Life is a waiting game.
I'm not a big fan of that game, but it's gotta be played from time to time. However, when the wait is over, I think it is worth it. My big wait; to leave for Australia. For weeks people have been asking me if I'm excited. Of course I am, but now I am REALLY truthfully excited. Before it was very surreal and now that I am just a couple of days away it is starting to feel a bit more real. Although I am HARDLY packed at all! (I'm just like that though.) I really am saying my last goodbye's to people and packing my days full of coffee dates and dinner dates and movie dates to get everyone in last time before I leave. For those of you who have gone through this before, I'm sure you know this exact feeling.

Something else just slightly less exciting happened to me yesterday. You may not understand my joy, but I'll try to be as detailedas possible. Okay, so I am a pretty avid rock climber, and excitingly I have improved quite a bit this year. The rating system in rock climbing is a decimal system starting at 5.4 being the easiest climb requiring a belayer. It continues on through a 5.16 I believe being the most difficult. This is professional difficulty however. The higher the number the more strength and technique required. So back to my excitement; Last night I almost completed a 5.12, which is HUGE! This is definitely an expert skill level climb. Well, maybe not quite expert, but it's pretty freakin' awesome! So it is my goal to complete this route by teh end of the week! Wish me luck.

good-day mate