The start of something great

Gday mates, that's what they say here so thought I could bring a little of my new experience back home to all of you.  Well, my travels didn't go as well as I had hoped because I had an 8 hour layover in LAX stuck in the United Airlines terminal, which isn't very big.  I then finally got to board the plane at 9:30 or so and then me and 600 other passenger sat on the plane for 4 hours because of mechanical issues.  Then the airline decided that we would not be flying that evening so we all had to get off the airplane and get vouchers for a hotel room.  Well after an hour I got my voucher and they split all the passengers between two hotels.  So I stayed at the Hilton and had to wait in line for an additional 2 hours before I actually got a room and then I had to notify the Newcastle base as well as my ride from the airport and I got to bed about 5a.m. PT.  So you can imagine hot exhausting that was, however I then got to leave the next evening which is Saturday back in the states and I was able to arrive safely here at 6 a.m. Australian time, that is 12 p.m. back in the states and it also was already Monday here.  So I got to meet my leaders of my DTS and my 3 roommates and I already can tell that it is going to be amazing, because we have already connected with all of our sarcasm, which is a good thing in Australia.  Two of my roommates, Micheal and Matt, are from Australia and the other one, Daniel, is from California.  Upon arriving I was informed that a package had beat me here and was waiting for me.  I had a package full of candies, lollies here, and cards for each day of the week as well as a scrap book filled with memories of me and my girlfriend Rachel.  I am blessed to have her in my life and cannot wait to begin tomorrow here as it will be my first day in the Sports DTS program.  Well, until next time.