Meet me online

Okay, it's been quite some time since I've updated this and while I've got plenty of things to talk about relating to Australia; today I want to talk about Skype. Skype is the single most useful program when living abroad. Here are all the things I wouldn't have been able to do without it over the past few years:

Attend my sister's college graduation

Meet my best friend's baby

Show up for Girls Night

See my family on Xmas

Provide medical advice for a friend.

"It's not a Tu-mah!!"

Damage impressionable young minds by

distracting their teacher during class

Warp another young mind by making a

1 year old think all computers and televisions

should talk to him directly

Attend my best friend's baby shower

Sit in the hospital waiting room

with the rest of my family during

my Aunt's surgery

Now, If only we could work on this time zone thing. It's getting mighty

hard to look presentable at 4am!!

I'll Take One...

I may have over done it with all the free pamphlets and maps. Just a little.

(and yes, David Hasselhoff is on one of them!)

This one is my favourite. "Love Bugs" a trouble shooting guide to STDs.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's not

lady bugs you've got down there!

A Wrinkle In Time

Aussie Packing Playlist

1. Breathe Me -------------------------------------------------------- Sia
2. The Show --------------------------------------------------------- Lenka
3. Torn ---------------------------------------------------------------- Natalie Imbruglia
4. New Sensation --------------------------------------------------- INXS
5. Who Wouldn't Want To Be Me --------------------------------- Keith Urban
6. Can't Get You Out of My Head -------------------------------- Kylie Minogue
7. Tomorrow -------------------------------------------------------- Silverchair
8. Down Under ------------------------------------------------------ Men At Work
9. Physical ---------------------------------------------------------- Olivia Newton-John
10. Stayin' Alive ------------------------------------------------------ Bee Gees
11. Thunderstruck --------------------------------------------------- AC/DC
12. All The Lovers --------------------------------------------------- Kylie Minogue
13. Clap Your Hands ------------------------------------------------ Sia

Sia is my favourite, so I bookended my playlist with her.

Oh, and I'm officially spelling the Aussie way now; hence the "u".

I've Been Sleeping Around

Since October 2008, I've been sleeping around.

I've slept on planes and trains, on boats and in busses, on sticky floors, couches, air-mattresses, no-mattresses, Thai bungalows, African huts, Korean dorm rooms, hostel bunks, fancy hotels, love motels, roach motels, and B&Bs. I've slept out in the sticks in Asia, the suburbs in Canada, the bush in South Africa, and the cul-de-saq where I grew up.

Last night, for the first time in over 27 months, I slept in my own bed.

I finally caved in and went digging through storage to get it.

Let's pause to reflect on the gloriousness of the moment...

... ... ...

You never really feel like you're home until you're sleeping in your own bed.

Ahhh, it's good to FINALLY be home!

..too bad I won't be sleeping here for long...