Some Thinking and Some Stupidity

I am getting excited to come home but sad to leave Australia at the same time. While at a coffee shop I thought it would be fun to write out the things i am looking forward to about home and things i will miss in Australia...here is what I came up with...(all very random but very true!)

Things I am Excited For:
-Family!
-Friends
-Living at home -->free rent and food! (my parents said we'll see about that! :)
-Fun training group with Pats squad and Natioanl Team guys together
-Starting University in the fall!!
-Bubby Rose Cafe (especially the french toast on weekends!)
-Cook St. Village (my hood ;)
-Massage a la Kim!
-Runs at Elk lake,Beacon Hill Park and the million other great trails Vic has to offer
-The waterfront loop
-Ethopian food at the village food court
-The Disney Channel!! :)
-Cheaper prices on literally everything!
-Planet Organic
-Cappuccinos with lots of foam (aussies dont know the difference between and latte and a cappuccino and it really bugs me!!
-Thrifty's bulk section
-The tready's at commonwealth pool
-the mountains
-riding my cruiser bike
-habit coffee
-cozying up inside when its cold outside

Things I Will Miss

-THE SUN obviously
-White sandy beaches with aqua waters
-The terrific riding in brisbane including the Mt Nebo and Mt. Glorious climbs
-South Golden Beach training camp
-Outdoor pools (but only when its hot outside!)
-Chocolate sprinkles that come on capps
-the funny sayings and nicknames for everything even in formal settings
-Darrel Lea
-All the wicked people i met and became friends with
-the relaxed nature of the people
-Bakery rides
-Domestic races (although i havent done any yet, they look fun!)
-the amount of active people out exercising at 5am all the way until like 9pm
-Zupps sunday group ride
-indooropilly shopping centre
- Wray Organic
-Queen St. Mall
-Paddington and all its cute cafes and boutiques
-having paradise only 45min drive either direction of the city
-the pool,spa and sauna at my apartment

I think thats about it! Of course i will miss the fun times like last friday! Josh, Sweeney and Ashleigh (all triathletes) and I went out for a kayak in a bay out near Redcliffe. We were just goofin around and fishin. Sweeney climbed a tree over shollow water and the branch snapped right off!! hahaha i have pics below..it was hilarious! after that we decided to paddle out to this seriously big bridge that we ride over when we ride Zupps on sundays. We were paddling along underneath it between the concrete posts when we lost balance and flipped! Well only me, ashleigh and Sweeney. Josh was there for moral support and picture taking ;) By this time it was dark and we were really far from shore...and there are sharks in that bay!! We had a rough time getting back in because the boat was full of water and sinking. I tried to hold the boat while Sweeney used a little bucket to empty the water. We were just getting things under control when a little tin motor boat drove by and Sweeney flagged them down yelled "oi! we've capsized!!" haha so they came over and tied a rope from their boat to josh's and another from josh's to ours and towed us back into shore. I was quite an adventure! here is a little pictorial of the events :)