best. day. ever.

we went to the currumbin wildlife sanctuary on saturday and it was AMAZING! my goal in life was to hold a koala. check. take a picture with a koala. cheeeeck! i did that within the first 20 minutes of being there and i could not have been happier. you can see it in my big fat cheeser in the picture with the koala. we got to the sanctuary around 10:30 and had until 5 to walk all around and see as many animals as we wanted to. we walked in just as they were doing the lorikeet feeding which is when they all fly around and we held little tins of their food and they were flying all around us and landing on our heads and arms. i loved it and all i could think of was the lady from home alone. the koalas were thee cutest things i have ever seen but they smelled like moldy pee. the koala i held, harry, pooped each time he was handed to someone new for a picture, luckily it did not get on my hands. i was about the 5th person to take a picture with him and im sure he was over it by the 2nd. when the lady handed him to me he wouldn't put his little hand on my shoulder and was just starring at my face. then she says, "harry, calm down. be good." i was like hooooly eff im going to be attacked. all those stories about the mean koala were going to come true and he was going to jump at my face. he didn't and did a great pose for our prom pic. it turned out great. =] i then smelled like moldy pee the rest of the day but it was 110% worth it. next were the kangaroos. legit. they were everywhere and we just got to walk around and hang out with them. they were a lot smaller than i expected but very cute. friendlier than i thought too. except for when one growled at me (didn't know they did that...) then attacked another kangaroo and they both ran away. there was one kangaroo with a little guy in his pouch who was just flopping around half way hanging out and some how they both seemed perfectly ok with it. it looked like the most awkward and uncomfortable thing ever but i guess it was working out for them. we also saw tree kangaroos, crocodiles, an insane amount of birds, snakes, a dingo, an echidna that had been hit by a car and brought to the sanctuary for recovery from a broken leg and will soon be released back into the wild! coool! after we were finished with all the animals at the sanctuary we left the park and walked around the beach just down the street. it was called tugun beach on the gold coast and it was gorgeous! i liked it better than byron bay and the water was warmer. we sat and watched a rowing competition for a while which was super interesting and a lot of fun. it was crazy and intense especially when their boats would flip and they would have to figure out how to get back on or get to shore. haha but super cool and looked so hard!! i got burnt again with awkward tan lines from my tank top and shorts. i look really cool rockin it though so no worries. it was all worth the amazing day!

went to the movies that night with my roommate and some of her friends to see valentines day. wow taylor swift was annoying in that movie but it was pretty good. im glad i went with them because it was just me and four australians! haha so i feel like im branching out and meeting more people which i love. we drove in her friends car too, im still not used to the whole steering wheel being on the opposite side.

did some laundry today and sat out by the pool after it rained. and now classes start tomorrow!

looove.