...The Day After

My first Gold Coast sunset. 

Paradise. 

Yep...woke up here this morning. 

Night shot of Broadie skyline. 

Roo, pasta, and salad = Dinner

Today is January 15... the day after i turned 21. The mindset is that turning 21 is all good and peachy because now you can legally drink and all that nonsense, which is true, but what everyone fails to inform you of is that your going to wake up the next day, on your bathroom floor, shirtless, with no idea where you are or how you got there and a headache like someone was standing on your head the entire time you were passed out....hangover central, but i guess thats what happens when you drink an entire bottle of Sky vodka. Couldn't really tell you what happened last night, but maybe thats a good thing. I wasn't let into any clubs because i was a bit drunk (better off anyway, there was no need to drink anything but water)... but at least i ended up home in one piece. Its safe to say that i will be spending tonight in the comfort of my apartment despite the efforts of everyone else on Study Australia group....sorry mates, not tonight.

I was awaken around noon to a small asian woman standing at my bedroom door, now after a night like last night, i was more then confused. Forcing myself to recognize what was going on, i realized it was just the cleaning lady. Yup, they really do clean everything here. She changed all our beds, cleaned the bathroom, gave us fresh towels, cleaned the kitchen, did our dishes, vacuumed the entire apartment and even took out our garbage. And this is no one time deal....we'll be seeing this angel once a week. Once she had finished her "chores,"she left the room without making a peep and i crawled my aching body back into my little freshly made bed. Still hard to believe that I LIVE HERE!

After waking up again at 2pm, somewhat still drunk, Vic (one of my roommates) and myself stumbled down to the beach  because today was another beautiful, sunny 83 degree day. Mother ocean yet again proved to be a natural healer, as my hangover was lessened and a good hot tub sesh had me feeling some what back to reality. Spending your saturday chillen hard in the aussie sun is something that i look forward to for the rest of my stay here. Vic hooked it up tn and cooked up a little Roo which we ate over some pasta and some sauce, pretty delish. 

I'll be waking up tomorrow at 5 AM....headed back to Snapper Rocks with Greg. The reports are calling for a solid swell...13-17 ft, wind ESE at less than 10kts. MACKING...can you say huge perfect waves? (and yes its got me a little nervous, but how often do i get to surf perfect Snappa?). Hope the 5'10 will work for me....otherwise i could be in a bit of trouble. Either way, this should be a swell for the record books, at least in my case. I'll take plenty of pictures, no doubt there will be a handful of the best pro's out in the lineup sitting next to me. 

Gold Coast signing off.