Sore feet and penguins

My tickets have arrived! I was able to pick up my plane tickets from AMA the other day and I now officially hold the key to my adventure. Waaaa hooo! I also finalized my first stay at Backpacker's Resort in Brisbane where I will be staying for 2 weeks before meeting up with Emily, Curt and Stewy. Pretty stoked and it was cheap as hell.


I started my serving (in training) at Joey Tomatoes which has been absolutely exhausting. We have to wear HIGH HEELS which is just brutal torture and since we're in training we work split shifts every day. It's so frustrating because we only get a couple tables too so my best day yet has had me walking out with $70 in tips for the entire day and feet so sore it feels like I was walking across hot coals. Can't complain too much because at least I am working, even if it's for pennies right now. 


Saw the movie Crazy Stupid Love with dad last week and loved it. Ryan Gosling is a babe and a half and naturally Steve Carrell is hilarious. Great movie, definitely recommend it. Also got dad to watch Limitless which he loved, my second time seeing it and I would still take the pill like Cooper. 


Big plans this upcoming weekend. Dad, Steven and I are driving up to Jasper to meet up with my half sisters Bree and Elyse. Bree is bringing her adorable baby boy Joey so it will be my first time meeting my nephew in person. Pretty excited! Jasper is also crazy beautiful and so unique. Mountains everywhere and not touristy like Banff. It's like a hidden gem. I'm really looking forward to the weekend because it'll be dad's first time with all his kids again in a long time and I haven't seen Bree or Elyse in person for years. Should be a really good bonding weekend.


Major friend withdrawals lately....and Barneys. I miss the nights out on the patio with beers and stumbling back to Picton with the boys. Also miss the GoodLife MED crew and sharing our stories about ridiculous members. It gets lonely here sometimes but I try to keep my eye on the prize...the prize being Australia. Not long now, less than a month! Still haven't got health insurance yet so I will spend today googling how to make my own IV bag and manually fix broken bones if it comes down to it. Jokessss. 


What I'm going to leave you with today is this...my travel agent told me about a place in southern Australia where penguins come up on the beach looking for food at night. Apparently they're really tiny and adorable and only come where its really quiet but if you don't scare them they'll come right up to you! I have to see this place and these cute little tuxedo bastards. lol.