Aussie Invasion

I am beaming right now, but it is in celebration of another's happiness.

A good friend, who I met on my recent trip to Australia, and who was responsible for my happy tourist experience for 1 week, is coming Stateside!!

He had put off going to university, and has been working full time since high school. This boy is an amazing athlete, and had gotten the idea from a friend to apply for sports scholarships in the U.S. since there seem to be more opportunities along this line here than in Oz.

Last night he got The Call from the University of Buffalo, and they are bringing him over to start training in January! I could feel his smile all the way from Brisbane. It has been far too long since I have heard someone so sincerely and unabashedly ecstatic about life.

The best part about all this, is that in order to get to freeeezing Buffalo from down undah, you have to make a stop-over somewhere in California. He is going to set aside some time to make a visit with our mutual friend, and myself.

In exchange, I have promised (apparently with the rest of Australia, some of South America, and part of Europe) to be in Buffalo for game 1 come August. He informed the coach that they might need an extra bleacher for the Peter Fardon fan club.

Watch out Buffalo! The boy from Oz is a comin!