IMMIGRATION COULD READ MY BLOG!
NO INFORMATION IS SAFE.
THE "MAN" IS EVERYWHERE.
-sidebar#2: I could be sitting here with a colander on my head and really have gone off my rocker and none of you would ever know... "Is she just writing that she is crazy or has she ACTUALLY gone crazy".... You'll never know :)
So during my now four months in Australia what have I been doing in "Real Life"
April = Arrival.
Ultimate relaxing and housewifery... normally this would be contradictory statement however when you have nothing but time to bike around Maroochydore, setup our apartment and clean it becomes quite relaxing. There is something about hanging clothes out in the yard on the metal, swirly, laundry thing that is enjoyable. Even after four months I am still quite content to be doing laundry!!
May = Job hunting among other things.
I started job hunting once the relaxation felt complete.
We hung out with Pete's friends, had a few BBQ's went out for dinner and hung out with the family.
On top of all that I also started a friend hunt. Now let me tell you this was WEIRD. Growing up in Summerland (as most of you will know) I have known and had my friends for a very long time. So the idea of making new friends without using school, work or university to create them was a completely foreign concept to me. What did I do you ask, well, I tried facebook....
I joined a facebook group called "Girls on the Coast" and essentially put a person ad out.... it hit the points, 27, Canada, new, moved, no friends, coffee.
AND THENNNNNN
My post got hijacked by another chick wanting to make friends. So that made things even more awkward...
In the end I went on two lady dates... both went alright and I ended up seeing the girls a few more times after that, but this all happened the week before I got my job so friendship took the back burner.
I am going to try and re-tackle the whole making friends as an adult thing once the visa debacle is over.
June/July/August = Life with a job.
Family camping trip out to the beautiful spot Pete's brother is getting married at in October.
DRAG RACES.... when I saw the FASTEST EVER TIME in Australia... which rumbled my heart with these massive, long, skinny, hot wheels looking things called Top Fuel-er 's.
Multiple hikes on multiple mountains all with amazing views that are just so different to hiking in Canada.
Beach days, books, colouring, soccer games, beach walks, runs(every so often, should be more often but hey...) watching footy (which is rugby but not...and they are all very sensitive about it).
And now the newest addition to our life, is intermittent fasting. We are on week three and feeling pretty good. What is it you might ask... well for two days out of every week (we are doing Monday and Wednesdays) we eat a very limited intake of calories. For myself it is 500, Pete 600, the day before and day after we try and stretch our non eating time to about 17 hours. So this looks like....
Sunday night we have a late dinner and don't eat till lunch on Monday (approx 17 hours of fasting) Monday has our limited calorie intake so a 200 calorie lunch. Then Monday night we have an early dinner pf about 300 calories, so we can eat at about 10:30 the next day which gives us the other 17 hour fast. It has been fun and challenging and I will keep you in the loop on how it goes. There is a documentary by Michael Mosley if you want to check out more.
Anyway, that is about it in my life at the moment. Pete is doing well with TAFE and our tiny little home is still suiting us just fine. The weather is starting to warm up a bit and all I have been told is how great Australian springtime is, so I'll let you know if all the hype is true.
But it is currently a non fasting night so I am going to eat a whole bunch of stir fry.
Xo till next time,
-B
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