A bunch of waffle.: 706? 750? 704? Mugabera? Pac Fair?

I hate when we miss the bus because it came early. First time being late to school today because of that very reason. I really don't like Wednesday's either. They're so long and draining, but hey once 6 o'clock hits it's another 5 days of sleeping in and exploring our new home. I was thinking about going back to the states today and it was a weird thought. It seems so natural to be here now, especially since I have a routine going and a bomb place to live. It's going to be a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I know it's still far off in the distance but after looking at my school schedule, and how quick the weekend is over, I realized May is gonna be here before I know it- gotta make it last and make sure I do everything I wanna do!

We spend too much time trying to get internet at McDonalds.

Now that I'm done complaining/fretting about going home let me tell you about our lovely weekend in Brisbane. We headed down there on Friday and stayed with some friends we met a couple weeks before. It was a lot of fun and really nice to explore a different part of Australia. We were taken under Scott's roommate Jamie's wing on Saturday and he showed us around downtown Brisbane. He was extremely nice and helpful. He bought us movie tickets, water, and introduced us to the greatest chicken ever made, Nandos. After a weekend of guitar hero, going away parties, and new friends we headed back home to the Gold Coast. Thankfully the train ride was only $5 each way- cheap way to travel :)!

Now that school is back in my mind I've been trying to get everything together and buckle down. It's really hard when the closest internet is slower than dial up and a trip to Bond is a whole thing. It's okay though, I'm starting to get a feel for the long politics readings that seem to be in a different language, as well as the Spanish homework that takes hours to learn. Thankfully Molly is there to learn it with me- we really enjoy the music that plays in between lessons. I probably should be doing more for Social Psychology but it seems to be the easier subject since I've taken Psychology twice in the past two years. Well I have a midterm already in 2 weeks for Psych so we'll see how much I really do know.

We miss our South Africa mates a lot, obvi.

I'm not really sure what we're doing this weekend. Hopefully something relaxing because I'm tired. I've been falling asleep in my classes all morning. Nanae's friend is coming to town and we might have Jamie and Scott over. Another Australia Day? We'll see :) Oh! I'm pretty sure the storm moved from California to Australia because there has been hurricane like weather here the past few days. One minute it's calm and the next there is a torrential down pour. It's pretty insane. Molly and I sat on the beach the other night and watched the lightning. It was breathtaking. I don't really know how anyone can see things like that and not believe in a God. Lets see.... what else could possibly be worth mentioning... hm... oh well I guess this is kind of exciting. Just kidding! It's super exciting. When Matt took me to get Thai food the other night he asked me to be his girlfriend :) It was super cute. He's crazy and too much to handle sometimes but I wouldn't want him any other way. He makes me laugh really hard when everyone else is yelling at him because of the silly things he does. He's super sweet, when he's not trying to be a badass [haha], and he is really easy to talk to, when he isn't making fun of me or laughing at me. I'm excited to see what God has in store for our relationship and how it's going to unfold. I'm excited to grow with him as a person and experience this journey in Australia together, as well as back home. He's a definitely a keeper.

God has definitely blessed me with amazing travel companions who have seriously become like family. In my Spanish class we have to talk about our family and show a picture. I've decided to talk about my Australian family and my American family. We'll see how my teacher likes it!