Sweet and Sour

So I suppose there is still a month before I fly out of Aus but I know that month is going to FLY.

May 9 – 16 – South Island of New Zealand with Mel & Leanne
May 16 – 24 – North Island of New Zealand with Mel, Leanne , & ELLEN!
May 24 – 25 – Sydney with Ellen
May 25 – 26 – Blue Mountains with Ellen & Phil
May 26 – 30 – Nowra / Shoalhaven J
May 31 – June 5 – Alice Springs / Uluru / Ayers Rock with Ellen and Julie
June 6 - Fly Home

Soooo Excited to come home and sooooooo sad to leave . . . .
(In No particular order!)

Super Excited To . . .
-See family
-Reunite with friends
-Have my car / freedom back
-sunroof!
-The Marsh
- old campers and new campers
-old counselors and new counselors
-day trips
-circle time at he end of the day
-It’s gonna be another great summer at the Marsh!!
-Wheat bread, pasta . . . Healty food!
-Dishwasher!!!!!!!!
-Not having to wear a hat outside for work
-Allowing my hair to get blonde and my face to get tan :-P
-My third summer in a row – woot!
-A bit of water skiing (hopefully)
-Cruise (still can’t believe we are going on a cruise – wow – fun!)
-Panera, Chik-fil-a. Fudruckers
-Mom’s pre-made, big yellow bowl of salad in the fridge J
-Ice cream at night
-Runs in the am before camp
-Reading the bible in the morning before camp


Really Really Going To Miss . . .
-Housemates, friends, co-workers
-The job that I love
-Milo
-Half flush button on the toilet
-Fun Aussie names; Wollongong, Banksia . . .
-The Accent
-Different words (wiper snipper, porridge . . .)
-“Ta”
-Monday morning breakky
-Starting each workday with devos and prayer with my co-workers
-caving, abseling . . . .
-The Shoalhaven river
-canoeing on it
-seeing it outside my kitchen window
-Driving on the left side of the road (usually :-P accept when I forget and scare the ppl in the car half to death – sorry Phil, and Mel, and Chelle – hehe)
-Driving lessons in a manual – thank you Phil and Chelle and Mel and Julz and I think Steve once and Dan once . . .
-Work Utes – Uncle Lewis, Big Bro, Little Bro
-The looooooong, windy, bumpy dirt road into work / home
-Wombats (under and around our house, and of course the poor, sick, mangy ones at work), kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, the one bilby I saw!
-Out trips
-Trangia, Spundonicals (not sure how to spell but oh so fun to say!)
-My / Julz mobile (nicer than my one at home) :-P
-Church at All Saints Anglican, Nowra
-Christian Discovery
-Small group discussions
-Pinky prayers (introduced to me by a group of year 4 girls!)
-Briefings and Debriefings (yes, I really will miss these)
-Ending each activity with a prayer
-Singing on canoe trips “There once was a moose . . .”
-Real fruit smoothies – Boost
-Cadbury chocolate – Yes, we have it but not in as many variations
-Colourful money!
-$1 and $2 coins
-Fun animals on the money
-Beautiful beaches
-Princes highway
But most of all . . .
-The really awesome, amazing group of people I have been working with and working for and living with and playing with and traveling with – I’m gonna miss everyone like crazzzy