Australia: The Aftermath

It took me a REALLY long time to get over my jet lag and start getting back into a normal routine at home. No matter what time I went to bed, I would wake up somewhere between 4:30 and 6:30am, wide awake and starving for dinner. Then I would go back to sleep from anywhere between 11am and 7pm and thus the cycle continued. It was really hard for me to get back into the swing of things. I think one of the main reasons for this is because I wasn't really doing anything of importance during the day so I didn't really have anything to be productive for or any good reason to get back on to a normal sleep schedule.
The first weekend I was back home I went to my dad's lake house in NY for the 4th of July. I opted out of several friends' parties because I just didn't think I could deal with people at that point. I felt like I didn't want to see or talk to anyone who hadn't been in Australia with me because I didn't want to have to answer the most annoying question in the world: "How was it?" Obviously it was good, and that's all I could say, with the occasional it was amazing thrown in there, because I didn't have any words to describe well enough my experience. That's one of the reasons I am really glad I kept this blog, even though most of the time I didn't want to write it, because now I can always go back and read about the things I did and the way I was feeling throughout my time in Australia.
I know I'm never going to forget my experience, but even now, 3 months later, I feel like it was a distant memory and the only people who aren't sick of hearing about it are the people I went with. I am so grateful that I made such good friends from Northeastern in Sydney. My mom joked that I had to go so far away just to make really good friends from my school, but its true. I've shared with them some of the most amazing experiences of my life and for that reason, they will always be apart of my life, no matter what.
This weekend is Becca's birthday, so everyone will be together for the first time since Sydney and I am so excited! A couple of our friends who weren't from Northeastern are also coming up, down, over, for the weekend and I am beyond excited to see them!
Going to Sydney was the coolest, most adventurous and mind opening thing I have ever done and I would go back in a heartbeat. I learned so much about myself and did things I never thought I would do and I am so grateful to have had the chance to partake in such an awesome experience.

And finally, I never ate Vegemite! :)