right places...

I'm starting to look at the future and not the past because the future is what matters... not the past... hard to do.. but the feeling behind it isn't...

Letting go of imperfections - no one is perfect - holding on to a couple of pounds or wishing I had something I don't isn't something that will matter in 20 years or even in one year but feeling happiness is something that will last a lifetime - I wanna be happy and that is what I'm starting to do... I'm starting to finally just let go.. and be happy...

finding myself...

thats something I talk to Jess about ALL of the time... I want to find exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.. and I believe in the next couple of months I'll finally be able to say exactly who I am and what I'm doing with my life.. I'm finally going to be able to JUST be me!!!

starbucks is there... and there is 11 weeks left... crazy if you ask me... don't know what we're doing afterwards.. we'll see... Just do me a favour and pray for us bc we really want to do something BUT i've been scared to call sooooooo tomorrow I shall call...

I'm off to bed because I have work tomorrow of Course! Yay Halloween is this upcoming weekend!!!! going to the gold coast!!! should be fun!!!

xoxo

dayyyyy

cheers!

Its Been Awhile...

Hey!

So I haven't wrote a blog in awhile so your probably wondering if all is okay... well, honestly I hate sitting down and just typing sometimes bc I have so much other things I'd rather be doing... Not much has happened since I last wrote... pretty much Jason and I are still 'friends' and well he never called... yet he doesn't act any different so everyone said he probably didn't see it... bc if he did see it and didnt call he probably would act a little different but he still jokes around with me the same and well we still have our moments like when he leaves he always turns around and waves something small that means the world to me... i know weird but true.. its the little things that matter the most to me in life...

The upstairs shower broke about 2 weeks ago and it still isn't fixed... long story short one night we came home to our landlord with flashlights turning the water off because they thought the pipe had a leak bc andy's room was flooded (he is the room below the bathroom) and well it was bc the shower water was leaking down the wall when people took showers and overtime he just molded away the walls and andys ceiling... until it decided to just break down.. so Andy always said he wanted a pool... lol and he got one.. in his room on his bed... luckily he wasn't home so only his stuff got wet and not himself.. lol that would've been funny though cuz the water was pretty gross... soooo now we just just awaiting a new shower bc the other one was a bathtub shower and now they just put in the shower with doors... soooo hopefully by wednesday we'll have a brand new shower!!!

Its spring time around here in Australia but its super hot!! blah Summer starts in Decemeber... ah! I've never had a summer birthday b4!!!! thats going to be exciting I'll finally get my pool party birthday wish!!! yay!!!!

hmmm... what else is there to tell you???

Well Jessicas parents are coming to visit in January!! thats exciting... don't know when or if my parents will come down or not..

the American dollar is sooooo going down right now so it sucks and its good.. sucks because that means what we are making at Starbucks right now is horrible and we could be making more back home... but converting our money to aus money is good because its at around 62cents to the aus dollar and when we arrived here it was about 98cents to the aus dollar... soooooo its wayyy better for us!!!!! :)

So, its Sunday and I don't have any plans today because of course Jessica is working and well I work all week mon-friday and when the weekend comes around ALL i want to do is sit around and do nothing but rest...

Brody has been working me hardcore these past couple sessions which is good but really sucks the days after because i'm uber super sore...

well I'm gonna go and get some things done around my room I'll try to write on here more often...

LOVE always...

dayyyyy

Venti Vanialla Latte...

Tuesday October 7th 2008 and I'm in Brisbane Australia waiting for Jessica to make dinner... sometimes I still have to tell myself I'm here and tell myself that where I am is exactly where I'm supposed to be in life... I have learned a lot about myself and I know when I go back to the States I will be a 'different' person to my friends mainly because I have grown a lot within myself and its all for the better.. I don't know whats going to happen in the next 3 months but then again thats the joy of life not knowing and just exploring and finding out day by day...

well, Monday was the day that my Venti Vanialla Latte boy got my number... long story short I was on Register and Rebecca was on bar and she slipped on his cup a sleeve with my number... yeah... my manager was really weird because he came out and pretended to go on the phone when Jason was at the register with me and Tom was like Dayna its for you.. its your boyfriend.. and i was just like what!? bf!?... umm I don't know what your trying to do.. but its NOT funny... he has been trying to get me to talk to Jason since he came there and I was just like no if he wants to talk to me he'll talk to me... i'm just that girl... but then Skye was like girl life is short just talk to him... so idk... i'll let you know..

On Saturday night I went to Colbie Caillat concert in the valley and we pretty much had front row seats... it was awesome.. i could've reached out and touched her... i was that close... it was awesome... and it was nice to finally get out and do something.. we went into the city first and had some drinks and dinner at the beachhouse and then went to the valley and omg the cab drivers here are HORRIBLE!!! they don't know where anything is and just get lost and it ends up costing you more money which is stupid because its their fault they got you lost... but oh well...

my sister Casey sent me a camera... I was so not excepting it.. but it was awesome because my camera had broke in Fiji so yay now I finally have a camera I can take out with me.. because my other camera I don't like to take out because I don't want it to break or get stolen... (well I dont want the one from Casey to either.. BUT that one is easier to hold and take around..)

well everyone i've learned when you don't talk to people you don't really miss them but when you start to talk to them you start to miss them more... im missing my family more and more.. and it shows...

being a shift has added pressure and stress and it shows in my attitude at work... hopefully after a couple of weeks it will all start to click and i will actually understand it all and not have to stress so much.. but I like being a shift its fun! :)

peace, love, and happiness to all...

dayyyyy

p.s june 20th 2009 jess needs to be back in the states.... but nothing is said yet if she will actually go back... its for her grandparents 60th wedding anniversity party..