Lumpy Bumpy

Hello and welcome all you charming lovelies you :) Welcome to my blog. My name is Kaiya. Haven't heard of me? That's because I haven't written a post in some time, but don't you worry we're about to go on an adventure together! Weeeeeeee! .....Darn that pig! It's been running around here and I can't seem to catch it! It creeps me out so bad. I don't know what I'd do with it once I caught it. Oh yes I do! Silly me!! I'd leave in Kelcie's room because she loves it so much.

I know about three of you have anxiously been waiting to hear what's been going on so you three *someone whispers* oh, there's only two now? So you two can set your worries or your anxieties aside. You have to keep one of them because there's not enough space for everyones baggage ;) There is a reason why I have not written a post in so long, other than the fact I've been a lazy bum, so please continue reading if you'd like to know what this reason is.

Two weeks ago I worked in the seals area for three days. It was a nice change :) The thing about seals is that because they are a mammal people are more sensitive to how they are handled and treated then fish are. So there are some crazy rules I wouldn't have thought for this area. The food prep room must be spotless. In other words it has to be clean enough that you could prepare food for it to be acceptable for humans. They also have a fairly strict schedule on what needs to be done and when because they have shows that the seals perform, swimming with the seals, and seal photos. So for spontaneity seals gets a minus 3 points. I also learned this week that sea otters smell like oceany dogs. I had to help clean up they're back area where they sleep at night and it smells just like a dog kennel but slightly fishy, hence and oceany dog :) I worked in seals Monday this week and will out there on Friday as well, at least if the seals manager says it's still ok. My last day two weeks ago and on Monday I was able to interact with the seals more and feed them and give them basic simple commands like get out of the water and come here and go back in the water. That was fun :) Fun seal moments gets 10 points.

Australians are kind of strange. To me it seems like they are the middle ground of the world and issues in the world. This is just my perception so do not take it to heart. An example of this middle groundness  is recycling. It's kind of a big thing here. Not as big as in Europe but bigger than the US. To me it seems they are kinda middle ground about everything. It is very different and unusual to me.

Overall things are going well here. It isn't always easy. Surprisingly I have moments when I really can't stand my host mom. I know! Me?! Little Miss Sunshine, not like someone?!! Sounds like blasphemy!! Sometimes it has been really hard to hold my tongue and just walk away. She's just very..... eccentric. But let's just face it, I hate most people so this wasn't really a surprising revelation. I guess if nothing else you all can sleep well knowing I'm still me :)

So why I have been such a slacker with my blog lately is because I've been having some health "issues". About three or four weeks ago I noticed my right nipple was creasing and folding in on its-self. At first I thought it was just getting smushed weird from my sports bra because it would come and go but it did this for a week. After a fairly thorough google search I discovered weird nipple things can be a sign of breast cancer. I checked myself and noticed an unusual lump in the same breast. I told my mom and she asked me to get it checked out. I did and the doctor said the nipple thing didn't concern her because it comes and goes but she did want me to have both breasts to have an ultrasound. Two days later the doctore told me that I had two cysts in my right breast but they looked normal and good. I  also had a cyst in my left breast but this one was lumpy and unusual  To make sure it was ok she had me go back to the ultrasound place and get cells taken out of it and analyzed  Unfortunately she was gone on vacation for a week so I wasn't able to get the results from the biopsy until yesterday. I tried calling twice and at noon the doctor still hadn't looked at the results. I got a voice message from my host mom around 1:20 saying the doctor didn't have my mobile number and wanted me to call her. I did all I could not to panik because the doctor had told me that if everything was good she'd just say there was nothing further to discuss otherwise I would need to talk to her or make an appointment. I called the doctor back and she told me that it wasn't a cyst but a fibroadenoma with is a cyst but solid, and that it was benign. Phew! I am very glad and relieved about it all. But that is why I have not put up a post because I wanted to post the whole story up so that if nothing was wrong no one would worry unnecessarily. The only problem is that I have no money because I had to pay everything up front and claim it all on the insurance later. Don't worry though. Everything will be alright :)

I went to the beach last weekend and took some photos. I also took some pictures and a short video of Joan, my host dad's mom, dancing for her medals. She was judged and received an award for dancing on Sunday. I went to support her. I don't think I'll be going to a dance thing for awhile now though.  : / Not really my thing ya know. I also took some pictures this morning of the smallest lizard I have ever seen or touched. Maybe it was a gecko I don't know.

Merlin is getting closer to ending :( What a said way to end the year :( I'm sure I'll write another blog before Christmas but incase you don't come back until the new year, have a very wonderful rest of your year :)