Long Time No Blog

This blogging experience reminds me of trying to keep a journal, which I've never been very good at. My bookshelves are stocked with dozens of "begun" diaries, all decorated in some flowerly/Asian theme, all with only a few entries that are somehow 5 years apart. On one page, I'll be a heartbroken 9th grader, and on the next page a heartbroken 22-year-old. To say nothing of the (clearly) depressive tone that colors all my "Dear Diary" writing because the only time I feel compelled to purge my thoughts are those moments when they way too heavy on me.

And we're off to a riotous start!!!

So where should I pick up from? I guess I never talked about my trip to Australia. Well, it was terrific. I swam with dolphins, took my first surf lesson - I got up twice! - held a koala, and avoided sunburns (thanks to my mother who took to stalking me with her SPF 60 spray gun.) Spent a lot of time on the set of Starter Wife with my mom, where Chloe and I reverted to our favorite childhood pastime of watching the "adults" in awe and hoping that none of them try to engage with us.

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(See the kangaroo?)