Breaking Point

Today was my last day of classes for 2 1/2 weeks! I am so thankful for a break! I'm officially half way through the semester, which is honestly pretty hard to believe. I've been here for 7 weeks and have 12 1/2 more to go. It's crazy how time is flying by. I mean, like everyone else, I definitely have days that drag on and on but acknowledging that it's been 7 weeks makes me realize how quickly time is passing. This last week has been insanity. I've had so much due in classes and just more work than I really want to do while I'm in... Australia. Come on, who honestly wants to be stuck studying in a room for days on end when they're HERE? Thankfully, I have so much to look forward to. First of all, Easter is this Sunday and it's one of my favorite holidays! Then on Tuesday Katie and I are flying to the Gold Coast and we'll be there for five days. We're planning on beach bumming, going to Brisbane, and going to Dreamworld! I am so incredibly stoked. I seriously just sit here sometimes, look around, and think "Wow, what a fun time in my life." Things have been so good for me lately and as much as I miss home and all the people I love there, I am so happy I'm here!

Paddington Bear

Okay maybe not the bear... but a cute district of Sydney. I just love the name. Probably because it makes me think of that cute little bear wearing galoshes. Anywho, Katie and I decided to take a day trip there yesterday and it was a lot of fun. It's a classier part of Sydney, filled with designer shops and swanky restaurants but it was a lot of fun just walking around. They also have a Saturday Market that we spent a good part of the afternoon at. We ate some delicious Thai food while listening to a three man band sing "Good Lovin'." I think the only market goods we actually purchased were some bags of this unbelievable fresh Australian chocolate. The package I bought was caramelized honeycomb covered in dark chocolate. It's to die for... and to eat all within two days apparently! :) We did find some bargain shops and did a little shopping and walked down to the nearby Darlinghurst district. We saw some pretty entertaining things there, including a man being make-uped by a MAC employee. I'm still pretty unsure what the was all about... but enjoy the photos!










Oh and I fell in love with this pup and was very tempted to take it home with me!

Missing you...

Missing you so much today, baby girl. You would of loved the walk I went on this morning! So much grass to trample through and water to play in. Hope you're lounging under some tree in heaven with a full belly. Love you so much!

I'm still alive!

Classes started on February 22nd and ever since then I have been a very lazy blogger. Being tired 90% of the time doesn't make me very inclined to blog. Neither does having tonsillitis, really. Luckily for antibiotics I'm back in business. Though I have had a sore throat the last few days, I am praying it's allergies or the air at night or something other than a third re-occurrence of a throat infection. So, here is another blog entry to inform my friends and family that I am in fact still living.

When school started Katie and I decided that we would make sure we did something fun and memorable every weekend. Two weekends ago we took off to the town of Manly. After a lot of confusion regarding the train system we finally made it to the city. From there we took a ferry to Manly which was a pretty cool experience in and of itself. The ferry was rather large and we got decent place to stand outside. The views from the ferry were beautiful. The Opera House and Harbour Bridge were SO CLOSE! It was a great day to take photos. I took photos with my SLR (which I'm now glad I did) only because my little digital camera sadly saw its final day a few weeks ago. Another big plus to the ferry ride... a handsome, friendly English bloke was standing next to me and chatting with me. What more could you want?

When we got to Manly I was really excited because I thought Manly was just a beach. But Manly is this little beachy island that has just about everything. I instantly fell in love! It felt very California-esque and I loved everything about it. We even found a little hole in the wall used book store and I got four books for such a great deal! At Manly there's a main, famous beach and a smaller, less busy beach. We spent awhile lounging around at the smaller beach. It was unbelievably hot that day so it was a great day to be near water! I walked around in the ocean a litte... not too deep though because I'll admit... I'm a little baby when it comes to sea creatures. We spent the rest of the day just walking around, lounging about, and drinking smoothies. It's a rough life.