3 MONTHS Y'ALL!!!!!!

WHOA......slow down time in Australia!!!! Yikes...has it really been 3 months already?!?! 

Well I haven't been on any huge adventures lately except the emotional roller coaster of finding a real Grown-up job. I was happily on vacation in Hervey Bay minutes away from getting on a bus (30 minutes to be exact) to Noosa for a 3 day/3 night canoe trip when I got a phone call from Big Brother's Big Sisters requesting an interview.......
THE NEXT DAY!!!! 

look how grown up I look?!??! haha

Uhhhhhh so in honor of being a (kinda) grownup, I packed up my backpack and got on a bus to the Gold Coast cutting my vacation 5 days short....lame. I got to reunite with my favorite Aussie Ji and sleep in MY OWN ROOM which was quite a nice treat though! I had a series of interviews that week but in the end I was only offered a job with Catholic Family Services through a recruitment agency. I was SUPER excited but the recruitment agent was not giving me much information about what I would actually be doing...so due to my inability to have patience or my incredible ability to think of a million questions I decided to pay Catholic Family Services a little visit to get more acquainted with my new JOB!!!! I arrived and surprised the pants off my new boss...she was so surprised that she had no idea who I was and hadn't received my resume yet. I bombarded her with a million questions anyway and well she wasn't amused or impressed by my eagerness/assertiveness. I left feeling like I hadn't made a great impression on my new boss but I was still excited to begin my new job in hopes that she would eventually love me. The next day I got a call from a very ANNOYED recruitment agent telling me that by visiting with CFS before my employment was finalized that I had broken a rule within the agency and would not be able to take that job. I WAS DEVASTATED!!! I literally had to hold back the sound of tears in my voice as I apologized for breaking the rules and tried to explain that it was merely out of excitement and not at all on purpose. She did not sound happy with me and told me she didn't have another position to offer me at this time. I won't lie. I stayed in bed the whole next day and was a complete mess. I thought that after three months of travel and working on a farm that my life had fallen into place....and then it all shattered into pieces.

Don't worry I didn't stay sad for long......the day after that I went into crazy mode of finding a job. I was a little desperate to make some money.....so I took a telemarketing job.
I went in for the interview without any telemarketing experience and the lady told me she liked how I presented myself and offered me a job that I would start the next day. My job was to call random people and talk them into investment properties....most people hung up on me or shouted curse words or couldn't understand my accent....Aussies like the terms "piss off or F*** off, no way mate....It was a funny job....but I really couldn't stand it for long. I lasted TWO DAYS before I quit!! I  got a call from a photography company named GOTCHA! the day I quit the telemarketing job. I would basically do PR work for them in a mall but they would pay me a base rate salary and pay for my accommodation and travel. Every two weeks they will move me to a different part of Australia and I will work in a team of 4 other backpackers!!! Don't worry I will keep you posted on how it goes!!!!!

I feel like my adventure in Australia is one big lesson after another. I am really really REALLY lucky to have so many people that love and pray for me daily. I got really homesick after all this stuff happened because I realized how much I relied on my support system to help me through those really tough moments in life. I do miss the luxury of calling my Mom to help me make everyday decisions or talking to my best friend anytime. I love traveling. I could do it forever and be the happiest person in the world....sometime I just wish my suitcase/backpack could fit more of the people I love in it to take with me. 

Here is a random day in life of Rachelle:

 I sit at the library all the time using their free internet..It has really interested people so I usually pick a spot that I can people watch...today I was approached by these women asking if they could draw my face...bahhaa I hesitated but thought ehh why not?!?! They asked me all about America, my travels and (of course) boys....I enjoyed talking to them but felt super uncomfortable because they kept commenting on my facial features. (She has really long beautiful eyelashes, See how her cheek bones are perfectly shaped) I literally kept blushing nonstop...

 When they were finished they gave me this picture. I didn't think it looked anything like me but thought its cool anyway....The ladies stopped me as I was getting up and said "you have a smile that lights up the room  and I just know that you are going to do such wonderful things in Australia and in life." 
Sometimes God gives me a pick me up in the most unusual way....

cant wait to see what this month has in store for ME!!!!!!!