Mark and I

So Mark and I seem on and off and on and off but I thought we were quite happy but Mark decided  to break up with me today. Which was a bit of a shock but I kind of think its a good thing. He didn't see our relationship going anywhere and he wants to be single when he travels which really so do I it's easier. This way I can go with my sister travelling. We shall see.

Myself

As I was saying in my last message that Mark decided to pull out as though my idea of going on the block this year was a stupid idea. So that crushed my dreams as Mark put it... So I was thinking that I can enter the Block with... and I can think of no one... The people I know that are in Australia are happy in their work and wouldn't be as enthusiastic as me for doing this. So, I decided that they are asking for teams to go in but I've decided to do it myself. I understand that I will need a team member and it will make the experience that much better but since I don't have anyone then I'm just going to have to do it myself. Plus everyone else I know is in New Zealand and they don't know what the Block is.

The Block

I really wanted to go on The Block I was so excited and my partner Mark said he wanted to do it to. I know, I asked him a hundred times just to make sure that I wasn't the crazy one. So I was going to organise the photos the videos and everything all last weekend and send it in. I stopped and thought that I wanted to do it properly so I have till October to send it in and in that time I can make it amazing. Until dum, dum, dum, Mark said you aren't doing this for a couple years aye? And I thought no, I've just been so excited and talking about entering in the block for the next season for the past year. How rude, I asked him and he said he would. The sad thing is I wont do it with anyone else becasue I'm from New Zealand and living in Australia and I have no friends that I want to go in with. And I cant do it by myself. Anyway my savings for travelling has started I have fixed my teeth but there are a few things in the way like how I owe an insurance company $650 for no reason but thats okay things like this happen. No matter what I am going, we have decided that we are going to South America for a month and then we are going to travel to Europe for the rest of the time we are away.

Good going

So I have spent money on... this week $30 on phone, $30 on dinner with friends for friends birthday, $10 lotto ticket..... My theory is since I'm so unlucky, I would buy a ticket and my numbers would never come up so I decided that if I get a ticket and choose my numbers I would choose the numbers that I think would never win. I'm decoding power ball, it's fool proof. Anyway other than that idea, my money plans are going well I handed my Resume out to shops at DFO to work weekends today and I have a savers mentality at the moment so that's good and Marks even helping me out. That's a relief that he is helping me become a saver. 
My friend Hannah is enjoying wine in Nice, France at the moment............... jealous much.

Punta Arenas, Chile, As South of South America as you can get on land.

A little bit envious

I am a fair bit envious of all my friends travelling to all the countries that I want to go to I am soooooo envious. It's not like me to feel like this but I have never heard them talking about wanting to go to other places in the world and there they are enjoying Paris. The only difference is that I want to go for a longer time and I have friends in France that I can stay with so that's cool and that can make the trip longer and I can see the French in the country. I'm going to open up an envelope that's dated for yesterday. I'm sure I will get over it as long as I still believe that I will be experiencing the same thing.

Florence on a world trip

My friend Florence is currently travelling the world. I'm super proud of her but I wish I was there too. She is super lucky, she has been through Asia and to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day in Turkey. She then travelled through Russia and now she is travelling through Africa on a 700km Safari tour and skydiving in Namibia. I can't wait for that to be me. If I'm going to South America and Asia I think I might save a bit more so I can go to more places like Russia and thrugh the Eurpoean countries. SoSave from June 2012 till December of 2013. That gives me another 6 months worth of saving. That way it can be one trip of a life time rather than 2 or more. Don't get me wrong I will always be travelling but it will be harder to save the second time around because there will be other things my money will be paying for. e.g a house, children, a lifestyle and career.

A Safari

Gallipoli, Turkey, ANZAC

Russia

Work Help

I work for westpac and they like to help their workers so they have given us a website to help us reach our goal. Called Dream Big. I think it's awesome, it shows the how much I can save to reach my goal and that I need a second job to be able to do it. its very cool.