Is it really good luck?

Yesterday, Nicole and I were at the beach when the seagulls decided to poop on BOTH of us. I was lying down on my back and all of sudden, I felt a plop and looked down. On my bathing suit bottom, there was a nice small pile of poop that had fallen. Gross. At least it didn't fall on my skin! I went into the ocean to wash it off and when I came back, I looked over at Nicole. She was lying on her stomach and near her bathing suit bottom, there was some strange substance. I asked Nicole if she was possibly excreting some kind of suntan lotion. She had mentioned that she had felt something but was not able to see it. Yes, a bird had pooped on her as well.

They say that it's good luck, but I think people made up that story to make us feel better!

What I failed to write about earlier this week was that David worked from home on Tuesday. Instead of working, we went around the area and was able to find a bar that was playing Monday night football. We had lunch and watched almost every minute of the game. It was great to watch because of a couple of reasons.

1. We miss watching football in general. Since we used to have NFL ticket, we went from watching all the games to watching none.

2. It made me realize how warm/nice the weather is in Australia. I have been complaining that it has been cloudy, but it's nowhere near the terrible weather that was being shown on the telly. It was raining and had been raining to the point that the field was basically a swamp.

3. Now, we have a go to bar that serves great burgers to be able to watch the Monday Night Football game. Next week, the Patriots are playing and I definitely plan on stopping by!

Other than that, I've been playing travel agent for our trip in March and enjoying the sun. Today, I have to make mashed potatoes for 20 people. Hopefully they turn out great!

Australia's interesting fact of the day: 10% surcharge. On Sundays and Public Holidays, there is always an additional surcharge for your meal. This was extrememly annoying to us since we usually go out to eat on Sundays since it's the weekend and it doesn't exist in the US. We mentioned this to some of the locals and they gave a very reasonable explanation. On Sundays and Public Holidays, employees must be paid time and a half, therefore to cover the difference in having staff, they just add the surcharge on those days instead of raising the prices for all the time.