Down Under, Mate

Happy New Year, all! It's hard to believe that 2006 is here. 2005 just went by so quickly, and almost all of it as a New Jersey resident!

My new year is going to start out with a bang. In three days, Brad and I are headed down under for about 7 days to Sydney to explore the outback. Brad is going for work, and I am lucky enough to be able to tag along. We are leaving on Thursday and will return the following Saturday, so it will be a quick trip. But it should be awesome, considering Australia is one place I have always DREAMED of visiting and it's summer time down there, so I get to wear flip flops! I hope I will see a kangaroo and a koala bear! We will actually be staying right next to the opera house, where this photo was taken.

The one hitch is that I am supposed to get my passport on Wednesday. I had a "Duh" moment last Thursday (one week prior to our departure date) that I didn't have a passport with my married name on it. So, I was freaking out!!!! I found this website that promises passports in 24 hours. (That's business days, however.) So, I had to FedEx my marriage liscense, old passport and lots of money in hopes that when I get home from work on Wednesday, I will have a passport waiting for me on the front porch. Keep your fingers crossed for me!