I think after a month of this I will be ready to get back to summer in the states. Hard to believe, but I will be back on U.S. soil in exactly one month from today (for you guys-- yesterday for me). Things are slowing down and speeding up at the same time. I only have one more essay to write. Next week is our last week of classes, then we have study week (during which I am going on a road trip up North [yes, HEAT!!] and possibly another side trip to the desert with a couple of the girls). After that we have two weeks of finals. My finals are on Thursday/Friday of the first week and Monday/Tuesday of the 2nd week. I have 2 finals on Tuesday, but at least I'll be done. Then I have 3 days to do everything I want to that I haven't done yet. Then that Saturday I fly home. Absolute insanity. Anyways, here's a video from this morning, when the rain just started. I had to turn up my volume really loud 'cause I was trying to watch American Idol. But I had a bad connection so I just clicked on the thing on MSN. Very disappointing. The other dude should've won.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Happy Mayday!
1 May 2009
Happy May Day! A lot’s been goin’ on that I haven’t caught up with, but I’ll start with today and then try to go backward from there.
So… today is Friday. Yay! Day started out good. Nicole made hot brekky for us: eggs over easy, bacon and hashbrowns. Yummy. Then we had class, which was fine. Came back, I took a nap, and was out. Then went to tute. P.S. The drugs kicked in for this afternoon so I was able to breathe and my nose stopped running. Afterward made some top ramen and had a productive afternoon. Went to the campus library and got books for my medieval PH essay. Immediately after, left around 2:30 and didn’t get back til 5:30. I went to the Town Hall to get some info, but there was a psychic session going on, so I couldn’t check it out too much. Then I went to the Fremantle library, and was assisted by my new best friend and found lots of good stuff about Freo for our paper. The only thing I didn’t find out too much about was St Patrick’s Basilica. I tried to go there, but it was closed (the church wasn’t even open so people could pray!) so I’ll just have to go on Monday. Then I came back, hitting up Woolworth’s along the way. It was an awesome afternoon, and I didn’t get lost! Tony picked us up at 5:45 for dinner, and we got to meet Sarah (the middle daughter) and Richard and their baby Tommy (21 months). I absolutely love them, and Richard is hilarious! It was very laid back, and fun. We had a genuine and authentic Aussie meal (lamb roast, veggies, including pumpkin) complete with homemade pavlova for dessert. SO SO GOOD! And I had mint jelly with the lamb; it’s actually pretty good. Elizabeth sent the last piece of pavlova home with us, so I’ll probably finish up the gloriousness tomorrow. (Sidenote: pavlova is named after a Russian ballerina: Anna Pavlova, I believe). I talked to Richard (surname King) a bit about journalism, since he’s a freelance journalist (and may actually have a review published in tomorrow’s The Australian. He’s originally from Britain, and met Sarah when she was in London. I said that it sounded like a romantic movie, but he said it’s actually quite common, and that all the Curtis women are with Englishmen… And Tommy is absolutely adorable. He was showing off for us, but I couldn’t play with him because I didn’t want to get him sick. Oh, and then typical Katie conversation. My nose started running, so I asked Elizabeth where the tissues were, and she directed me to the bathroom. It was interesting that she said bathroom, because in Australia it’s always called the toilet. So when I came back I asked her what the appropriate term was. It’s toilet, but she’s used to people calling it the bathroom. Brooke and I explained how we never call it the toilet in the states, because that would be considered inappropriate, and we also call it the restroom or even the powder room. Then we threw in some other lingo. Elizabeth is used to calling it the loo. Australians call it the dunny, but that’s usually for an outside toilet. Then I asked Richard about water closets, and Elizabeth remarked that architecture plans always use W.C. to signify where the toilet will be. So, we just threw out all the names we could think of for toilet, essentially. It was a lovely conversation, very typical of Katie’s world (especially at the dinner table). Anyways, it was a fantastic evening and an incredible dinner. Then I got home and couldn’t breathe through my nose and it was running again. But Brooke found some more drugs so I’ll be sleeping good tonight…
It’s only 9:36 p.m. but my energy seems to have left me, so I think I may just get to bed early tonight and get some sleep. I’ll be productive tomorrow… right?
Oh, and when I came home from the Freo library, I found a note on my desk from Matt. (He came to pick up his journal). So… he was in my room when neither Brooke nor I were here. But he made the note prop up on my laptop, so kudos for that. ‘Night y’all.
P.S. Water goes down the drain clockwise. But not in a toilet...it just sucks it all down at once.
Happy May Day! A lot’s been goin’ on that I haven’t caught up with, but I’ll start with today and then try to go backward from there.
So… today is Friday. Yay! Day started out good. Nicole made hot brekky for us: eggs over easy, bacon and hashbrowns. Yummy. Then we had class, which was fine. Came back, I took a nap, and was out. Then went to tute. P.S. The drugs kicked in for this afternoon so I was able to breathe and my nose stopped running. Afterward made some top ramen and had a productive afternoon. Went to the campus library and got books for my medieval PH essay. Immediately after, left around 2:30 and didn’t get back til 5:30. I went to the Town Hall to get some info, but there was a psychic session going on, so I couldn’t check it out too much. Then I went to the Fremantle library, and was assisted by my new best friend and found lots of good stuff about Freo for our paper. The only thing I didn’t find out too much about was St Patrick’s Basilica. I tried to go there, but it was closed (the church wasn’t even open so people could pray!) so I’ll just have to go on Monday. Then I came back, hitting up Woolworth’s along the way. It was an awesome afternoon, and I didn’t get lost! Tony picked us up at 5:45 for dinner, and we got to meet Sarah (the middle daughter) and Richard and their baby Tommy (21 months). I absolutely love them, and Richard is hilarious! It was very laid back, and fun. We had a genuine and authentic Aussie meal (lamb roast, veggies, including pumpkin) complete with homemade pavlova for dessert. SO SO GOOD! And I had mint jelly with the lamb; it’s actually pretty good. Elizabeth sent the last piece of pavlova home with us, so I’ll probably finish up the gloriousness tomorrow. (Sidenote: pavlova is named after a Russian ballerina: Anna Pavlova, I believe). I talked to Richard (surname King) a bit about journalism, since he’s a freelance journalist (and may actually have a review published in tomorrow’s The Australian. He’s originally from Britain, and met Sarah when she was in London. I said that it sounded like a romantic movie, but he said it’s actually quite common, and that all the Curtis women are with Englishmen… And Tommy is absolutely adorable. He was showing off for us, but I couldn’t play with him because I didn’t want to get him sick. Oh, and then typical Katie conversation. My nose started running, so I asked Elizabeth where the tissues were, and she directed me to the bathroom. It was interesting that she said bathroom, because in Australia it’s always called the toilet. So when I came back I asked her what the appropriate term was. It’s toilet, but she’s used to people calling it the bathroom. Brooke and I explained how we never call it the toilet in the states, because that would be considered inappropriate, and we also call it the restroom or even the powder room. Then we threw in some other lingo. Elizabeth is used to calling it the loo. Australians call it the dunny, but that’s usually for an outside toilet. Then I asked Richard about water closets, and Elizabeth remarked that architecture plans always use W.C. to signify where the toilet will be. So, we just threw out all the names we could think of for toilet, essentially. It was a lovely conversation, very typical of Katie’s world (especially at the dinner table). Anyways, it was a fantastic evening and an incredible dinner. Then I got home and couldn’t breathe through my nose and it was running again. But Brooke found some more drugs so I’ll be sleeping good tonight…
It’s only 9:36 p.m. but my energy seems to have left me, so I think I may just get to bed early tonight and get some sleep. I’ll be productive tomorrow… right?
Oh, and when I came home from the Freo library, I found a note on my desk from Matt. (He came to pick up his journal). So… he was in my room when neither Brooke nor I were here. But he made the note prop up on my laptop, so kudos for that. ‘Night y’all.
P.S. Water goes down the drain clockwise. But not in a toilet...it just sucks it all down at once.
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