Nature hates Molly, but I'll get to that later. The Friday before my Birthday, we met the craziest Australian vegan, Liam. Right away we thought he was nuts, but we became good friends very quickly. So quickly, in fact that two days after we met, he offered to take us out to the beach for my Birthday. Liam picked us up at 4:30am (still dark out) and drove us a 1/2 hour away to his favorite beach: Rainbow Bay. The sun was just coming up over the ocean as we ate the vegan-friendly Birthday cake that Liam had made for me. Epic.
Next we had a go at body boarding. After 1/2 hour of being destroyed by waves, Molly got stung by a bluebottle jellyfish. We decided it wasn't quite necessary to airlift her to the nearest hospital. She was a trooper- it's too bad she has no scar to show for it.
After body boarding we went to Liam's church, where a lot of our Bond Christian friends go. It was nice to be back to church again. After church we laid out by the pool and Molly and her roommate made me the best cupcakes ever. After lunch I was showered with gifts-- even Molly's roommate got me something- an autobiography about Andre Agassi, which I'm almost finished with (a huge accomplishment for me!). I also got some awesome clothes from the Herbranson's (thanks!), and then the best gift of all was from Molly-
A Skagen watch! It's a unique silver watch that I've been eyeing for months! I absolutely love it!
Later that evening, Molly brought me to a super fancy Italian restaurant called Adiamos. I ordered a fancy pizza, while Molly impressed me by stepping out of her comfort zone and ordered a pasta dish with lots of random seafood in it. Her plate looked like it had been alive in the Great Barrier reef ten minutes earlier and was garnished with baby octopuses. Even though I was the birthday boy, she made me eat one. Although I had a baby octopus swimming in my stomach, it still was an amazing birthday dinner : ) The whole day was amazing. I guess it's not the worst thing ever to have your birthday in Australia!
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