I finally made some plans

Over the last several months, I went from being really happy to be coming home the United States, to very very frustrated at the fact that I couldn't find work or a way to support myself. It seems like bad things just keep happening to me, with great frequency, and good things are very few and far between. To add to my list of things that just keep knocking me down, on top of having no job, having my car getting broken into, having the insurance company not cover pretty much anything in the car, I found that a few weeks before moving to France, I had gotten a speeding ticket. I was never aware of the ticket, because I *moved to France,* and I didn't have my mail forwarded to my new address, (if I even could have done it to another country.) So I went down to the DMV a few weeks ago and was told that I had an outstanding ticket, a failure to appear in court over it, a revoked license, and a warrant for my arrest. Yay! I think at this point, I was just thinking "okay, fine..... everyday I wake up to something new that is worse than the day before, so it doesn't even phase me." I explained my situation to the DMV, that I had no knowledge of this ticket, and the reason it went unpaid for so long was because I was out of the country, and they let me leave as long as I promised them I would go to court and take care of it. I went to court a few days ago, waited for seven hours, and tried to explain to the judge when it was my turn, but he gave me the full penalty of $600, for doing 80 in a 70. I pleaded with him and got him to "reduce" it to $450, but.. it's still four hundred and fifty dollars, and it's just one MORE thing to add to my list of suck.

There are some good things to report though. Some GREAT things to report actually. Rebecca's family offered us two plane tickets to fly to Sydney and stay there with her sister. The job market over there is better than San Diego, and I can get a visa to live there and work there legally for one year. I'm excited about this, really excited, because I think it will give us the opportunity to jumpstart ourselves into a new frame of mind, being near the beach in a new country where everyone talks funny, and Rebecca's sister has been asking around and trying to help us a LOT to find work and make this transistion comfortable.

I think in all honesty, because we have a way to get there, if I can find ANY type of work there, it's a great option. It allows me to get closer to Rebecca and develop my relationship more with her, and also allows me to have a wonderful life-experience, meet new people, have new experiences, and finally find out if toilets really do flush in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere. I have been researching stuff the last few days, and I'll be applying soon for the visa I'll need to get over there and work. I think we're trying to set a timeline of one to two months to get everything in order, and then we're off!

I'm moving to Australia!

Finally something exciting! I'm excited!

Fact: Koala bears drink Fosters.