My Plans

hi all you devoted readers. I'm sorry I've been slacking... this weeks excuse is that stanthorpe...IS BORING. haha. I know I've used that before... let's see....what's new...

I've been working for 4 weeks, can you believe it? I sure can't. This past week has been the worst one yet, and I almost quit about 3 times. I cried twice at work, I was that frustrated and angry. Also they were pushing us like crazy to work faster, and I'm sorry, I know I'm tall and can reach high on the trees, but I'm weak... I can't carry a metal ladder while running. I can only move so fast. I snapped at one of the men who works there because he treats every backpacker with ZERO respect, and like he's king of pruning the trees...what an accomplishment. he's been here for like 8 years or something ridiculous.... i've been here for 4 weeks.... obviously I'm not going to be as good... plus he walks around doing nothing and taking his sweet old time. The only thing I've learned at this job is new ways to swear at trees when they poke you in your eyes, scratch up your arms, or hit you in the head.

BUT GOOD NEWS! My last day at work will be this coming Wednesday...then we're going to Brisbane til Saturday when we fly back up to the paradise which is Cairns for 4 days, and do our reef dive/snorkel on the great barrier reef. Then we will head down the east coast to the Whitsundays, Fraser Island and Hervey Bay. I think we're staying in Airlie Beach, possibly Rainbow Beach, Noosa, Byron Bay, and Surfers Paradise, before heading back to Sydney for our last few weeks in Australia to stay with our girls bonnie and amber again (miss them so much!)

so my spirits will be lifted, I"ll have the money I need to travel and hopefully all my scratches and bruises will heal, and I can work on darkening my tan again. I'm going out karaoking with the Stanthorpians one last time tonight.....can't wait to leave.

love you all.