Bartering with a 4 year old....

I am training Liam up as a hairdresser so I don't have to do my own hair anymore....

In return I have to push him on the swing...

And provide him with Spelling lessons....

But this also get me his babysitting duties....

Then he gets a few fun days out on the side for free...

Loss of multiple Virginities!!

In recent weeks I have been to my first Brisbane Broncos game, visited Byron Bay with a bunch of people I barely/didn't know, held my first Koala, held my first Snake, played my first didgeridoo, spooned a Kangaroo and drank my first Wildberry Smash....

Jordan, Ash, Me, Alex and Maisa (sick)

I actually moved away from Maisa
specifically for this photo...

When planning a weekend away, most people would choose their uttermost best friends and be very wary of any 'outsiders' that could potentially ruin the fun. Life as an Au Pair allows none of this...so I embarked upon a 330km round trip for one night of mayhem with 9 girls I barely knew. Cailin was the closest thing I had to a best friend (the Saturday marked our 4 weeks of friendship anniversary...) and I could count on one hand or less the amount of times I had met everybody else! After some seedy pickups on the street corner of the train station (the awkward moment you don't know someone and not sure if the person you are staring at is them or not...) we went on our merry way. We stayed at a well known backpackers hostel called The Arts Factory...basically follow the smell of marijuana and you're there! I would definitely recommend anyone visiting Byron to stay...there was plenty to do and the laid back atmosphere made socialising very easy! (We only got asked once if we wanted to buy some of the green stuff but no offence is taken when you politely decline..) I serenaded my new friends with a didgeridoo and hung out in hammocks watching the sun go down. In the space of the one night I was there I loved these people enough to commit myself to a world tour to make sure I visited everyone on home turf (3 states of  America, Finland, 2 regions of France and 2 regions 

Calling in life...

of NZ) - pretty expensive night out in the end!! The following day was spent lounging around at the beach (mainly figuring out how to put an effective restraining order on Maisa...Finish, banging body, blonde hair, blue eyes, kinda girl that makes you want to give up on life...) followed by a wander round the Sunday markets. I would advice anyone not to use the portaloos, especially after a heavy night on the goon as the chances are you will probably chunder on yourself. 

Taking everything into perspective, I wouldn't have done the weekend with anyone else...
<3 MY BYRON BAY BITCHEZZZ

Chillin at the beach...

Moral of the Story?
Would have a body like Maisa if I didn't love my big macs...

I also feel I have turned into a Lone Pine Tour Guide....I took Cailin to show her around and get our photos taken with a Koala (life long dream) and later in the week I took Ash and Sophie too (a slightly more hungover, less enthusiastic trip..) I also made an on the spot decision to get my photo taken with a snake (didn't want to waste the full face of day make-up) and spooned a kangaroo!
I have been spending almost too much time with Ash...her Kiwi lingo is rubbing off on me and NEK MINNIIIIIT I'll be sounding like one...
We also managed to take 4 trips to McDonalds in our sorry states after embarking upon the best hangover drink known to mankind...Wildberry Smash. I have put Ash on a strict budget to save for our future travels (world tour I arranged at Byron..) and we decided we cannot accomodate or justify spending $5 four times a day every time we feel a bit grim..

Moral of the Story?
Should have just got a Big Mac Meal made Large instead of the first Wildberry Smash...