Several surprising things have happened in the past few days. Some of them amusing, some of them definitely not so. The above photo captured a moment just after my Mum smeared chocolate cake all over my face at my going away party. Surprising, and amusing! Somewhat...

Today I experienced the unpleasant surprise of being told that whoops, between the US consulate and Australia Post's impeccable service, my passport and newly issued visa have disappeared. The only way to fix this is to apply for (and pay for might I add) a new passport (they've now cancelled my old one) and a new visa, and try and get an appointment with the US consulate in Sydney before I leave for LA. Otherwise I'll have to delay my flight to LA and sit around while they make my life difficult (and expensive) owing to something that was in no way my fault.

There you go, that's the story, I've had my rant and now we can forget it ever happened. Unless of course the whole thing goes to shambles and I'm back in Perth next week in which case hurrah, you all attended my faux going away party for nothing! haha Not really funny...In any case I'm sure this will just be one of many hiccups along the way (this is Liv's life we're talking about after all! =P) and I wanted to share all the gory details with you, the good times and the negatory good times...I'm going to go now. And hit things very hard.

LIVxo