First of all, huge apologies for not writing in forever... So many things have been happening that this post is going to be fairly sporadic, not necessarily chronological, and definitely not all-encompassing. You've been warned.
Time is moving so quickly! I've almost been here for two months, and while The U.S. does seem very far behind me I also can't believe that time is passing like this. I wish I was going to stay for another semester, I fear I'll blink and have to go home!
School has been... Not a priority, at least in comparison to what it normally is in Eugene. Normally by the end of week 5 I'm losing serious sleep, but this term I'm sleeping soundly and the stress hasn't hit me yet, which could be good or bad. Certainly this is a much needed break, but hopefully my GPA doesn't suffer.
I'm starting a new job soon, waitressing at a new club opening up downtown where the hours will be brutal but I'll be making well over minimum wage and definitely surpassing anything I ever made in the states. And, working in a club, I can feel like my life is finally living up to the standards set by the film Coyote Ugly... Just kidding (small town girl moves to NYC to make it in the music business and ends up bar-tending at a crazy bar, if you're not familiar with it you should probably familiarize yourself, it's a classic weird girl early 2000's movie AND Tyra is in it).
Life has been super fast-moving and fun and busy. I'm going to an Australian Rules Football match tomorrow, hopefully there will be a post to follow (although sports are not usually my thing so we'll see if I have enough to say about it...). My beautiful friends and I have been cooking together a decent amount, I made soup which turned out pretty well even though it was a new recipe and kale basically doesn't exist in this country: http://chezmegane.blogspot.com/2006/11/white-bean-kale-and-sausage-soup.html (try it, so yummy). My friend Juan is from Spain and he made some Spanish omelet for us recently, which was excellent. There have also been a lot of meat-starch-vegetable meals, which I have been told is very American of me... What can I say? I'm pretty much obsessed with cheeseburgers lately.
This feels very long-winded so I'm going to wrap it up. Currently planning a spring break trip to Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast!! It's in late September, I'm very excited.
