last night

so, tonight is my final night in the wonderful city of sydney.
what a bittersweet feeling.
it is extremely hard to explain how i'm really feeling but, it has put me in a trance all day. i feel like this is the end of it all but then i think of home & i get so excited to see everyone back at home.
this has been an unbelievably amazing adventure and i'm so blessed & thankful.
i don't suppose you would be able to understand the feelings i'm feeling unless you have just spent 5months in Australia after wanting to live there for abt 13 years. i don't suppose you would understand unless you were in Australia with 60 of the most amazing, crazy, honest, annoying, fabulously funny, geniune, goofy, ridiculous people ever from all over the US. i don't suppose you would understand unless you spent 5months in Australia during the first half of the year 2009 experiencing the world through young, eager eyes.
i skydived.
i scuba dived.
i hiked over 30 kilometers in rainforests, cannons, mountains..
i learned to surf.
i slept in a swag under the stars in 2 degree weather.
i drove on the "wrong" side of the road.
i turned 21.
i saw an AFL game.
i saw a rugby union game.
i saw a dugong.
i spent an endless amount of hours talking to my roommates.
i spent an endless amoung of hours talking with my AIFSers.
i visited 4 out of the 7 states in oz.
i will be back.

over and out from the wonderful land of oz.
xoxo
dustialynn.

rest in peace king of pop

i know some of you could care less about michael jackson's passing but, i am extremely heart broken.
lest we forgot:
johnny cash
elvis
john lennon
bob marley
tupac
biggie smalls
kurt cobain
and any others i have forgotten right now :(

rest in peace the king of pop.
only four more days in oz.
sad day of my life..

p.s. sorry to farrah & ed mcmahon, may have not been the most opportune time to die..

xox
dustialynn

I'M DONE!!

wow, i can't believe it..
another year of college all said and done.
i'm so excited for it to be over but also really sad because that means australia is almost a mere memory..

anyway,
i've tried to update for the past 2 days & it hasn't been working but, here i am now.
i still have to post abt melbourne, don't worry, i will..
and, i'm off to the OUTBACK, with kelly, on saturday!! i'm really excited.

for now, i'm off to woolworths with my wonderful, amazing friend vanessa.

update update update pt. 2

today i went to paddy's market with camy & jami.
i bought souvenirs. for everyone. i spent a good amount of money.
i also took my biology 108 final. i'm not really too keen on how i did but, i'm done.
i only have 17 days left in oz. it's cold. i'm a bit sick.
i want a good book to read. or two. or three. i don't want to study.
farewell dinner tmrw.

until next time
xox
dustialynn

update update update.

i only have 19 days left!!!
eeekkkk! so crazy. so many emotions. bittersweet.


but, in the meantime..
my camera broke.
my ipod broke.
i'm almost broke.

but, i'm still in oz.

until next time.
xoxox
dustialynn

p.s. per yesterday, i have decided "dustialynn" will be my "stage name."
i have been using it as my signature for everything i write (emails, blogs, usernames, etc.) for a while so i decided i have been "making a name for myself" ..
i like it.