Scared stay scared

This weekend, I went to Magnetic island. Beautiful is a serious understatement. We went for “work,” where we were “marketing.” Loosely translated……the owner wanted to get out of town and we drank and met a bunch of people. It was full moon weekend, which is insane. I was on the beach with close to 1200 people dancing and drinking………doesn’t get much better than that. Des (my Boss) promised that I wouldn’t be able to move the next day…….and he was CORRECT. Damn you jaeger bombs, damn you. We went to lunch where everyone commenced drinking yet again. I mean I’m all for drinking a lot but sometimes I swear I can hear my liver begging me to stop. So it was margaritas all around and a water for Anne.

The next day, I fulfilled my dream and got to hold a KOALA!! So freaking cute. But the deal was, in order to get

to the koala, I had to touch a lot of freaky ass stuff. The first being a croc……that was the least scary one. YEA. Next up came the giant bird. And, if it’s even possible I think I have become MORE afraid of birds since I got here. At home we have pigeons and seagulls and what not but here these birds are twice my size and could kill me with their death claw in a matter of seconds. Needless to say, I’m still not a fan. But anyway, I held the bird and thinking I was finished, finally started to relax. No such luck. Next came out the python. That’s right, a PYTHON, the thing that wraps itself around your neck and strangles you to death. But since this trip had kind of turned into one adrenaline rush after another…….i went in. AND HELD THE SNAKE. It took all of my will power not to scream hysterically but since there was a 7 year old little girl next to me doing the same……I felt that may be slightly embarrassing.

Finally, the koala came out. And He was SO cute….and he was definitely a HE. I got groped by a koala…….there’s a great story for the kids. “How was Australia mom?” “Oh great…..i drank a lot and a koala felt me up.” I probably will not be leading by example. But anyway, his name was Barney and he was very soft, and he had VERY sharp claws. I guess that’s typical with guys though……all cute and furry at first, until they dig their claws into you while attempting to play grab ass. Good times.

Last night was my birthday here! And I gotta say, I like having my birthday 2 days in a row. Twice the days, twice the fun. We had Anne’s B-day Beach Bash and after many failed attempts to start a bonfire, ended up sitting on the beach and drinking in the dark. So much fun though. And probably the biggest party I’ve ever had…….although nothing will ever top the little mermaid birthday. NOTHING.

That’s pretty much all that’s going on right now…….going white water rafting on Sunday…….that should produce some interesting stories