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I’m back!!!

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I’m back!!! I had a TON of fun this past week!!! But wow – it feels good to be back at a computer!!! The last time I wrote, I was on the cruise ship reeling from the notification that my application for the Uni of Syd is STILL having issues and from some dude’s ego-wounding blow-off. [which btw – he attempted to smooth things over but it was too late. Someone had already taken his spot as my Numero Uno Cruise Crush. WHAT? Shocking!!! And don’t act like you’re surprised please. ))

Here are some things that have crossed my mind over the last little bit – as well as some pics from the first couple days of the trip.

1.I have the coolest dogs EVER and I wouldn’t trade being a doggy mommy for anything in the world.

2.I was asked out on a date by 3 different boys for tomorrow – with 100% surety that boy 4 will also ask.  Yikes!!!  4 date options for ONE DAY – crrrrrazy!  Boy 3 (aka Numero Uno Cruise Crush) will be my pick.  I’m excited to see him tomorrow.  My Cruise Crush was supposed to end at 9:00 am this morning when the cruise was over – but he asked for a 4 day extension.  lol.  As it stands now he has until I go  back to Sydney… but I don’t think it will be quite so easy for me to turn it on and off according to preset time lines.
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3.Kindred spirits are the BEST!!! Royann and Tracy (center) are my two new friends. They tell people I am their long lost sister. I LOVE it!!!

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4. It’s amazing how one week can change things.

5.  I’m not used to being on land yet and I keep feeling like the ground is moving.

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6.The University of Sydney blows chunks. And that is so gross – yay! No but for real – who in the world says things like that? Me. Because it does. And I hate the University of Sydney.

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7. Video memories are freaking cool and I need to remember to take more videos!

8.  Someone sent me a text from a 702 area code asking me about the cruise – which means they are a friend – but I have NO IDEA who it is!!!  Ooops!!

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9. Remember that time I told myself I would never ever talk about my blog in public again? No? Apparently I didn’t either. Darn it! And now CC+4 may read my blog – ooh – I’m so lucky – in the oh so sucky way.

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10. I’m glad I don’t have any little sisters.

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11. I’m 1 lb away from what I thought my ideal weight was – but now that I’m there I want to lose another 10. Yikes!

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12. I love getting my teeth bleached (it’s a sickness.)  ;)

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13. Raspberry sorbet is delicious.

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14. I think I ate my weight in chocolate chips today.

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15. After a week of only 4-5 hours of sleep every night I’m EXHAUSTED!!! This will be all for tonight – I’ll write more tomorrow! I hope you all had great weeks!!!

GO UTES!!! Boys suck.

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Do you hate people who say “Woot!  Woot!”??  I kinda do.  ;) But probably only because they spell it like that.  Don’t get me wrong – I totally cheered today when the University of Utah Utes won the Sugar Bowl – but I absolutely did NOT cheer with a “T” on the end.  (Oh and btw – I almost spelled it Suga without the R and that’s a big problem – that’s the Aussie way.  AGH!)

So I was right about LOSER (that’s his new name) – I’ve added our text convo at the end of this post for your drama/gossip pleasure.  It was so awesome it made we want to “woot!  woot!” forty times in a row.  If you missed yesterday’s post click here.

Want to know what Crysta (my BFF) wrote on my facebook wall?  “Nice snowman.  Where are his eyes, mouth and nose?”  Say what?  You mean those three completely deformed globs of snow balancing precariously on each other don’t count as a snowman?

Want to know what my mom said to me after watching my snowman video?  “I feel like Chloe was neglected in your video and that you are showing favoritism to Duchess.”  So mom – just for you – Chloe.

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EEW!  Gross!  My dog was on my bed?  Sick!!!!  How do I live with myself?  ;)

Oh and here is a great picture (not!) to show you just how AWESOME today has been – and yes I DID stick my finger in an electrical socket to get my hair like that.  I call this picture “Today is so Gee Whiz Awesome.”  And it is – because on any other day there is NO WAY I’d ever post such a crappy picture – but TODAY?  Anything goes.  Including LOSER!  He’s going right out the door to the dog house – no no – not the dog house – the PIG house.  My dogs live in style.

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TEXT CONVERSATION WITH LOSER:

Daisy – Hey Sexy! ) What time were you thinking?

Loser – I’m not sure.

Daisy – Not sure?  lol.  Do you want me to play it by ear on a FRI night?  I usually like to make plans … ) so if you have other plans …

Loser – Yeah let’s play it by ear.  I’m moving today and then there’s ____’s party so I’m not sure what time will work.  Sorry.

(side note – _____’s party was a game day party – it wouldn’t and didn’t get over until after 10:00 PM! – so his plans were to see me AFTER 10:00 PM!!! – not cool.)

Daisy – lol.  I was saying I like to have plans because I DON’T play fri nights by ear. Xx.  )

Loser – (TWO HOURS LATER) – Oh I ment (yes he spelled it wrong) to say if you need to make other plans that’s cool.  Sorry.

Daisy – Oh no worries.  ) I think a bunch of us are meeting up for the game and then going out dancing or to other parties after.  If you are free later you should join us.

Loser – Ok.

PHONE CALL – not to ME -  Loser has his roommate call Matty Matt and ask which game party we’re going to.  Matty Matt tells him and then Voila!  Loser decides to NOT show up.  Which ended up being pretty sweet because the party was SOOOOO fun and it would have been AWKWARD.

My First Snowman!

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Mix-matched gloves?   Check.

Brother’s old snow pants?    Check.

Snowman-building coach?    Check.

Voila!  I can now cross off “Build a Snowman” from my 101 list.  Thank you Scott Pete for helping me!!!  If you dare – here is a 2 minute video which proves my mad skillz.  ;) Oh how I love “Reach Out” by Hilary Duff!  It was the perfect background music.  )

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In other news – I FINALLY designed a custom header for my writing/photography blog.  It’s about flippin time!!!

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Kindred Spirits

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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.  D D 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.