So...my luggage arrived last night and let me just say this...the bag is HUGE!!! Mum reckons me and Tamika should share it for the trip over. So not only will me and my sister be sharing a bed almost the entire time we are over there, we'll be sharing a bag and it will only take a moment before we are sharing clothes, friends, pillows, ipods, computers, thoughts, food and before you know it Mum and Dad will have moved us into the same room.

We'll be sharing rooms the entire time we're over there as well...like not just a bed with my sister but a room with the whole family. Let me tell you that it is not as much fun as it sounds...my Dad snores, my sister kicks and my Mum...well im sure in the 6 weeks we will be together that i will find something. I've decided that to counteract the problem I will be falling asleep to my ipod and i will be taking my hiking mat, just in case

As negative as i may sound, I'm actually looking forward to the trip. 6 weeks in another country, no working, hanging out with people I love and having a white christmas for the first time EVER! not to mention the Grand Canyon, skiing (or snowboarding), helicopter rides, themeparks, eating heaps, freezing weather, friends, family, christmas, new years...just to name a few. Cannot wait to hit the casinos (with the parents of course). Seeing as I'm not legal (retarded) I will be hanging with them. What is with this stupid 21 yrs thing anyway? If I'm legal in Australia then surely thats good enough for them. Apparently not but oh well. We're gonna try and pass Tamika off for an 18 yr old (she's tall enough and is often mistaken for my older sister so we may have a chance!). I'm sure we'll succeed at some point.

A week and a half out...

The franticness has begun as we do last minute bookings and check the weather out in the places we're going. It's gonna be freezing but we cannot wait.

We're doing all that shopping we've been going to do for weeks, buying clothes that we just cannot leave Oz without (like thermals, undies, luggage etc.), doing jobs such as the mowing (which is kinda hard when it wont stop raining), cleaning (oh so much cleaning) and eating (we have to get rid of all that food thats been sitting in our cupboards). The excitement is beginning to build as the trip begins to fall into place and stuff is getting booked.
The house is all ashambles and my room is a mess as I pull out all the warm clothes that have been put away till next winter.

Time to go...my moment of quietness has ended as my parents call me to continue with the huge joblist

Next time: a brief rundown of who, what, when and how