Prescription for homesickness

Friday was the first day since I have been here that I felt a little bit homesick.  After a month of trying to be as cool as possible it can get tiring and you just want to be around people who know you.  Homesickness is one of those devilish things that sneaks up on you when you least expect it.  You feel tired, demotivated, and a little bit sad even. It started when I woke up that morning to get ready for work and the surf camp that I was going to attend was cancelled due to RAIN.  I opened my shudders and what did I see? Bamo! Rainbow :)

That brightened my day a bit and I focused on getting ready for work.  When you are homesick, all of a sudden everything gets annoying.  The fact that you have been using the same towel everyday, you hate your flip flops that you wear to the cold shower, you hate the water pressure, you want your own hair dryer, you don't want to take the bus to work, and you are dreading the weekend becauase you have no plans, no friends, and crap weather.  As I am writing this out, you realize how ridiculous it all sounds.  Who cares about any of these things? Danni, you are in Australia for Christ sakes.  Buck up! I cared, because I was homesick and that my friends, is where homesickness is tricky.  It gets you in the smallest yet painful of ways.  I realized that I was the only person who could fix this. Internally, I just wanted to get to work and come straight home and go to bed.  Unnaturally, I did the opposite.  After work I went for drinks with a girl from England and another from Holland who is now living in Hong Kong for work.  We ended up having dinner and a jug of wine.  The next thing I knew I was at a concert with my wild neighbor Jane and some of her friends.  I was out until the wee hours of the morning.  The night was a blast and I awoke with William Hung and his family due to the jug of wine (Thanks Hung family) but voila....no more homesickness.  Here is a pic from the concert. 

I have warded it off this time but I am sure it won't be the last.  The great news is that I have the Dutch girl going sky diving with me hopefully this weekend if the weather turns around.  Life is back to the way it should be. I am going to get pics of the sky dive. Stay tuned! Checking off my bucket list one dream at a time.