Day 1

Well, I made it to Australia. The flight, as always, was unpleasant. At Sea Tac my mother asked if I wanted a beer, so I got one and I was way early so I got another at the terminal. Well I got a little buzz and wandered into the bookstore and bought Obama's Audacity of Hope. I probably should have read it before I voted for the man, but it has reaffirmed my decision thus far. So the flight wasn't all that bad. My sister gace me sleeping pills and I think I probably slept 10 hours in tottal. Not too shabby. I am still tired as hell though, but I wont let myself sleep or the jetlag will be worsened.
I took the train from the airport into town and switched over to get to the suburb of Newtown. It is a really cute little place, the houses are all older looking and I swear every house has a small tree growing out of the 2 foot by 3 foot patch of dirt. I skated around with my luggage for a while, got lost, asked directions and ended up finding the house where I am staying. I am staying with the adorable hippy couple for 2 nights. They are tons of fun and really generous, I need to repay them somehow, maybe do the dishes tonight. Right now I am alone, getting some precious internet time. Free Wifi is hard to find around here. My hosts play Catan, I am hoping to get a game in before I take off. I have to send out a lot of requests on couchsurfing.com, they have all been coming up as 'no', sadly. I guess more people come to Sydney than Bellingham, go figure.
I went to a small beach today, nice and sandy with some rocks jutting into the ocean. I swam for a bit and remembered I hadn't applied sunscrean to my pathetically white upper body so I went to the shade and read. I don't want a sunburn on day one. Then we walked around the rocky bits and looked in the tidepools, there were some cool things, notable a bright green eel. Somehow I cut the top of my foot too.
So I am back now and I will continue begging for places to stay. Stay tuned.