Day 1, Week 1 Matilda

I'm sitting on the floor of our cabin. We're in St. George in Queensland, at the Pelican Rest Tourist Park.
Yesterday sure was a long day. We were travelling for 15 hours! For about 3 of those, we stopped and ate, went to the toilet and filled up our fuel tank. But still, that's 12 hours in the car! TWELVE HOURS!!!!
I woke at 5:55 am. It was dark, but the lights in the house were on because we needed an early start. I had to drag myself out of bed and pull on the clothes I had prepared the day before: a purple shirt and black tracksuit pants. After that, I shoved two jumpers over my head, put my glasses firmly on my nose and hurried to the kitchen. I packed away my Chromebook (like a laptop but powered by Google Chrome)  and it's charger and rushed back to my room to tidy it and make the bed. OK, fine, I didn't make my bed properly so I had to do it again. Then I sat up all my dolls and stuffed animals on my beanbag, yelled at Lewis because he had knocked them over, opened the curtains, turned off the light and shut the door. Then came the moment we had all been waiting for: we left.
The first hour wasn't too bad, but two hours in, the trip became tiresome. I was exhausted, but luckily we made it to Lightning Ridge, where we planned to camp, by 5:00. Then we heard some shocking news: we couldn't stay at Lightning Ridge because it was too cold, dirty and crowded. So we had spaghetti bolognese from Bruno's Pizza (delicious, by the way: I rate it 7/10) and set off again. This time we watched a movie (Arietty's Secret Life, based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton) and played on the iPad until we got to St. George. By that time, it was 9:00 pm, so we entered the cabin, changed, brushed our teeth and flopped onto bed.
And now it's today! We had porridge for breakfast and took a walk around the campsite. Soon we'll be going to our Aunty Mym's house. I can't wait! (Even if it does mean another three and a half hours in the car.)