Okay, so for starters, yesh… I officially suck at keeping in touch. But I am trying to keep up with the personal fb comments and emails you guys write me.
I wanted to write back to all the blog posts about spring break but I’ll just do that later (probs when I see you haha). However, Little Miss Kittyyy I cannot believe that you are like legit talking to Hot P. That is so random but awesome!!! It sounds like you guys are getting to be good friends and maybe something more?? I guess only time will tell, but if you like him def go for it girl!!! And def go craaaazy for your 21st!! So sad and sorry I can’t be there but I’m sure you guys will have a wild and schwastey night! Definitely keep me updated about the festivities you partake in! So excited for youu!!
So I’ll tell you a little about what I’ve been up to. Two weekends ago, I went traveling again. I went up to
The first day we spent all day on the water. And omgggg when we were going out to the reef I was soooooo sea-sick. Like I threw up a couple times (I will only admit to once when I’m telling the story to people though lol) and felt like I was going to die. Horrrribllle. Once we settled at our spot and a threw up a last time lol, I felt much much better and didn’t have any more problems for the rest of the day. Thank you baby jesus!
Anyshways, we were basically allowed to do what we want: swim, sun bathe, snorkel, or go scuba diving. I’ve never been snorkeling or diving (have any of you?) but it was amazinnngggg. I’m not really a strong swimmer but since we were in the ocean, I could just float around and swim when I felt like it. Soooo easy. Diving was realllly scary at first. I felt so like out of control and nervous. But once we got to swimming down in the water (we had to do like a couple of tests up at the top) it was smooth sailing. Everything there was sooo colorful and beautiful. Swimming with fishes, crazy amounts of coral, huge clams, starfish, and lots of sea cucumbery things. I did however got really nervous whenever I saw a jellyfish and refused to get touched by it (even though most of them were the non-stingy kind). So I ended up snorkeling a lot and I did two intro dives. Oh, and on the second dive we saw a turtle!! And he was like swimming with us and everything. It was sooo cool. CooCooCachoo dude! Seriously, it was out of this world!
So that night we all had dinner together (I went with ppl from my study abroad program) at Rhino Bar and had some drinks afterwards. All of the sudden one of the bar guys started handing out like free jugs (pitchers) of beer to everyone and getting people to play bar games. Really random but we weren’t complaining. So I think we ended up getting 4 free jugs of beer and just sitting around playing never have I ever. Btw I have never played so much of the friggin game in my life but I guess it’s a good way to get to know ppl. After that bar we went to the club/bar at our hostel, got some more drinks, and just hung out. It was the night going into my bday so everyone made me stay up til 12 (despite being truly exhausted). It turned out being really fun though- danced in the rain, got a free jagerbomb, danced with randos in the club on a little stage thing. Didn’t get too drunk but was feeling pretty good. It was a pretty fun night.
On Saturday, my bday!!!, we woke up early (actually we woke up at like 6 every morning ugh) and had breakfast with the birds at this one wildlife place. It was soooo yummy- they had a buffet of like eggs, hash browns, meats, exotic fruits, and pastries. Soooo good… I mean you know how I feel about bfast food. I was pretty much in heaven. Besides the friggin birds yappin away. I mean they were pretty but they totes need to shut the f up haha! After that we just walked around the place- saw more birds, kangaroos and wallabys, crocs, and koalas. Kind of like the place I had gone the week before.
In the afternoon, we went on a aboriginal culture tour in the rainforest about how the aboriginal people used diff. resources found there, etc etc. It was the educational part of our weekend lol. After, we went to Mossman Gorge for a picnic lunch and swim. It’s like a freshwater swimming hole with a little waterfall and lots of rocks to perch on. I did have a scary moment though… Again, I’m not a strong swimmer so when I was swimming over to some rocks from the bank, I guess my head went under, I swallowed some water, and I couldn’t recover well. So I started like choking a little and couldn’t catch my breath at all, which ya know makes it a little hard to swim. So basically I felt like I was going to die and swam over to these plants along the side of the river or whatever… It was really scary, embarrassing, and not fun. After I caught my breath though I was okay haha. It was an interesting part of the trippppp
After that, we drove to
So that night we had birthday festivities for me and another girl who's bday was the 29th). And by out I mean to the bar on at the place we were staying. We were like legit staying in the rainforest though so it was pretty cool. I don’t even know if there really were any other places to go out. Our leaders were so cute though cuz they bought us cakes and sparklers. My friends also bought me dinner and drinks all night so that was really nice. We just played drinking games (I got owned in 7, 11 or doubles cuz I had to chug like two beers). I also got my first alcoholic pina colada. IF YOU LIKE PINA COLADASSSS OR GETTING CAUGHT IN THE RAIIIN. When the bar closed, which was at 10...how gheyyy is that, we went frolicking on the beach and then hung out in one of the sheltery places. I must say I was pretty drunkky and overall it was a great birthday! Definitely rememorable… and I didn’t throw up!! hahahha
Sunday morning, bright and early, we went jungle surfing (zip lining) through the rainforest. Really funnn and exhilarating. A little different than what I expected but still really fun (I liked abseiling a ton more though). After that we walked through the rainforest a bit by the place we stayed at, and then headed to a Mangrove boat tour. We didn't really see much on the tour (saw 2 small crocs), but it was really relaxing. We were all really exhausted by then and were ready for a breather. We flew back home that night and literally fell into bed.
So last week kinda sucked though because I got pretty sick (Kat and Tasha were both sick over the weekend so I think I got a combo of their diseases) and I was soooo behind on work. I’m still really behind on work but I’m doing pretty good now. Only sniffles and occasional coughs. Sono worries! It’s so hard during work here though because there’s so much other stuff to do and there’s always someone going out. Temptation is everywhere!! But yeah I have two papers due this Thursday so I kinda have to start them hahaha. On Friday, my friend Meghan came over from home so that’s exciting too. That day we went to the beach (it finally stopped raining whoo), had a bbq with some of my friends from my program, got drunk, went out to a couple bars/clubs, and got more drunk lol. It was a pretty tame night actually but I had a lot of fun… Oh, and I met up with that one irish guy, Steve, I went to a house party with (did I tell you guys about that) and we hung out with some of his friends as well. Little awkward at points because they are older than all of us (I think steve said he was 26 but one of the guys he was with was older. Eeek). So anyways that was fun. We might grab drinks again this week… he has a lone house right now so umm yeahhh. What happens happens. Lololololol! I have me period right now though but mhmm. Only problem is that like he’s kinda shy at times and def not aggressive… Like seriously why do I always have to do the work. It’s getting pretty annoying.
On Sat we slept in, went to the aquarium (I’ve been before), and had dinner overlooking the harbour. I told Rails but I got a 25 dollar steak (big piece of meat too) with a delicious sauce I am obsessed with, salad, fries, and a glass of wine. 25 bucks!! Amazing. That night we took it easy because we had to get up for a wine tour the next day.
The wine tour was a lot of fun. We went to 4 diff wineries, one cheese tasting (it was only spreads though. Not like real hard cheeses or anything. I was a little disappointed to say the least. We’ll have to have our own cheese tasting when I get back), and a brewery. Despite all that I never got really drunk. I mean there were def moments that I was tipsy but we were never that crazy… buuuut on the way back home one of the guys from our house like threw up all over the window, himself, and the floor. It was soooo gross. It smelled soooo rank. But anyways, so on the way out the guy was going to try to walk away without telling our guide person, but the guide def looked in his van and was like wait who threw up in my van and called him out and everything. I don’t think they like argued or anything but it was def funny to see him get called out (the guy can be a bit of a dick sometimes so yeahh. Kinda funny). But all in all it was a lot of fun,
Well now that I wrote a book, I’m going to go make dinnerr. In the middle of writing this I went to a local restaurant/bar and got a drink called an illusion (
I want to hear more of your guys’ stories too! I love you sooo much and I can’t wait to be reunited with you all! XOXO (gossip girl)
elephant juice,
Mongeese
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