i LOVE my country

WOW
yesterday was australia day and i had such an amazing and BRILLIANT time!!! I purposefully had no high expectations of how the day would turn out in order to not be disapointed. but i just had so much fun. i chatted with gals, chatted with guys, relaxed in the shade, played cricket in the sun, went for a dozen walks with all different ppl. it was just a such an awesome day. i even got to see ty for a brief moment (drunk as a skunk) all us chickies that car pooled down there made such an amazing effort as far as costumes go. i can not wait to see the photo's! hehe. i think we looked excellent.
sadly i got very burnt. i didnt think it was that bad til i got him and looked in the mirror and thought "carrie...u idiot" i was really pumped about going for a jog this morning too but i cancelled that cos i was in too much pain :-( anyway, back to yest.
one thing that really blew me away was how amazing some of the guys at my church really are. in one day i got to know some of those guys better than i did in all my previous time combined at sunset coast. on the drive home i thought to myself "wow, they really are nice guys" none are bf material but, really good 'mates'. i still cant believe that rick, rob and gaz came and helped us carry our stuff down and find parking spaces and then how they also helped us carry our stuff to our cars after the sky show AND waited with us til we left! how nice! even like, sven, who i always found kind of strange, i now think is cool and a total crack up, just cos of the 10-15 mins we spent hauling an esky together. haha. that was our first decent convo EVER. its always just been small talk. its always been small talk with all of those guys. but now i realise they have characters. haha.
another thing that left me mesmerised was how amazing perth is. its so beauitful. we had such a wonderful view, of the river, the city, kings park, everything. we really live in a paradise. the sunset was truly amazing i had such a lovely time standing with ruth during sunset as we gawked in amazement...and joked like idiots about the stuff going on around us. haha. my ruth janine, she cracks me up. i love her laugh. its so infectious.
the fire works were amazing. i always hav said to myself "if uv'e seen one set of fireworks, u've seen them all"...but now i know im wrong.

i also loved the aussie spirit that u cud feel and see all day. it was thick and unavoidable...aussie flag capes, dresses, tops, mini skirts, everything! us aussies really do get stuck into it! and i think everyone on the foreshore looked great.

WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY!
I LOVE MY COUNTRY!