Every time I meet someone new at the bar or waiting tables they always ask me what I'm doing with my life. "So are you a student?" And I feel compelled to tell them the truth, that I'm graduated from school and getting ready to go to Australia and attempt to see the world. Why do I tell them this? Each person whether they are a stranger or an old friend I haven't seen in a while says, "Why Australia?" Why not? Why not Australia? If I'm going to see as much as I can then I have to start somewhere. I just want to say leave me alone. I'm tired of explaining myself to all of you. It's not my fault you don't have desire to get up off your bar stool and see anything but the same old thing. I don't want to stay in the same town and serve the same ol' folks day in and day out.

Only two more months until I set off to Australia! I've been looking at flights and am hopeful that by making a few phone calls I won't go into life long debt but perhaps it's too soon to tell!