I LUUUUVVVV Anne of Green Gables.  The books make me laugh out loud and the movie is delightful.  I’m telling you this because (mostly) I want to bore you.   I mean seriously, who cares about a scrawny little redheaded girl with too many opinions and an imagination that runs wild?  (Don’t answer that.)

Anywho -  Tonight I met the cutest girl (a new friend of Matty Matt’s) and we hit it off instantly.  She even teased Matty Matt that she was excited to meet a kindred spirit (me .)  HOLD UP!  Did she actually use the phrase “kindred spirit?”  YES!!!  And that basically like sealed the deal because for real!  Who else even uses that phrase except for me?  lol.  We are obviously kindred spirits!!  And now we can hang out all of the time.  Oh wait – except that I’m about to go back to AUSTRALIA.

Being back home has been so much fun and I can’t believe it’s almost time to start packing again.  Everyone told me that I was going to go home (to Utah) and realize that I LOVE Sydney and be so excited to return.   They said memories are better than the real thing and when I got back to Utah I’d realize it wasn’t as good as my memories.  WRONG!!

I have the COOLEST family.  My little brother is not only a kindred spirit but a BFF.  My parents are sa-weet.   My older brother and his family are freakin’ awesome.  My BFFs are the BEST!!!  I meet kindred spirits left and right (not so in Sydney) and if all of this weren’t enough – my dogs are here!!!

12 months ago moving away from Utah to “find myself” was the most important goal in my life.  Now that I’ve left it seems I’ve “found myself” right where I accidentally left my heart – in Utah.  My most important goal now?  Moving back.

11 months to go.  I wonder if I’ll still feel this way next November when it’s time to move back for good.  I’ll laugh if November rolls around and I write a post saying instead of moving home I’m shipping my dogs to Australia.  I doubt it will happen but my life never ends up the way I expected.