O week in aussie town

Well, O week consisted of information sessions that were far too long, walking up and down that dreaded hill, sweating through not only the pits of me shirts, but the back as well, and of course the aussie style of fun, drinking, that starts at 5pm. aubrie and i stuck to bacardi breezers... much like a capri sun in a bottle. haha i think everyone was making fun of us but thats okay. we sat out by the pool a couple of days but its been gloomy and rainy for the last 3 days. i kind of like it because the sweating decreases a little, and i just love the rain in general so i just go run around in it and it feels amazing because it's still warm out, like a tropical rain. we ran down that hill one night soaking wet to get to our event at the uni bar and we got there and everyone was soaked and looked like a mess. it was my type of thing. aubrie and i went for a run and explored the campus. it is a lot bigger and nicer than i expected. there is a koala sanctuary, which is where we saw the koala the first day. we saw the soccer field and explored the main campus. figured out how the library works, got a printing card,rented a movie. successful week i would say. it was my roommates 21st birthday, the one from the states, and we had a party in our room for him. it was a legitimate house party in our dorm room. crazy. haha it was a lot of fun and our room is all decorated. they said they would keep it all up for my birthday woo woo!

there's still huge spiders everywhere. even bigger than the ones we saw before. i asked a local and he cleared things up for me about the bird spiders. there are not actual spider webs that can catch birds buuuuuuuut there are spiders who eat birds. they wait in the birds nest and attack and eat them. whaaaaaat?! my response... so they are going to wait in my nest(bed) and eat and attack me? perfect. everyone makes fun of me because when we are walking around outside i can see a spider web from a mile away. and im just like everyone watch out! haha but seriously though by the end of this im going to a spider whisperer. we did see this huge lizard the other day. and when i mean huge i mean the size of my cat. and if any of you have seen how big either of my cats are, you know that's not even normal so this thing was huge. im not sure what kind it was but it looked pretty cool. i tried to get a picture but it ran into the bushes.

i found a poster about a club soccer team around here, the lady said we can train for free with them sooo frank, i hope you're happy aubrie and i will be working hard! haha it should be fun though im excited for that.

im sure you're all wondering how i have managed to feed myself... well i have cereal and milk so im set on that haha. but the last week they have been giving us free bbq lunches, which means a sausage on bread with either barbecue sauce or ketchup. that was good teh first time maybe twice but got kind of old. i actually went grocery shopping and did surprisingly. aubrie was there telling me what to buy but i think im making progress. i haven't made any of that food we bought yet... pb&j, which i packed in my bag, and grilled cheese have been solid the last couple nights. im hoping to branch out this weekend but we'll see how it goes =] oh and i bought ranch here, it sucks. i have to try out all the different brands but i would have to say thats my biggest disappointment so far. and the fact that bagels are not sold everywhere. bummer.

im obsessed with the nature and bird sounds here. im even okay with them waking me up early every day. weird i know but i love it!