However, I do have some cool pictures!
We went to a beach (again, you say, I know I know...) and they had the coolest little clams. Every time a wave would pass these little guys would be above the sand, flip themselves on their side, then dig into the sand! It was so funny to watch, there were heaps and heaps of them.
Close up picture:
All those little rock looking things are the clams:
If you have access to Sean's facebook (or are some how able to watch it) here is a link to a video of them.
So! We stayed at a caravan park for four days while we found somewhere more permanent to stay earlier this month. The park was nice, it had a turtle feeding area. We didn't actually go and watch the turtle feeding but when Sean and I walked down there a toooonnn of fish and little turtles came up really close to us. They were cute! We didn't end up getting pictures of the turtles because Sean got really, REALLY sick. Originally we were trying to find a little cabin that didn't include a bathroom, but they only had one available that did have a bathroom and thank goodness. Sean went to work Saturday night, ended up puking on the way home, and was really really sick the next 3 days. He wasn't even able to walk without help. It was pretty scary and I was going to take him to the doctor on Monday but by Monday afternoon his fever had gotten better so I didn't end up taking him. We probably should have, but since we just spent some unplanned money on the caravan park we didn't want to spend an extra $60 on the doctor as well.
Sean took a picture of our little cozy cabin thing:
Now we're in an sharehouse in Cairns city! We've been living with a Japanese couple and for just the past two days an Aussie guy. We've been here for two weeks now and I love it here.
Our Japanese roommates are cute and clean! I've honestly been really impressed with them, they keep the kitchen just as clean as I do. We kind of have a system going on, I put their dishes away when I cook our meals (which is normally earlier than them) and they put our dishes away. When we first got here the floors were pretty gross and the kitchen had a lot of grimy areas, so I've cleaned them all up and they've actually stayed clean, other than me sweeping normally every day. I've cleaned up the stove and everything all nice and pretty! Our landlady asked me if I scrubbed the shower and mopped the floor and I was like "no?" so the Japanese couple did that too. Every day they do some extra cleaning I get all excited and Sean asks me what's wrong with me, haha. But really, yesterday I went out to cut up some fruit while they were eating. I didn't finish by the time they started cleaning up so I went and gave them space and was going to clean up my cutting board when they were finished. I came back 10 minutes later and they cleaned it up for me! I was like noooo wayyy awesomeeee! We've totally gotten lucky with our roommates.
Other than that it is really peaceful here. There is no drama or problems or anything. Totally relaxing. The bus stop is less that 5 minutes away for me to catch to go to work (even though it still takes an hour to get to work, then I'm at least 30 mins early) but it's alright.
I just get bored. I would rather walk for an hour than bus for an hour!
Pictures of our house:
Cute, eh?!
Our room. Sean was making me pout about something.
Common area. It's got a cute painted scene on the walls of lake/cloud/birds.
Kitchen.
Our room has its own little bar fridge and tiny hand sink. The fridge is very nice to have our own, but I've had some trouble with it! When we first got here it stank something AWFUL. Soooo grossss. So the next day I completely wiped it all out. It was a little better, but not enough! I let a bunch of the ice defrost to see if it was the surface ice or not. Well, it wasn't. So this past weekend I took it outside, completely defrosted it and hosed it all out and let it sit for over a day. Hopefully that will take care of it!
We found a place that has gluten-free fries (hot chips) and burgers so we went there for our anniversary of 9 years together (!!!). And we got alcoholic slushies.
Our dinner was good, Sean and I both got "queenslander" burgers. The toppings included lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, cheese, beetroot and fried egg!
Mine with no bun:
That's about it!
Sean and I have decided to go to Melbourne earlier than planned. We're running out of money as we haven't been able to get any more work and Sean's hours are crazy inconsistent. Not to mention, Sean dislikes his job very much. Soooo, the current plan is we're going to go to Melbourne for minimum two weeks and try and find some work. I'm pretty stubborn about seeing Lyn before going home, and we're hoping the grass is greener on the other side.
It seems like it will be alright though. There is a LOTTT of work down there. I've already gotten a phone interview and I've only very casually been looking! (They needed someone right away though, so it was a no-go. Still a very good sign.)
So the 31st of March we're on the way to Melbourne!
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