On my way

I'm happy to report I feel much better, and things are in full swing now.  I've had my orientation and now I'm on full lookout for a job and a place to live.  I learned 2 interesting things at my orientation:  1) Over 80,000 people per year come here and do what I'm doing (called a working holiday), and 2) Australia is about the same size as the US.  The first thing means employers are used to people like me and there are many resources for people like me to find a job and a place to live.  The second thing means I won't be traveling across Australia as much as I hoped.  If you think of it like this, I'm in Florida.  If I want to go to the Great Barrier Reef, that would be like going to Maine.  If I wanted to go to Perth (Western Australia), that'd be like going to California.  The flights respectively would cost about the same.

Well, I'd like to write more, but unfortunately I have limited internet access.  I will write more later, but until then I hope all of you are doing well!