The internet here has been on the fritz off and on the last couple of day so sorry there was no blog yesterday. At least it was a gorgeous day and I got to get out and go for a run and explore a bit. I found a place to buy nail stuff (polish, nail file, acetone, etc) which may seem like an easy feat but I had to google it for about an hour before I could find it. And it was $38 for clear nail polish, one nail file, one foot file and a 4 oz bottle of acetone. Move over, NYC, there's a pricier broad in town now.
I found out that my sea freight shipment has arrived. It's still in the container which will unload today so I can't pick it up until next week but I'm so excited to have some of my stuff back. All 15 boxes and 800 lbs worth!! And only 11 more days until I get my dog Bailey back from quarantine! I'm most excited about that. I miss him so much it's not even funny. At least I have the pictures from the dog walkers. He looks happy but he belongs with me, not in quarantine. And I'm going to spoil him rotten when I get my hands on him.
I also finished revising my resume (or CV as they call it here). It was a lengthy process as their template for CV's is totally different. They like them to be 2-3 pages long with specific font styles and the content is much more detailed. I've applied to a couple of places but with the holidays coming up, I'm not sure the timing is in my favor. We'll see.
I have to say though, the highlight of my day yesterday was going to dinner with my Aussie, his Dad and his Dad's girlfriend. I think my Aussie's Dad is a riot. He's a bit eccentric and loves to talk, loves to tell stories about anything and everything, especially the history of Australia. So we grab some dinner at Eat Thai (which is friggin' delicious, probably the best Thai I've had in ages) and we pair it with a couple of bottles of white wine that we brought in. You gotta love BYOB establishments.
We've all had a couple of glasses of wine and his Dad is deep into explaining the history of Darwin and Broome and his girlfriend interjects here and there about how lovely their recent vacation was in those places. So then his Dad starts talking about the wildlife there. These are much more rural places than Sydney and Melbourne so you have lots of spiders, crocs and snakes. He goes on to say that its better to be safe than sorry so proceed as if all spiders and snakes are venomous. **NOTE: I'm petrified of spiders, my worst fear ever so I am listening super intently as this information may very well save my life one day.** His girlfriend starts in about this one snake that is really dangerous. She says to me "Of all the snakes you see, watch out for the trouser snakes! The swelling from one of their bites takes 9 months to go down!". I nearly snorted my vegetarian laksa out my nose. I about fell off my bench dragging my Aussie down with me. Here's this petite little blonde lady in her 60's with her proper Aussie/English accent and she delivers that line with such seriousness. Our whole table was in stitches.
So if you plan on visiting here, you've been warned. Watch out for the spiders, snakes and such.
Trouser snakes!! hahahahahhahaaaa!!
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