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Winter in Melbs

In the blink of an eye, it's already July. Again, it is such a strange feeling because it feels like Christmas should be any day now with the backwards seasons, days are super short, the cold, snow in the higher areas of Victoria. No better way to confuse the girl who hasn't been home for Holidays in ages and been skipping out on winters for a few years now.

For a sun worshipping, desert dwelling lover, the Melbourne winter has been less than desirable. It's no Korean winter, however the rain, the cold, the wind, and super early darkness have me missing anything about warmth and summer.  Which is why I am literally counting down the days until I leave for Hawaii.. 16 more days! My family is blessed to have the opportunity to celebrate Cody's graduation from law school from the University of Arizona in May. He has already landed a full time job and will take the bar exam after our trip in Hawaii. Meeting the family in Hawaii will work out perfectly as it's as half way between us as possible. We will go on a 7 day cruise, and spend another week on Oahu exploring in an Airbnb house. My boyfriend, Joel will come and meet the family after we return from the cruise and spend a week in the sun and have the chance to meet my family.

The other thing to look forward to is my trip to Portugal coming up in September.

I have been working solely with one agency and have been generally really happy with my shifts. They are generally longer and I feel a lot more useful and needed than I was in the previous agency.  I've enjoyed the opportunities to work some sleepover shifts, and a lot more work in Residential houses.


While Joel had a business trip to Portugal and China for most of the month of May, I enjoyed a little get away for a Australian Ultimate Beach Championships in the Gold Coast. I headed down early to soak up the sun and get away from Melbourne. I didn't really do anything exciting in Gold Coast but absolutely loved the amazing beaches with super soft, perfect white sand, amazing sunsets, long walks, and then when the weekend arrived, my favorite tournament thus far in Australia. My team had awesome dynamic, similar mindsets, and did pretty well on the field. I believe... we took 5th or something? A few really close losses, but had the most amazing time.



Bauhaus Reserves End of Season Party
The end of our Bauhaus season was bittersweet. We lost a game on universe point which meant the best we could do was 8th.. However in the last game we had an amazing comeback by 4 points on universe point and we WON! So that was an incredible moment and I am super grateful for all the things I've learned with Bauhaus this season.

During the tournament I was also selected to play on a "Div 2 All Stars" Team for the Div 1 Nationals. The president of Australia Flying Disc Association was one of our coaches for the weekend and there too I got to play with talented ladies from all over OZ and had the most wonderful time.


Before Joel had his long business trip we decided to sneak away from the cold and get some beach and sun in. We had a beautiful time on Hamilton Island. We spent 4 days there and rented an apartment on airbnb which came with a golf cart that we cruised around the island everyday in. We did some beautiful hikes, enjoyed lots of beach time, pool time, and R&R. One of the days we did a trip to the WhitSunday Island, "voted Australians number 1 Beach".. We had tons of time to enjoy the beach, the warm water, and then did some snorkelling on a reef nearby. The conditions for snorkelling weren't the best but we still saw some cool fish. It's always hard to compare beautiful beaches to each other... but I would agree it would go on a top beach that I've been to in my travels.



On the Catamaran to Whitsunday Beach

Whitsunday Beach Friend

That's it for now. Lots of love from the land down under!
xoxo

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