FoReVeR SuNsHiNe

road trips seem to make me happy.

i am convinced that i was born to travel.

my most recent road trip was to utah.

i was able to see old friends and roommates.

i was able to wander around the mall and take fun pictures.

but most important, i went through the temple for the first time.

with the ones i love. my family.

life is good.

life

i think that its officially safe to say that i have a life again. well, not really, but i do have a job. my first job ever. doing soil testing. so yes, i get to get dressed up and look like a geek everyday. lab coat, goggles, and gloves, the whole package. can i at least say that i make a very cute geek? chemistry may not be my life profession, but it will do for now. and one plus - there is a very handsome guy that works there too.

*AuStRaLiA*

FuN FaCtS AbOuT AuStRaLiA

- Australia was the second country to give women the vote.

- In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalised by the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia.

- Swimming - In 1838 it was declared illegal to swim at public beaches during the day! This law was enforced until 1902.

- Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well behaved Convicts.

- In 2007, it was estimated that 22 per cent of living Australians had a convict ancestor.

- Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

- When a specimen of the platypus was first sent to England, it was believed the Australians had played a joke by sewing the bill of a duck onto a rat.

- Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometre.

Australian inventions...

- Australians invented notepads (1902)

- aspirin (1915)

- the pacemaker (1926)

-penicillin (1940)

-the Hills Hoist clothesline (1946)

- the plastic disposable syringe (1949)

- the wine cask (1965)

- the bionic ear (1978)

- dual-flush toilet flush (1980)

- anti-counterfeiting technology for banknotes (1992)

- long-wearing contact lenses (1999).