Let's question humanity a little bit right now....

Been in Thailand for a little shy of three weeks. It's been a great trip minus a few setbacks. Visas, motorcycles, mosquitoes, spiders. You name it, I've probably encountered it somehow. That's before the hooker cat calls and Indian men trying to tell a "bootiful lady" her lucky fortune. Anyways (!), I'm back in Bangkok for one more day until I go to the white sand beaches of Phuket for a 5 days of tanning and relaxing. This morning I took a shower and finally figured out how to get hot water. Cold showers suck when you really need to wash your hair. Any girl will totally understand what I'm saying! Took a shower and went back to my dorm only to discover my iPod was missing. 4 girls checked out of the hostel in the time I was taking a shower, so I have absolutely no idea who took it. I'm not even all that upset that they stole my iPod, that's replaceable. It's the pictures of me and my grandmother and me and my cousin from our time in Edinburgh that I can't get back. And not to forget all my Chive photos. I thought it was an unspoken rule among travelers that you don't touch other people's stuff in dorms. All I know is, there's such a thing as Karma. It will find that girl and bite her hard in the ass when the time is right. That's all I can hope for. 

But for some amazing good news, I'm going to Australia in 6 days! I was approved for a one year work visa so it's off to sunny Sydney for me! Can't wait to be in a country where I'm not going to be side swiped by a tuk tuk, can speak English and get a hot shower. And be with a lot of really great people. You know who you are! For the first time in a long time, I feel happy with my life. It's the greatest euphoria knowing you can go anywhere you want, whenever you want. No babies, no mortgages, no boyfriend, no commitments. Just pure, growing freedom. Fuck I haven't felt this great in probably 5 years. Who knew living out of two knapsacks could do that for you. 

Off to Phuket for 5 days of +45 and a UV index that will probably destroy my ginger skin. I'll be sure to put some pictures up. And then it's off to Sydney to start a new chapter of my life. Never felt so scared, nervous and excited all at once!!