July 4, 2018 4th of July.  This day doesn’t mean anything here in the Outback, although, we did end up seeing some fireworks tonight.  There are a lot of people that come over from the US to backpack around and work while seeing Australia. Don’t ask me where they get…

July 3, 2018 Today was an exhausting day.  I hardly slept last night, partly because I knew that I had to get up at 5 a.m. and partly because Rich was snoring so badly that I thought the cabin was going to blow down.  We really need to do something…

July 2, 2018 I woke up this morning at 6:30 a.m. and my back is killing me.  It hurts so badly that I can hardly move.  You would think with the two massages that I have gotten in the last 5 days, maybe that would have helped…or maybe that’s the…

July 1, 2018 This morning we slept in until 7 a.m. and headed to the lodge for breakfast at 8:15.  There was frost on the ground, which was very pretty and something that we haven’t seen since we moved to Texas 4 years ago, and it really damn cold out!…

June 30, 2018 This morning I slept in until 5:30, so slowly but surely, my jet lag is starting to get a little better.  Come to find out, it will take me a full 8 days to completely kick the jet lag and be able to stay up past 9…

June 29, 2018 I didn’t sleep very well last night, Rich was snoring like a freight train and I had a lot of anxiety and my mind just wouldn’t stop.  I was up at 4:30 this morning, so I am getting a little better, lol!  We were ready for the…

June 28, 2018 Since I woke up at 3:30 a.m. this morning, I decided to treat myself and lay in bed until 4:45 playing around on my phone.  Woke the sleepy head up next to me and had him get up so that we could go to the gym.  I…