Today is my first day back in Sydney after a very long adventure. It all started on New Year’s Eve with this dude:
That’s the dude you may remember from one of the last posts – the guy I had never met, knew nothing about and had never seen pictures of but whom I sent a random text to asking him if he wanted to chill with me – a girl he’d never met, knew nothing about and had never seen pictures of – on New Year’s Eve. Is that a little crazy? Heck yes it is!! But he’s got a little crazy in him too and he said yes. And so we met – in a park – and brought in a new decade together.
20 days later here I am – not a new person but definitely a changed person. Dramatic? Sure – but you spend 20 days with a walking talking wikipedia boy scout who knows more about everything than it seems possible to know, who shares your excitement for life and adventure, has the same life values and religious beliefs, then book an open ticket to travel with him – find yourself making some of your dreams come true, crossing things off your 101 list, doing things you never thought you would do, then discover that when you’re with him you no longer have the nightmares that have plagued you for months, and then find yourself stranded, camping, snorkeling, LIVING – all by his side – and see if it doesn’t change you a bit too. :)
Our relationship can pretty much be summed up by this picture:
HAHAHA! I know – it doesn’t make sense to me either. :) But it is what it is. :) Anyway – this pic is from New Year’s Day – the day he decided to make sure his time with me was productive. I told him about my 101 list and then VOILA!!! by midnight we were crossing off our second 101 from my list. Want to know how many guys have offered to help me with my 101 list? So many I’ve lost count. But guess how many have actually helped?? One. The random stranger from LA.
After playing at Manly Beach we headed to the creepiest cemetery I knew of – Waverly Cemetery. This is what it looks like during the day:
But WE decided to go at night – on a full moon. Oh yes – we did. And we had to break in – wait – I mean – we LEGALLY visited it :) we just had to climb a couple of fences to get in (sheepish grin) WHAT?? there were no signs saying it was wrong!! :) Why?? I don’t know – probably because it’s a public cemetery – haha! jk – you mean why did we go? Don’t worry – we didn’t step on ANY of the graves – we just took a walk along the paths and listened as the waves crashed along the cliffs that line the cemetery. We went because it seems like something one should experience at some point in their life :) Here’s a couple of pics of it that night:
What was he thinking?? Meeting up with some crazy American in Australia and then agreeing to go to a foreign cemetery at midnight on a full moon because it was something she said she wanted to do?? *smile* Do you still wonder why I was willing to open-end follow him across the country??
The next day we met up with my fave Deeleea:
and checked out the Blue Mountains:
No color changing here – photoshop isn’t necessary with these spectacular blue mountains!!
Our Blue Mountain trip was SO MUCH fun!!! I think Deeleea probably wanted to kill the random stranger from LA and me :) - he and I kind of feed off of each other – tease and bicker like little kids. lol. But DANG that dude knows so much!! I find it frustrating that someone can know SO MUCH more than I do!! (oh wait – I shouldn’t have admitted that should I have?) lol.
Here he is explaining even MORE stuff to me:
He’s not just smart – but he’s also a little random like me. He’ll just STOP in the middle of doing whatever and – well – all of the sudden I’ll be like – where did the random stranger from LA go?? Then it’s like OH – he’s CLIMBING a random vine or taking a pic or smelling something… lol. He lives in the now and I love it!!
Did I mention that Deeleea probably wanted to kill us? lol. She was fantastic the whole day!! I even got her to pose for some cheese shots!! AND after it was all said and done she even agreed to go to dinner with the random stranger from LA and myself!! YAY!! Mmmm I love Moo Burgers!!!
The next day the random stranger from LA got me to go to church (yeah I know!!) and then we went to the Aquarium – but I have to start unpacking and re-packing so I’ll tell you more about the Aquarium, the wild life museum, how I’ll never look at the Opera House again the same way, and how it came to be that I found myself on a train with no idea when I’d be back in Sydney with the random stranger from LA soon. :) oh and then I’ll tell you about the DISASTER – camping – snorkeling – trains, planes and automobiles – oh and ferries – and the tearful goodbye.
Hearts to you all!! ~Daisy
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Oh wow! This is awesome. I love that you’re both so adventurous — it’s incredible that you found a guy who has been helping you to cross off your 101.
random stranger from LA sounds like a blast. Glad you had fun. I was a bit worried when I read on fb that you were wearing the same outfit for 4 days, but looks l ike I had nothing to be worried about. You had a great time “roughing” it. Should’ve known that you would turn it into a real adventure!
I went to a cemetery at night once when I was in college. I was there for a total of 3 minutes before my friends and I freaked out. What!? I’m a wuss! :/
Ahh! Hurry and write part 2! I’m dying to know what happened!
Good to have you back. Sounds like you have been on quite a few adventures. And the cemetery looks so fun. I’ve never seen a cemetery that cool.
Wait, why am I talking about cemeteries like a ride at an amusement park? Umm..
Anyway, while things might have started out as a bit of a disaster and you may have more disaster for us in the next post (or maybe it’s all part of the same disaster) it sounds like you’ve been having a lot of fun and enjoying yourself.
And without disaster, you wouldn’t enjoy the fun. Because if life was fun all the time, we’d be used to it and fun would be boring.
i *love* cemeteries… my favourite thing, once upon a time, used to be to smoke a joint and go wander around the cemetery, reading the gravestones. i love seeing what people put on their loved one’s tombstones – sounds a bit morbid? i don’t think so….