to work or slack? what a life

it is weird to think that after this year on the road i will have to acutally go back to the real world. not that it has been hard nor am i complaining but it has takin a bit of gettin used to. waking up every day and not havin any set plan or the fact that every day is no different than the other in terms of importance such as weekends and such is much different than the life i have lead up until this trip and alot different than a majority of my peers especially the ones at uni.(european for university) it really hit home yesterday when i was for the first time in the past 3 months and 1 week woken up by an alarm and even more disturbing was the fact that the alarm was to wake me for work. though the work i did yesterday was great fun but i deffinetly realized it is not why i came on this trip. i was employed for $15/hour to help do maintnance on Sir Alexander which is not helping care for some 74 year old senile man but a beautiful 74' sail boat that is used to do over night trips out on the great barrier reef. doing painting,sanding and scrubbing was the easy part but being in a marina with no wind on a 95 degree day is one thing i could easily pass up in the future. it was good to learn a bit about boats and to get mixed in with some of the local flavor of the workers which most of the travellers coming through airlie beach dont get while downing a pint in the backpacker bars. i had to deal with everyone from crsuty old sailors to proper bussiness men whom were the owners of the company. of course i had to get paid in cash because of the lack of a wokers visa which i am not complaining about. i am taking care of the camera dillema tommorow so the blogs wont be as boring anymore and people will have a reason for checking this site out. though some of that might have sounded a bit like complaining on my part i am no way in hell resenting the oppurtunities this trip has and will continue to give me. i love life on the road and i would deffienetly suggest doing what alot fo people i have met on the road have done and just bite the bullet and take off, do what you have always wanted to do without the restrictions of life at home. but be careful once you have bitten the bullet you are sure to be bitten yourself by the travel bug that seems to have gotten me and has seemed to bring so many people around the world together with one common bond.