in paradise

so after a 16hr bus ride i made it to surfers paradise. it wasent so bad. slept pretty good for being on a bus. met up with julia at sleeping inn and all is pretty good. on the way here we passed through a town called byron bay. i was wishing i could hop off the bus and stay there, it looked so nice. but after talking with julia, we decided to head back down to byron together next week. i think i will head there on thursday (tomorrow or the day after i plan on going to surf school, wednesday a friend of julia's is taking her and i to the jungle for a few hours.) its very nice here, definatly paradise but very hot. the hostel is a converted motel so there is a pool, hot tub and on tuesday nights you can watch movies from inner tubes in the pool. pretty neat - tonight is a free dinner at a bar called shooters so im definatly gona take advantage of that. im starting to take notice of the money situation - NEED TO FIND WORK!!!

so julia and i are gonna see if we can work and get an apartment in byron - i dont really know what her plan is as far as how long she wants to work for or anything but, i have to start doing something thats for sure.

other then that, not much is new - its nice to have someone i know here but at the same time, i was getting used to being alone

much love

alia

ps i got to see the beginning of mardi gras parade yesterday - very interesting! lots of cute boys - too bad they're gay!