One Month Down...

I can't believe I've already been here for a month. With 3 left, I still have so much I want to do! I'm excited for Tara to come in 2 weeks! I'm excited for Spring Break! And by then... this whole thing will be halfway done. It's pretty unbelievable.

The past week was a good one. Classes still suck. I have some work I need to get done, but whenever I try to, I find myself doing nothing instead. But that's how it's like at home, right? For next week I need to write a mini essay (I have to do it every week for my stupid film class - it's kind of ridiculous.), an article for Marine Environment (current events because we're in middle school - but I won't complain if that's all the work we do for the semester), and I need to get started on my first project for Writing that's due next week. That shouldn't be hard, though... as long as I actually sit down and do it.

Right now, I'm actually going crazy from mosquito bites that cover my feet, legs and arms. I don't think I've ever gotten them this bad but I just wish I could rip my skin off and start over. I've been scratching like crazy for the past two days. So... if I come home all scarred up, you'll know why.

Since I last updated, I went downtown with Caryn last weekend to go on a Jews Cruise. Turns out it was a bad plan and we decided against it. Then a bird pooped on me. After I cleaned off, we walked around an area called The Rocks which was nice - right next to the Bridge. We got lost a little, but ultimately found a fun pancake house. After we ate (too much) we found a street fair going on and hung around there for a little. The rest of the week consisted off class, going out, the beach, and a whole lot of nothing too. I'm good at doing nothing.

Between Wednesday and Thursday, half of my house left to go to Melbourne for the weekend for the Grand Prix...F-1? Something like that. While I would have loved to go, I realized it was too much money to waste on something I wasn't interested in (i.e. car racing). I stayed back with Samir and the two Germans, Chris and Andy. Even though it's been quiet, it's been a fun weekend. Thursday and Friday nights I ended up trekking down into Sydney with my friend Brian and we checked out a lot of different bars. Usually whenever we go out here, we know a huge crowd of Study Abroad people going to the same place. We had no plan this time though and were surrounded by Australians. Last night I had a Study Abroad event - a St. Patrick's Day Harbor Cruise (aka a booze cruise). It was a LOT of fun! We left the boat around 11 and headed over to a bar and then went home.

I guess that's it for now. Actually, I forgot to mention my camera broke. It still works, actually, just the LCD screen is cracked and I have to blindly take pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to work something out with that. In the meantime, I'm STILL trying to upload pictures. I will definitely get more up Monday and/or Tuesday.

I miss you all!