An Unexpected Friend.

I woke up in the morning knowing I was not going to do anything but type for my blogs but I could hardly do that.  I lounged around in the T.V. room until I had to leave for orientation at the Sanctuary I will be volunteering at tomorrow.  I figured out the bus schedule pretty quickly, which was nice but the only thing I hate about the buses here are that one ride costs as much as $7, that’s just one way!

I was worried about missing the sanctuary stop so I asked the driver where to get off and she told me to sit down and that she would tell me when we were there; a little rude I thought.  We made it to the sanctuary and I couldn’t get away from her sooner!

Just when I thought I would make no friends while I was here I bumped into another volunteer named Jessica and you will not believe how weird this is!  Michaela back on Kangaroo Island mentioned her friend she met back in Sydney named Jessica; I just didn’t make the connection until I mentioned Michaela briefly.  When Jessica heard her name she started freaking out saying she knew her and then I started freaking out!  Out of all the people to meet while you travel I meet a friends friend, how weird and awesome is that?!  We became best friends instantly and we talked forever, only until the orientation started did we stop of course.

We were given our two volunteer shirts and a quick tour of everything. Jess really wanted a picture with one of the koalas and the deals we get here are insane!  She got a $16 photo for $5, quite the deal volunteers get here!

We hopped back on the bus and headed for home, Jess only lives four hostels down from me, which makes it super easy for us to meet up and that is exactly what we did.  Once I had finished dinner and showered I invited Jess over so we could watch a movie in the T.V. room for a little while.  We were so tired though that we needed to go to bed early.  Our wakeup time was 6 o’clock and I meet her outside her hostel at 6:45 so we can make our 7:30 bus.  We want to give ourselves lots of time so we don’t miss our first morning!  So excited and can’t wait to start!!!!