A Bit About Me October 1, 2008
Southern California born and raised. I grew up in Huntington Beach and lived with my parents for my ENTIRE life until I turned 27 and moved all the way across the world to Sydney Australia to be with my Aussie pilot boyfriend (see my How We Met page).
I’ve never had a roommate, never moved away to college, never paid a gas or electricity bill… ever… and now I’ve jumped right into living with my boy in our cute (but hot… and loud) little apartment right outside of Sydney.
We share ONE smallish closet. We split the bills. We cook together. We’re happy.
I got my Masters degree in psychology and I was an intern therapist for awhile, but now I work from home… on my couch… in my pjs.
I miss my family and friends more than you can imagine. My niece and nephews are my favorite little people in the whole world.
I love wine and probably drink too much of it.
I love to travel.
I buy fresh flowers.
Organizing makes me really happy.
I like to blog, but usually don’t have anything relevant or interesting to say, so I just babble and whine and share my mildly exciting adventures of my new life down under.
Hi Elsa!
My name is Ruthann and I came across your blog when looking for Canadians/American’s in Australia. I’m 28 and am starting to prepare for my own move down under. I am Canadian but have been living in LA the last year and a half. Unfortunately I didn’t get the visa that I needed to stay in the US so I had to head back to Canada this past October, and the advertising agency where I work put me up in Toronto. Its been really hard for me because in Toronto I’m a long way from my family (there much further east) and I feel so far from my life in LA.
I’ve been here for four months now and I travel back and forth but just feel empty while I sit, waiting, HOPING I can go back to California next January. I am the type of person that truly believes that life is for living and have decided that I don’t want to just hang out and wait. I am actually a dual NZ citizen so I’ve decided to head to Australia for at least a year and experience a new culture, a new way of life, and ultimately a new adventure.
I found your blog a few days ago and have so enjoyed reading all the way back to where your adventure began a year and a half ago and it has challenged me and inspired me and ultimately confirmed my desire to go. I’m nervous, and excited and have SO much going through my mind, as I’m sure you did just before the move. I’m hoping to be there by May which seems so close yet so far away! I have family there whom I’ve never met, but other than that I don’t know a sole.
I’m sorry to have rambled for so long. I guess I already feel like I know you a little bit and that you may understand me in a way my other friends can’t right now. Thank you for your blog, and please, keep posting!
Ruthann