Part of my world

It’s already end of June and I’ve been in Australia for 10months. To be honest this year has gone so much faster than my year in America! And talking about America… Wes and his sister were at this time getting ready for their trip to America that they had planned for a very long time. We had a goodbye party on Saturday evening that went a little overboard when some guys showed up. But it was a nice evening, with a lot of laughter and dancing!

 

After that I went back to working and left for a short visit up to Sunshine Coast at the same time as they left for America. The flight was one hour delayed but went alright. I came to the coast and was surprised how nice the weather actually was for being winter. Took a walk on the beach and took in old memories. That day I went salsa dancing at Montegos, which wasn’t as fun as I remembered it but it was nice to see familiar faces. The next day I met up with friends twice at a café and later in the evening for dinner. And on Saturday I went to watch my friend get married which was absolutely amazing. The bride looked stunning and the atmosphere was breathtaking. I couldn’t help crying and dreaming of my own wedding. I also got a text from Wes saying happy two months which made me even more happy. Oh and did I mention he got me a beautiful Pandora charm?

 

It was mostly family invited to the reception so afterwards I went with three of my guy friends to a restaurant. After that they headed to two other guys home and I decided to bolt, me alone with 5 other guys wasn’t really something I was looking forward to. I texted my girlfriend and met up for a quick chat before I headed back to the hostel I was staying at. Back at the hostel I met three Swedish people celebrating midsummer. What a surprise. Had a chat with them and got teased for talking ‘svengelska’. I got the number of the Swedish couple thinking of moving down to Melbourne. So I will see if I ever meet up with them again! Sunday morning I woke up feeling like crap, had a fever and a cold. I suppose it was after staying at that hostel.. I relaxed most of that day so that I would have energy to go dancing in Brisbane in the evening. In the evening I got picked up and went to the city. Dancing was fun, it was a lot of people and everyone danced with everyone. Towards the end I felt how sick I was and headed home. My friend was so tired that he couldn’t stay in the right lane while driving. I insisted on driving even though I wasn’t feeling good. At least this way we came home safely!

 

The next day I met up with Kristin at Starbucks before headed to the airport. And after arriving at the airport I found out my flight was cancelled. The next available flight was the other day and I could choose to fly from Brisbane or Sunshine coast. I first decided to fly from Sunshine coast the other day but later on changed my mind when a person told me his flight had been cancelled for several days in a row. Because I was feeling sick and really wanted to get home I decided to travel to Brisbane. They had a free bus leaving and I jumped on it. At the airport I checked if there was anyway to get home that day but it was simple impossible. I started to realize that I would have to spend the night at the airport as all the accommodation was a pretty far taxi ride away and I didn’t want to spend that money and then try to get back early in the morning for my 8 a clock flight.

 

I found all the good spots at the airport and which shower I liked the best etc. I sat down by the gates feeling miserably for a while. The boarding started for Sydney and Melbourne and I was watching with envy. The Sydney one finished and I went up to talk to the girl. I asked what would happen if someone doesn’t show up for the Melbourne flight and if I could take their place. She said it would take too long time to get me on the flight and fix with all the paperwork when everyone else would already be onboard the plane. I sat down again happy that I at least asked. Five minutes later the woman came running to me and said that if I hurry up they would be kind enough to wait for me and they could get me on the plane. In the blurriness of 5 minutes I had grabbed all my stuff and they had gotten me on the plane. I was feeling terribly sick but extremely happy knowing that I would soon be home. But it was not over yet. Because of my massive cold I had the worse flight ever. I cried throughout the whole trip and during landing I seriously thought my head would explode. I guess I’m happy I could keep the kids around me entertained as they wouldn’t stop staring at me. I don’t blame them, I was a total wreck. After landing I tried to reach my host parents with no success.  I started finding my way home myself taking the airport bus and then I train. It took 2h instead of half an hour if I would have gotten picked up.  But at that time I didn’t care, I knew that I was on my way home and I was thinking over and over again; I’m soon there, soon there, soon home!


♥ Rebecka

I kept on studying. My exam was coming up. Tuesday evening I was sitting in front of my computer. Papers spread out over the entire table and the clock ticking down. It was much harder than I thought and I was tired. I did my best, had a talk to Wes on the phone and went to bed. Skipping forward, over three weeks later I got my result back and I passed! So I passed both my courses this semester and I couldn’t be happier!

 

That week I also took one of my host kids to visit the Swedish Church which is not far at all away from me. It was nice to talk some Swedish and hear the old familiar Swedish children songs.  I gave the pastor my two Christianity books and he thanked me. I knew I wouldn’t have any use for them now that I passed the test and I was to lazy to try and sell them from here.

 

That weekend I spent at the movies and a whole day watching Wes do his salsa medals. I want to do salsa medals too ^^  we also went to a birthday party and I felt that I was finally getting to know some people.

I went a second time to a salsa class in St Kilda just to be disappointed that they did the exact same thing as the week before. I talked with the other people and they have apparently been doing the same thing for quiet a while. I don’t feel like paying money to do something I already know. Bummer my work hours don’t work with the intermediate class…

 

The week after that my hostfamily went to Hong Kong quickly and I got 4 extra days off which was very nice.  I also had my boyfriends best friends 21^st  the weekend afterwards which was fun and that was my second 21^st party in Australia so far.  Mine is coming up too but it’s nothing special to me. I will see what I plan to do.

The weekend after that was a really fun one. My boyfriends mum and stepdad asked if we wanted to come with for dinner and bowling so we decided to join them. Was great spending some more time with them, i sucked at the bowling but I did have fun. The day after that I went shooting with my boyfriend and his dad for the first time in my life. It was actually really fun and I’m looking forward to doing it again. That evening we went out for dinner with his dad and stepmom and his sister and her girlfriend. After that we went to a club and we had a really nice evening. I was lucky and got Monday off because it was the Queens birthday so we went out for dinner and a movie with his best friend and his girlfriend. They are a really nice couple and I’m sure that I will be doing much more things together with them.   


♥ Rebecka

After the Latin festival I met up with Wesley again, we went to the Crown, which is a Melbourne Casino slash mall slash bowling slash a little more. Quite a big place.  We had something to eat and went to the play arcade and fooled around. I sucked at the car games but I did beat him at basketball! In the evening the crown has poles outside that are shooting fire. It is really big and you can hardly look straight at it without it hurting your eyes. You can also stand really close and feel the heat! It was pretty cool. Or maybe it was only because I’ve never seen it before! After that we went and checked out a bar that had a zouk evening. At first we thought we just crashed a birthdayparty. To be honest I still think we did. Haha. But alittle bit later the zouk dancing started. Not much dancing for us as neither one of us knows much of zouk. But the other dancers were amazing!

Coming back home again I found out my hostmum is thinking of becoming a stay at home mum again. I was disappointed because I really liked it there. But I knew that it was for the best as I hated the location. So I started looking for new jobs.

 

I had my first interview on Easter Sunday. How funny isn’t that? A little disappointed that I didn’t get a chocolate rabbit when I arrived! Haha This family didn’t work out.

 

The rest of the Easter weekend I spent with Wesley. I had the option to go with my hostfamily to the beach but I decided not to.  I got to meet some of his family and we spent 3 great days together.

 

The weekend after that I had 3 other interviews, a christening reception, 40^th birthday dinner with Wesley and some salsa dancing with a friend. It was a busy weekend and it was the first time I really experiences the horrible Melbourne traffic- was stuck for ages!

 

Had another working week and decided to say yes to a family in Hawthorn and I felt really good about that decision. It was much more central than before and I would live in my own guesthouse which would give me much more privacy. That coming weekend Wes and I had a great evening at a place called Cococabana where he had got invited to join his dance teachers table. So we had dinner and danced salsa. :) And on that Saturday I moved to Hawthorn and then spent the rest of the weekend with Wes. Yet again a new family, new kids, new job!

♥ Rebecka