G'day Mates!
Well today is May 1st and I can't believe I've already been in Australia for almost 3 months! It's crazy because in some ways I feel like I stepped off the plane a couple days ago, and in other ways I feel like I've lived in Sydney my whole life!! When I was flying back to Sydney from Brisbane, we landed and I said "home sweet home" to Emily and then realized how weird it was that Sydney has actually started to feel like home.
This past week was really stressful because Emily and I had our big presentation for our Gender class and that was on top of a bunch work for all my other classes so I spent the whole week either studying, reading, or practicing our presentation. Thankfully it's Friday now and we got it all done! I got my first grade on Tuesday and it was an A (or Australia's equivalent to an A) which was really exciting! It was in one of my easier classes, but hey, I'll take it! Next week is going to be another big week for school work with two research papers due and a presentation in my Arab-Israeli conflict class. But who wants to hear about all my school work?? On to more exciting things...
First and foremost I want to give a little shout out to Dad and Matthew...HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!! I got to talk to them on the phone this morning (I was a little groggy after just waking up from a fun night out) but it was great to be able to talk to everyone (mom too of course.) After I talked to the fam on the phone for a bit, I had a pretty relaxing day! I wrote some emails, read some of my book, and went to the gym. It was really nice to have a low key day! Last night was our friend Ying's 21st birthday so Becca, Laura, Emily and I went out with her and all of her friends to a bar called The Loft which was a really nice place and we had champagne and cheese and crackers and it was a lot of fun! Ying's favorite color is black so the theme of her party was "little black dresses" for all the ladies. (I borrowed Becca's!) Here are a few pictures from the night:
This is the hallway of the wonderful UniLodge in which we have been living for the past 2.5 months!
Strawberries and champagne!
The weather is cooling off, but still nice enough to enjoy a drink outside!
Not much else very eventful has taken place since I last wrote. I did get to have a quick skype chat with Ashley and Andrea in Peru!! It should have been longer but I messed up the time difference and went on an hour late (woops!) But they both seemed great and we are going to talk again soon! It will be crazy for the three of us to be living on 4 Symphony again in September with all new stories about our world travels!!
The rest of my weekend is pretty unplanned so far. I think we may try and get to the aquarium at some point which I've been dying to do for a while so hopefully next time I write I'll have lots of pictures of Australian sea creatures from behind the safety of a glass case! Monday night my friend Mike invited me to play with his div. 1 ultimate frisbee team which should be a lot of fun and very competitive! I guess it will be a nice chance to see if I can hold my own with some really good players!
Okay well that's all I have for now! I'll write in a few days but until then, I hope everyone had a wonderful time in the crazy 90 degree weather in April (if you're in new england!) and I hope you all are doing well!
So much love,
Lauren :)
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