The Australian Dragon

September 2019 Although this month is known by many things, whether it be Earth Wind and Fires pinnacle song to only be sung on the 21st night of September (on a lighter note) or the events of 9/11 that forever changed the US (on a more grim note). September, however, came as a bit of a low point here. You may be thinking, how could I feel bummed while living "the dream" in Australia? Well when you uproot your life and community and attempt to make a new one while taking classes at the same time, it can happen. You get overwhelmed and drained and forget that you're supposed to be taking care of yourself too. I found a post someone shared on Facebook addressed "To the girl who moved away from her family..." Now, this is specified to a newly married woman beginning her life with her own family, but I resonated with a lot of the points she brought up. And to be honest, that season will come in time as well, so I am thankful for experiencing this now and gaining...

Liveaboard Trip 6 Sept - 8 Sept 2019 * this is a particularly long one, so if you have time give it read, but if not no worries:) Enjoy! Friday This was a 2 day 3 night trip on a two deck boat named the Kalinda exploring the Great Barrier Reef! The adventure began friday night when we had to meet the boat downtown at 7:30pm to load on everyone and all our dive gear. The captain, Dan, gave us all a briefing of the boat and the rules we needed to abide by. Afterward, Curtis who was in charge of the trip, gave us a rundown of the weekends schedule and what time we needed to be ready the next day… which was 7am. We departed the dock at 10:30pm to make the 6 hour treck out to our first destination… Wheeler Cay!  There were a couple of different groups of people on the boat. First and foremost, the crew of 3 that did everything on the boat whether manning it, mechanics, cooking, any an everything! They were amazing and I could not have been more appreciative of all the ...