Like Swilling Spider Juice (Courtesy of Tracy McDaniel)

So, I haven't posted in a while because not much has happened. But I was subtley reminded by Miss Sarbar that I haven't posted...and she wanted a post...so then I racked my brain to think of what you wanted to know about. Then I decided to tell you about the worst day ever. (PS you all should go and read Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. It's inspiring.)

So last Friday we went on a walkabout in the Blue Mountains. Which was fine, at first. Kimberly (director) was concerned about one girl because of her knee problem, so she didn't go. But hearing about that did not deter me at all. I was so ready to bush walk (Aussie for hike) and tell everyone that I had done that! Woo hoo!

So we meet our tour guide who is going to take us to sacred sites for Aboriginals on our bush walk. That's cool, but then Kimberly asked for the slow people to gather 'round. Instead of encouraging us, she put us at the very front so that we were the cruise control. Yeah, that's cool. I got to know Evan our guide pretty well.

So we walk, downhill, and we end up in this rainforest gulley. Very cool. I slipped on a rock and one foot fell in mud...so I may need new tennis shoes because they smell. Well, we get to a cave and we're painting ourselves in ochre and we look very cool. So then we move on, but now we're climbing up. Which is ok, we're in no rush so we're going very slow (I was in the very front). We sit down and learn about funnel webs and tree grubs and stuff. Then Kimberly realizes that we have 20 minutes to finish climbing Mount Everest and get back to the train station.

Pause: you miss a train in the Blue Mountains, you wait for another hour and might miss out on dinner. Also, there are 33 ASCers, 2 staff, and Evan (36 total if you missed that).

Resume: Evan begins to book it up the last leg which was ok, but soon became straight up hill on slippery rainforest rocks. Not cool. Plus the air was thin and dry, so my asthma picked a very inconvenient time to kick in. Sweet. So I stopped for a breather and then finally made it out alive. But then we had a 10 minute walk to the trains...crap. So I'm trudging along when I hear a train bell ring. Crap. Kimberly and I are booking it (as fast as two huffing and puffing people can).

Thankfully the train-man held the train for us, but I was exhausted and my lungs were burning. Also, I'm covered in face paint...yeah.

So, the next morning I got out of bed and got dressed etc to get ready. Then I went for breakfast and couldn't sit down. My legs has frozen, stiffened, and were in constant pain. I couldn't climb the stairs to get to the train, going down the stairs was the worst. And yesterday was the first day that my legs moved with little to no pain.

Other than the tremendous agony experienced on Friday, I had a great time. We learned a lot about Aboriginal Dreaming and native animals. It was fun.

Anyway, that's all I have to say. We leave for New Zealand in 3.5 weeks!! So exciting!