Just get out of there!

Flew into Sydney and got through customs in like 4.5 seconds. For real, I handed the guy my slip that I filled out on the plane and he said, "Have a g'day, exit's on your left." I easily made it to the McDonald's where Jess told me to meet the shuttle guy. She told me that he would be waiting for me with a sign with my name on it!! Just like the movies, right? Except in the movies, they actually spell the person that they're picking up name right... fail. So I met up with the guy who had a sign that read 'Emily Atherm' close enough, right?

The views were INCREDIBLE on the way home!!! We drove down the coast from Sydney to Jess's town, Berry over hills, through valleys down weaving roads. Even though it is winter here, there are still flowers blooming and locals surfing. The Great Dividing Range is not to far from the coast so there were mountains on one side, and the ocean on the other.

When we got to Berry, the driver was like, "What does your place look like?" I was thinking to myself, 'Hell if I know, I am paying you to drive me there!' No worries, we got there.... so I thought. He pulled in the driveway and dropped me off and waited for me to get in the house. I was excepting Jess to be running out of the house to greet, I mean, that's the way it always happens at home. You know, little brothers tackling you to the ground out of excitement sort of thing. I rang the door bell, knocked on the door, but no sign of Jess. The door was unlocked, so I stepped inside just so the shuttle guy can be on his way.

I took a look around and thought, 'Wow, Jess has a nice place... I don't remember it being this nice from Skype.' I called her name, no answer. I took a look around and realized that I did not recognize the people in the photos... I run to my bag by the door and pull out my notebook with Jess's number in it. As I am frantically fumbling around with that, an alarm noise goes off!! I grab the phone and dial thinking, 'Don't mess this up Emily! You don't have much time till someone busts you for breaking and entering!!' Thank God Jess picked up the phone (but I never heard the phone ring anywhere in the house...) Here's how the conversation went:

Emily: Jess, I'm here. Where are you?

Jess: In the house. Where are you?

Emily: Am I at the right place??? I just got dropped off!!

Jess: You are at 46 Albany St, right?

Emily: Yeah, that's where the shuttle guy took me. (nearly in tears)

Jess: Emily, just get out of there!! GO to the end of the drive way, I will come get you!!

I don't even grab my stuff, race out of the house, and Jess was there at the door!! She lives in a conjoined place and I didn't see the other half where she lived! We visited her neighbors that night, and I told them the whole story. Stupid American x2. They cracked up. Thank you everyone, I will be here till July!

Oh, and that alarm noise was a device that detects when a car comes in and out of the driveway. So the sound came from the shuttle guy leaving.