The Wedding

The Wedding of Dave and Shelley Smith was wonderful. I really enjoyed it. The ceremony was performed at Aquinas Catholic Church and the reception took place at Munja Gardens (which dave and family own). In true shelley style she walked down the aisle to Kasey Chambers. She looked gorgeous! Dave looked pretty good too! I think our whole family scrubbed up quite well actually. Two surprises of the evening was my uncle Greg showing up for the wedding (he lives in Canada!) and also shelley surprised dave with a African band performance. They were pretty crazy and Em and Kirstin made the most of the performance by dancing there butts off!
I've posted some photos of the wedding on my pbase site so feel free to head over there, unfortuntely i'm not a very good photographer and didn't get many good shots because I was too busy enjoying myself but you can get the gist of the day.
Dave and Shelley are now going to head to Phuket for there honeymoon so i hope they have brillant time.

Lady Jesslyn

Back aboard the Mothership

Perth. Home, well sort of. I don't really know where home is right now but I am now back in my mum and dads place in Perth. Seems like everyone is here. Siblings, grandparents, parents etc. It's nice, it will also be really nice to go to the wedding all together. The wedding is this Saturday and it should be really fun! We've been preparing this week for it, dress fittings, bonbonieres, music selections, hen's/bucks nights and so forth! I'm only home for two weeks and then i head back to Canada which i'm really looking forward too- summertime!! Love it! I will write again after the wedding and let you know how it all went.

I also put a selection of photos on my pbase website from my road trip if you would like to have a look see. Pretty wicked trip!

Lady Jesslyn

Random Facts Investigated by Google

So I met up with Garrett last night in San Francisco for dinner and coffee and for some reason we got into conversations about random things. I think Garretts brain was a little fried from work that day! So I googled them all this morning while I was bored at the airport and here is the conclusions.

Re: Ocean under Asia
Google Says: Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that has at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.

Re: How far can whales swim down?
Google Says: Sperm whales can dive somewhere between 500 and 1000 meters. The most reputable source told us that submarine sonar readings have documented sperm whales at 2500 meters (8200 feet or 27.3 football fields or 1.6 miles below the surface)! The pressure is 1421 pounds per square inch (almost 100 atmospheres). 200,000 pounds (100 tons) of water press on every square foot of the whale. All the time, day and night, winter and summer, the water temperature is 2 degrees celsius (36 degrees Farenheit).

Re: The colour purple, what feeling does it provoke in you?
Google Says: Light purple is a good choice for a feminine design. You can use bright purple when promoting children's products. Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.

Thankyou Google!
Lady Jesslyn

The Mystery of Men.. Not quite solved yet.

Almost done. I leave oklahoma today to head to San Fran for 2 days then back home again. Coming to the end of my road trip for the last one and half month has lead me to reflect on the memories that now linger in my mind. Overall i had the best time! Such an experience! I can't believe it is over after travelling through 7 US states and then Mexico/Canada as well. Starting our trip with 6 people then dwindling down to 3 people after Coachella. I'll post some photos on my pbase when i get home.

Being with Geoff and Ben and then some guys here in Oklahoma it has definately opened my eyes to the mysterious world of men. One which infuriates and intigues me at the same time. Kinda that phrase, you can't live with them but you can't live without them. Now i'm not a girly-girl, i can handle most of the boys antics but others are just unexplainable to a woman. Guys are just on a whole other level to girls. Last night i was in a bit of a man hating mood. I was over the immaturity, over the lack of respect for women, the insensitvity and upset about a few other things too (all relating to men funnily enough). So decided to have some 'me' time which has been pretty rare on this trip and so I walked around bricktown for a while by myself. My walk took me to a blues bar where this crazy blues artists was playing any tune that came into his brain. He was awesome! So armed with my $12 (it's all i have to my name right now!) i decided to check it out and possibly to forgot about guys for a while. After a vodka pineapple, 3 extra large shots and a dance with a 70 year old biker dude i headed home very much drunk. It's one way to forgot for a while!

The boys here reckon i'm too nice. I've never really seen myself as 'too nice', if someone affects me then i let them know what's on my mind but i never totally let it all go. I'm a capricorn, i'm stubborn, controlled and a deep thinking, which isn't natural bad but it can get in the way of expressing what i feel sometimes. But i've been thinking about the being too nice, i need to speak up and i need to let people know what i think cos if i don't then people (guys imparticular) can just walk all over me. I need to stand up and say that i deserve respect and to be cared for. Or just respect myself more. Watch out boys! Wa-ya! Karate chop! lol

So the mystery of men may not be solved and possibly never will but at least i can learn something new about myself.

Lady Jesslyn

Ok-La-Ho-Ma

I made it to Oklahoma City! And for the the life of me i can't stop singing songs from Oklahoma the musical. "oh what a beautiful morning...". We set out from Mexico on Saturday and decided to drive for as long as we could so we went through Mexico, through California, through Arizona and then stopped at Exit 54 for the night (i don't think the town even had a name!) inNew Mexico. We then set out in the early morning again for another long day in the car. We drove through new Mexico and through Texas (i saw only one cowboy at the gas station :( ) and then into Oklahoma.

We didn't make it to Oklahoma city that night (we were 200miles out) because we heading smack bang into a T-storm. They call it a t-storm because there are tornado warnings and actual tornados running through that general area. We couldn't see the road because of the rain so we decided to call it a night and stay in a motel. We found out the next morning that 1 hour behind us was a tornado had run through the town and also an 1 hour ahead of us there was another one. The night before we came the local high school had also been smashed to pieces by a tornado. Now for all those who don't know me, i'm absoulutely petrified of storms. I will try not to be outside in a rain storm if i can. I will actually hide under the covers and i don't sleep at all if there is lightning and thunder in the general area. So that night was very interesting for me! Lets just say the pillow got some lovin that night! Might have even strangled it.

But thankfully we made it safely to Oklahoma City and i'm so glad to be out of that car for awhile. Felt like i had been permanantly living in it for 4 weeks! What a ride! The main question i get from locals around here is "what are you doing in Oklahoma??!!" Well i really have no reason for being here except that i'm just along for the ride. Geoff has a buddy here that he has known since he was 5 so we are currently staying with him. He's an aussie who is flying planes for the air force over here. I think he is here for three years.

So the plan now is to eat, drink, sleep and chill out and do nothing for the next week. So far my week has consisted of lots of sleeping, lots of drinking, motor bike riding and bowling. I fly to San Fran on Monday (14th) for two days and then i'm heading home on the 16th for the wedding and to catch up with my lovely family and friends.

Lady Jesslyn

Hola de Mexico

Bienvendos a Mexico! Welcome to Mexico (for those who don't speak spanish, lol). Well my adventures have led me to Mexico. The other night we stayed in Ensendada and now we are currently in El Rosarito. Both by the seaside which is fantastic. We pretty much haven't done anything except relax, drink and eat mexican food. Very cool! I've been using my spanish a lot which is good cos Ben and Geoff don't speak it and it's come in handy numourous amounts of times. I love been able to use my spanish, it's very awesome and keeps it fresh. You start to forgot how to speak it when your not faced with it everyday. But it's in there (somewhere).

So we should be here until saturday and then we have a bit of a drive through the USA to reach Oklahoma, where we are staying with one of Geoff's mates. Till then...

Lady Jesslyn