Hello friends and family! I created this blog to help us all stay in touch during my venture to Australia. I'm new to the whole blogging thing, but I think that you will be able to post comments and pictures back to each of my entries so that I can keep up to date with all of your lives too. I know I don't leave for a couple of months (72 days to be exact) but I wanted to get a jump start on this. Plus, there are already a lot of exciting things happening during my preparation for the land down under!
First of all, I purchased my ticket a couple of months ago. It cost a disturbing two grand, but it will most definitely be worth every penny! I leave Charleston on January 11th for San Francisco but don't actually leave the country until the 14th. It's a direct flight to Sydney from there, but I don't technically reach Sydney until the 16th. Also disturbing. I'm in the process of updating the songs on my ipod now.
On October 31st a new visa went into effect between the US and Australia (side note: it's not spelled AusTRAILia...there is only one "i". Common mistake). I immediately applied for this one year visa which allows Americans to work and live in Australia for 12 months. The next morning, I received my acceptance letter! It was supposed to take 10 business days, but I got it right away and everything is good to go!
Other than that, I'm still trying to sell my car (2004 Acura TSX. Anyone interested?) and find 2 more roommates for my house. Once those things are done I will feel a little less anxious.
Today I'm spending most of the day cleaning out the garage and packing up some of the easy stuff like pictures and vases and things that I can go ahead and get out of the way now.
Thanks for reading and I hope that this can be a useful tool in the future and that we can all stay in close contact!
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