Moving Forward

I finally have started to see what my stay might be like once Davs leaves in the beginning of November. He's gone on the 11th, which means I will have to venture out and try to find some place to stay. Initially, I had wanted to go north to the tropics for living, but I've realized it's a little unrealistic without having a job. Here in Melbourne, I have a job waiting tables, and I'm starting a job working as a fundraiser for a Wilderness Protection non-profit. It seems to make more sense to keep those and find a place in the city I am most familiar, and do most of my traveling from here.

I still would like to go to Sydney a few times, and Tasmania which is a stone's throw so i'll have some easy trips to make while I save up some money and potentially go on a big trip in my last weeks here. With Davs, I'll be visiting Fraser Island when our buddy from college visits (google this island, place is absurd), and then, in his last week, we'll be going up to the reef for about a week, so I'll have been to most of the East Coast by the end of my stay. Ideally, I'd like to get to Southeast Asia at some point, whether that be Bali, or Thailand, or do a cross country train trip to either West to Perth, or North to Cairns. That way I could see some of the Outback too, albeit from a train, but better than in a "Man Vs. Wild" format.

I'm excited that I've found a city in Melbourne that is an easy transition for an American on a working holiday visa. Finding two jobs is vital to my having a good time out here, so hopefully I can keep them both and do some traveling at the same time. I'm anxious to see how my fundraising job will be, because from the sounds of it, I'm just going to be asking people for money to save the earth. Asking people for money is negative on the fun scale, but at least I won't know a single person or care what people think of me, as long as I have steady work who cares?

I've already begun looking into places to stay, and I think I may have found some pretty good deals close by that will help me stay in a similar routine that I've grown accustomed. It's nice having people out here helping me out that are Australian, as this situation could be infinitely harder without local knowledge. Looks like it's time for me to go...I had a 3 hour break between shifts at the restaurant today, which is awesome because it feels like two separate workdays based on how close I live. Waiting tables might not be fun, and is most definitely annoying, but when you can roll out of bed and walk 10 minutes to work, shoveling crap would be appealing.

Also, Sox in 4 over the Angels, with a huge series out of Jason Bay.