Kelsey's travel diary

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I have become a local (well to me, they still don’t know who I am. Maybe in a few weeks they will haha) at this cafe called Hush, right by my hostel. They have cold brew so I am a happy gal. I can’t wait to get my own place for a lot of reasons but one of them would be to make my own cold brew. I have really got to stop spending money on coffee & other things until I get a job. I don’t know why my brain thinks I have to get a coffee every time I leave the house. I guess it’s because I am so used spending my money on whatever I want. So it’s just weird now not having my savings that I had & the income I had. Wouldn’t change it though, I am happy here.

So, I went to Rottnest Island!! It was STUNNING. I handed out 6 CV’s (Resumes) & every single one of them said they aren’t hiring but will keep it on file. They aren’t hiring til July or August & some even said October. I could wait around until August but can’t wait til October to get my 88 days done. The little quokkas remind me of a giant rat & a squirrel combined. It’s super cute though. Also saw a snake which was a little terrifying knowing that it was one of the deadliest snakes in the world. I will tell you now, don’t go to Rottnest and bike around the day after leg day. Going up hill was just not it. Maybe I am just blaming it on leg day, maybe I am just a whiny brat. It was not fun what so ever. The views made it worth it! I went with my friend Martin.. I am sure he will never go with me again with how much I kept stopping on the bike HA.

For now I’ll just search for a casual job to start saving up. There is this local country bar that reminds me of Nashville. It opens up at 6pm so I am going to go in & pray for the best. Someone said I should put on my boots & hat, walk in, hand my CV to the manager & say I start tomorrow. Haha if only it were that easy. I am also going to walk around here and hand out my CV anywhere I can. Which everyone else is doing the same thing. There is so much competition here it’s actually kind of scary.

My hostel isn’t really THAT bad. I’ve definitely stayed in cleaner/better. Just happy that I found a long term hostel though. Right now I have it booked until May 20th & I can pay weekly so therefore I can cancel at anytime. Praying I don’t have to stay there that long but we will see. It won’t be the end of the world! I am just happy have a roof over my head. My new roomie Nicole is so funny. I truly wish you guys could meet her. She reminds me a lot of myself, just a funnier, younger version & from UK.

Mental health check:
Happy,
Truly happy.
I still can’t believe I did this thang. Moved to Australia all by myself. Alone. It’s been a wild ride & I can’t wait to see what the next few months have in store for me. Again y’all, I am sorry if I repeat myself in my blogs. I just really don’t have the patience to go back through and re read everything.

I love finding new music, that was always my thing back home. So finding new music here has been just as exciting. Figured I’d share a few artist, I wouldn’t say they were country. It’s like chill vibezzzzz – you let me know what y’all think. Ziggy Alberts & Jack Botts. It’s a little hard finding new music from back home just because I am not really plugged in like I used to be. I’ve also found that some songs aren’t here yet or vice versa. It’s so crazy how behind Australia is with certain things.

Xo