A Day in the Life

Well no one can call me lazy. I have developed a really nice little daily routine that I thought I would impress you all with. After getting up between 5-5:30 I go for a nice walk on the beach. I really must start bringing my camera with me because every morning the waves and sky are completely different. I have been itching to do another painting of the ocean and I could not ask for a better subject at my feet every morning. While I walk I listen to one of the multitude of podcasts I have attached myself to (This American Life, Kevin and Bean, NPR: Fresh Air, NPR: Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me). I highly recommend all of them and I have to admit that I am more knowledgeable about the American goings-on than I was when I was home… Ironic no?

Over the past few days I have noticed more and more jellyfish that have been washed ashore. I have also seen three stranded blowfish over the past few days. Imagine this: I am doing a little step/ dance move to try and not step on the various aquatic life at my feet as I listen to the antics of Peter Sagal and the other comic geniuses that make that show so entertaining. I cannot refrain from literally laughing out loud and so I am sure I look like a complete mental idiot laughing at myself while hop-skipping along the beach.

I am ashamed to admit that my first few hours after rising are probably my most adventurous and entertaining. After that it is a fairly monotone schedule of gym, school, studying, cooking dinner, hanging with Todd and going to bed by 10. See… I knew you didn’t want to hear about that stuff… its not Australian enough… well besides Todd :) But the first few hours… when I begin to wake up as I walk on the beach, THAT is an amazing feeling and a constant reminder of the reason I came to Australia and more specifically the Gold Coast in the first place.