A Really quick update on where I've been

Hi folks! So I'm really sorry once again that I've dropped off the radar for awhile, but these last couple of weeks have been really eventful for me, to put it mildly. The biggest, and saddest news is that Jay and I have officially broken up, even though neither one of us really wanted to and we both love each other a lot. Without going into too much detail, there was just too much aruguing and general unhappiness and we basically need to do a lot more growing as individuals I think before we can really be happy together. But all that said, leaving him was the hardest thing I've had to do in a long time, and I've been trying very hard to keep it together and not let a broken heart take over my life.
Luckily I have made some amazing friends in Sydney who totally hung out with me and supported me while I figured out what I was going to do, and I am really grateful for all the love the Sydney folks have shown to both myself and Jay throughout all of this. I decided that the easiest thing to do was to hit the road, which I was vaguely planning to do anyway, but this kind of really kickstarted the whole thing. So I managed to get in touch with a friend of a friend who just so happened to be driving up past Brisbane with her two year old son, Jack, and we have been on the road ever since! The destination was Shoalwater Bay, where there was a big peace rally this weekend and protests against the US Military's use of the fragile ecosystem there as bomb practice, which has been going on for many years.
It was kind of outrageously hippie-fied, but there were a couple of cool actions, and the cause has some pretty good support behind it so I'm really glad I went in the end. Yesterday we headed up north in a caravan w/ some other punks and another baby, and are going to head for Cairns and then maybe even the desert, since Monica (my car's driver) plans to move to Alice Springs for a while to do some cool stuff there.
Everything has gone pretty well so far, except I guess for the weather, which has been raining nearly non-stop. There was one day this week that the sun came out, and that was the day of the peace march, so I totally had to jump in the ocean, even though I only lasted a few minutes in the cold. Still, it was so beautiful I couildn't resist. There is a massive hole in the roof of the van where the sunroof used to be, so that too has posed a minor problem w/ the rain, but we've been doing our best to keep it patched and re-taped so I guess it just adds to the adventure!
So that's kind of my last few weeks in a very quick, not very detailed nutshell! I'm not eating as well as I would like (lots of fried potatoes) but I'm doing all right; suffice to say that Australia totally doesn't get veganism. Even the eco-punks are eating crappy meat from the pub.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I swear I will try to get to a better internet connection soon! Big hugs to you all! xoxo, Pike.