Internet is a hot commodity!!!

so sorry i haven't posted yet! so where to start...lets see...i got home to pack after work and as soon as i pulled my stuff out the power went out at my house :) i definitely took that as a sign that i needed to sleep :) hehe so i went to sleep and woke up "early" in the morning to pack it all up. We got off to the airport and after a delay in seattle we got to la for the long haul...the trip was long :) expected...14 hours i think from la to sydney and then we had to fly back up to brisbane after that since we had just passed over it on our way to sydney...kind of depressing but whatever :) We checked into the Marriott Courtyard at surfers paradise and Kristy got to come down for a day so YAY! it's been too long since i've heard an australian accent :) she got to finally try dr. pepper that we've brought from the states since there is none to be found here! she actually said it wasn't terrible which was a different response than I had imagined so that was a success!!!we preceded to eat ice cream and go swimming...big mistake! the waves took off our sunscreen and our backs got horribly burnt! mine is just starting to peel today but oh my gosh! yes yes i know betta...yes yes i did this last time...bla bla bla but i really did try hard not to this time! i hate being burnt! so the next couple days were very low key and lovely :) it's the perfect temperature and we even saw our first pademelon up at Lamington National park...fun parrots that sit on your heads...especially when you have food :)

STUPID magpies are still around but at least it's not November which is key attacking season! :) all seems to be well in oz...crazy drivers but what's new? :) so the last day at the gold coast I decided to brave the burn and take a surf lesson...NEVER AGAIN will i do that :) but it was a great experience ha...i stood up quickly to fall off but at least i stood up :) a LOT of effort for those surfers tho...so MANY PROPS to those guys...i was out of breath definitely and it was only a 2 hour lesson! battling the waves just to get out there is no easy task! So we left the gold coast and drove as much as we could south on our way to sydney...forgot about the 1 hour time change from there to new south wales so i am all sorts of confused now :) all cleaned up after the bucket of sand i dumped out of my swimsuit :) (swimmers as they call them here) :) At a trip to mcdonalds (mackas) they asked if we wanted our chicken sandwich "seared" which was heared by us as seeded...but that was just funny as we both looked at the poor guy without a clue to what he had just said :) mcdonalds by the way was the only place at the gold coast that had free internet! :) you didn't even have to buy anything :) at our hotel the internet was 9.95 an hour...and 249.99 if you wanted it for the week...australian of course but it doesn't make it that much betta :) and that's to use your own computer!!! craaaaaaazy! So now we're staying at a little motel in Grafton that has free internet :) leave it up to the little guys to offer all the services and more :) whatever!!! you all know how i feel about that :) i miss my free breakfast (brekky) and complimentary internet!!! ok ok i'm done griping :) MY marriott is really the best one as i learn from the more I stay at in other places :) YOU GUYS ROCK BURLINGTON!!! wahoo! :) the one we just checked out of had never seen a marriott gift card before :) how odd! even the gm or whoever she took it to...it was definitely a process :) SOOO on our way headed south! on to sydney which will be another interesting thing to find internet so maybe this will be it for a while...but hopefully not!!!
And you can't forget the horse poo for sale! some things in life are just priceless don't you think? I'll keep you posted as best I can but on the horse poo note i think it's time for me to go! :) Happy New Year everyone!!! :)