June Update

Hi. Remember me? Has it really been nearly two months since I wrote anything? Sorry for the delay, but I guess I'm just "living" instead of "traveling" so haven't had all that much to report. We are still living in "the frat house," the boys are still as messy as always, but I am coping, because it is cheap, and I can't work here. So.

I did make a mini-visit back to Alpacaland where, goodness me, they've all been sold. I was very sad. I guess they got an un-refusable offer for the whole lot, so bye bye alpacas. But they did keep three, one of which was my favourite little baby from last year, so at least I got a little bit of quality time with the alpacas. And of course some quality time with my friends there too!

Next stop: Florida. I am heading back in July, via brief visits in Auckland and LA to see friends. I am not sure how long I will be in Florida, perhaps two months? It all depends on too many factors, the most important of which are my parents. I have to see how they are doing, if they are healthy enough and sane enough for me to leave them again :-) We'll see.

So post Florida, it looks like I either:
1) Come back to Melbourne for another few months while Windsor works and does his family thing. If we move out of the frathouse I might actually have enough inspiration to finish my book!
2) Go off to fill-in-the-blank country to teach English. That way we can BOTH work and feel useful. But we are not sure where we would go, if we would like it, and if we would be any good at it. We are open to suggestions!
3) Get a 1-year working holiday visa for NZ. Again, mainly so we can both work, but we have nothing/no one there really.
4) Stay in Florida a bit longer to look after the parentals. But that would mean either Windsor can't work or we are apart. Mom says "No hon, we are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine." But I need to see for myself.

So that's it. I am slowly working through editing my book. Sloooooooooooowly (the aforementioned frathouse is not the ideal place for creative inspiration). I've been going Cuban Salsa dancing every other week or so, which has been wonderful and fun, and I've met some fun people too. And I'm just hanging out with my girlfriends and with Windsor, doing lots of baking to keep the house warm (and maybe fatten ourselves up for winter because it is COLD in Melbourne).

Oh, and if anyone knows of some short-term temp work in Florida, LET ME KNOW!
Hope all is well for whoever is still reading this :-)