Tuesday March 31st
Early rise in the morning to a call from Stacey in Canada. Had a talk with her before I had to rush into the shower and get ready for uni. I was kind of in a meh mood during class. It was my two hour tutorial and we were talking about the grieving process with accepting your own death and all the impact it has on the family. That isnt what made me meh, but it certainly did not help.
I came home and Shon and Wooly (Jess' last name), both noticed my mood. I didnt feel like talking about it at that moment. I had an appointment that I was a little nervous for! On the way to my appointment, I started to feel better. The girls and I were dancing to music in the car. Nothing beats dancing to music in the car... well maybe swimming in the skinny beats it, but its a close second! Especially when the song goes " sush girl, close your lips, do the Hellen Keller and dance with your hips..." ahhaha I love it!
We arrived at my appointment which was at 1315. It was 1301. Sign on the door saying they were closed for lunch and did not open again until 1315- the time of my appointment. We went for a walk and looked at a gym that we are interested in joining. Apperently it is open 24/7 and its only $10/wk. Also, I would have a ride because Shon and Jess are both considering it. We will see. I workout quite a bit with out paying as it is. We then continued walking and happened upon a book store. We entered. Jess and I both love reading. I thought maybe I was just in a religious section of the store, but I quickly realized it must all be religious. I asked Jess and she seemed to realize it just as I told her. We quickly retreated and started walking back for my appointment even though it was only 1309.
There was an Op Shop right beside where I needed to be. Op Shop is what they call second hand stores here. We were stoked. I have been meaning to charm one for awhile. We entered and immediatly all three of us were finding the best things ever! Shonleigh found a little blue dress that would fit me and it was perfect! It is definitly my fave buy of the day. Cant go wrong for $3!! I also bought some large yellow and teal tea cups! They are the short but fat ones! I love them soo much! I was wanting big tea cups for awhile. I even cleared a nice spot for them to sit out and look pretty!! We also bought a pair of tongs- the ghost stole ours and still has not returned them. Grr! Shonleigh bought heaps of sweaters. Not jsut any sweaters, but the kind you would buy for an ugly sweater party!! hahahaha She loves them soo much! She bought them because she is going to New Zealand for Easter break. Its apparently cold there at a wopping 10 degrees! BABY!!
AHHH time for my appointment! Too much fun Op Shopping! I ran over to the next shop!! I told the lady my name. hmmm no Kristin found sorry. Oh sorry, what about an Arby..? hahah ahh yes here you are!! teehee oops! Its tough having two names! We walked into a room where she asked me to strip from the bottom down and lay on the padded table. She didnt leave the room and was preparing things. So I listened and undressed right there. I layed down on the table and told her I was nervous as it was my first time! She got right down to business. This all happened within two minutes. She applied the hot wax. YES, that is right! I had my very first brazilian! ( I have to note here that it was not fun growing it out for the last week as I frequent a bikini! )
She told me to relax. Right, relax. What does that mean again?? OWCH!!! HOLY MOTHER TRUCKER!!! It hurt so much it made me laugh. Not just a little giggle as I am often heard doing, but a deep throat cackle laugh! Laughing at the insanity of my choice in having this done and actually paying for it!!! ( Also, I would not get it done, but it only costs $30 bucks for a student! RIGHT ON... I think... oi!! )
RIP! She pulls another off! And another and another. The deep cackle never leaving. She even asked me to try not to tense up because it hurts more. She also asked me to try and stay a little more still. Im sure I came close to kicking her and she was just worried for her safety!! ( I dont think she makes any friends at work... and I thought she was really nice at first ha... ha : ) As she applied wax to the ... lower portions, it seemed to be hotter in temperature. Almost unbearable, but when given the choice of the hair ripping- cackle provoking, I definitly choose the burning of the wax!! I thought she was ripping the lips right off my poor little lady bits!!
It was over!!!!!!!! She sprayed me with .... something. Then applied a lotion! Why is it still stinging? I wondered. I walked out after a total of 6 minutes! She meant business and was not a force to be reckoned with! The girls smiled and looked at me. I asked them if they heard me and thye both immitaded my cackle and my OH MY GOD- OH MY GOD- OH MY GOD!!!! I was proud that I didnt swear! A little shocked actually..!
We returned to the Op Shop where we resumed our shopping, and I secretly and tenderly massaged my pubis to assure it that I still loved it. We then headed back home where Jess made us pancakes with ice cream and maple syrup! yum.
I bikinied up and grabbed my ipod, towel, text book, and a rockstar energy drink and walked over to the pool. I was feeling swollen, used, and red, but these are things you could not see with my bikini. I was tanning, listening to music, studying, and energizing with my Rockstar to keep focused. I am a multi-tasker. Oh yes I was also stretching!! I am wonder woman! I love being productive! lol
As I was studying, I kept hearing splashes in the pool. I thought someone was throwing rocks at me. I looked over to find a couple of birds, ( not at all sure what kind..), diving in and getting wet, then swooping back up. They would do it every 30 seconds or so. Silly little birds do bathe! Multi-task resume!
After the sun went down, I returned home. I then talked on the phone to Canada and Shon and I ordered pizza. Its cheap night. We picked it up and came home. Shonleigh heard some bad news. A friend of hers passed on. She was only in her 50's. She was upset about it. Jess came home and we all went for a long walk- then a jog- then Jess and I sprinted back. I thought my legs were going to give way, but I made it, huffing and puffing! I then stretched in the house and did a bit of yoga. Followed by some abdominal toning! Woooh! What a work out! Cleansed and turned on some music in my room. Jess came over after a while and braided my hair.
What a crazy day!!
Magic Mushrooms
Jumping ants attack when High on Magic Mushrooms
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
OOPS XXX
Forgot to mention that when we woke up on Sunday morning, Amanda informed us that someones camera had made it home with her some how. Not only this, but it had a rated R video on it. A very enthusiastic girl with a very ... excited guy. She was apparently a nusre, although she wasnt wearing much. I could tell she was a nurse by her stockings and the red cross symbol on her ... clothing, or what was there for clothing. HAHAHA I watched it twice, as did many of us! haha We returned it.
Beer Pong, Noosa, and the Move Out
Saturday march 28th
Woke up and tried to organize a plan. Jason was on his way at some point. We werent sure what we were going to do. When he arrived, Amanda, Rachel, him and I looked at a map and found that there was a hidden little destination not 5 minutes away! It was a giant maze! Yes way cool! We entered the maze with a little scavenger hunt. We made teams. Rachel and Amanda, vs Jason and I. We had to locate all the dwarfs and Snow White. It was really fun and tricky. We dound out that it had a trick in the question. We finished a good 15 min before the other two. While we were waiting for them, we walked over to the bird sanctuary. It wasnt much. Im not into birds all that much as it is. We came back and met up with the others. When we asked if they had foun all of the items, they looked at eachother. They didnt figure it out, they kind of gave up. Jason and I had figured out the trick and knew that one item wasnt in there at all. We even solved the word at the end. It was pretty fun.
After the Maze, we decided to go see a water fall. Mapleton Falls. Cute little town of Mapleton. Jason bought some exotic flowers from here and we picked up a snack. They had some cute little trinkets that I wouldnt mind going back to see. When we got to the falls, it was just a look out point to see the falls below. It was really nice, but we were un able to hike down to the falls. Im not even sure if it was possible to do on the great walk that was suppose to take about 3-4 hours. Rachel and Amanda had to be back to finish an assignment, so we did the Wompoo trail that was only about 45minutes. It was a jungle! There are some of the neatest trees I have ever seen. They start off as independant trees and all grow into one big bony piece of art! Sometimes they can even be hollow in the centre. There are vines hanging and yes we did the Tarzan and swung from vine to vine!! Ok, we didnt, but we certainly did try! Not as easy as Tarzan makes it look!!
We continued our walk and made it back to the car. When we got home, it was already about 5pm. Jason and I had a game of tennis and then we all got ready for the night activities. We beautified and left for Mooloolaba for dinner. I think this was the first time we have actually spent out for dinner. Rachel had to work and therefore could not make it. Amanda and I shared a gourmet pizza and some calamari while Jason bought wine for all of us girls! YUM!! Lucky us for having him, and lucky him for being the only guy with all of us!! hahaha
We headed to a pub and had some drinks and dancing. More of our friends, including Raging Roger who is now back and has apologized to mostly everyone, had arrived. Shortly after, we all went to Emma Mays house. She had a whole load of ppl over. We taught these Aussies how to play beer pong on the ping pong table. Also kicked there behinds with flippy cup. Lots of the ppl here at the party were actually kiwi's. It was a very good group of ppl. Amanda and I had some fun with photos on Emma May's bright red porno sheets on her bed. I still havent seen the pictures of this!! Everyone else hopped in the hot tub. Jason and I didnt feel like it so we sat just outside of it.
When we got home, the party continued outside by Erin, Bell, and Bellas place. yes I am aware they are named Bell and Bella! haha I soon after retired for the night. It was late.
Sunday March 29th
When i awoke, Jason had already been for a swim. I readied myself and we went for a bite to eat. We didnt want to fight the traffic in Mooloolaba, there was a triathalon and it was incredibly busy! There must have been thousands of bikes sitting out last night! We decided to drive and see where it takes us. It took us as far as Noosa. Noosa is suppose to be a tourist destination and now I know why. The shops there are so nice, similar to whyte ave, but newer. It has a more modern feel to it, where as Whyte Av wears an older, retro-ish look and feel. There are also soo many really neat places to eat. How to choose!
We walked down the beach part way and entered the town. We found a place to eat and placed our orders. I love how there is no tipping required here in Australia, however, I am sure there would be better service were it the norm to tip good service. I ordered a wrap with carrots, onions, avacodo, chicken and lamb taboli from the middle east. It was sooo delicious! Jason had a club sandwhich and fries.
We walked down the beach after breakfast-lunnch-dinner. It is a really long beach and both of us are interested in surfing. This was an obvious place for the surfer. The sore was littered with them. Some individuals were as good to go for 5 minutes or more. It was an ideal place. There was even a wedding comencing on the beach. We found a spot and sat for a long while watching the surfers. The sun and the ocean were just amazing. The surfers were making it look too easy!
After the sun was down, and storm clouds threatened, we decided to head home. He did have to drive back to Brissy after all! On the way home, I found the sothern cross in the sky. he southern cross is the 5 star formation found on the Australian flag. It gets dark very early here. About 6pm right now is pretty dark. When I got back, I watched a movie and went to bed. I was beat.
Monday March 30th
Woke up 0730, nice and early ready for Uni by 0845. I like to wake up really early to puts around. I sometimes get phone calls this early as well, so I like to give myself time to get ready. If not, I clean up or look at school work. When I was about to leave this morning for my lecture, I rememebered that it was cancelled. I stayed home and cleaned the house and did come laundry.
Shonleigh awoke and had promised Ebony a ride to the train station. I went along for the ride. We we got back, Jess, Amanda, Shon and I went for a run/walk. We speed walk and still work up a sweat. We did this to the photo store where I had printed up some 300 photos. Yikes! I still have more I want printed!! teehee! Then we power walked back. When we were just by our units, we decided to run the rest. This gave us a couple of advantages. 1- its excersize, 2- it makes us look like we ran the whole way with out pouring sweat! hahaha We are sneaky!
I finished some laundry and made some lunch for Jess, Shon and I. Brock was over visiting as well. After lunch I made my way to my room and did some school related activites. After a while, Yates drove me to pick up my photos. We went through them all. They had cut off some of them. :( makes me angry! I then caught up with a phone call from Canada. It was Justin. He is on his way and will be here in just three sleeps! Just in time for my two week Easter Holidays!
After this, I found out that our room mate mat had come to the conclusion that he wants to move out. He has spoken to the office and he will be moving into Rachel and Beca's place. Shonleigh and I both like lively house holds. Our friends walk in and out all day long. Mat also has friends over quite often. I thought we had an understanding of eachother. We have not been drinking and partying here like we did at first. In fact, we have been doing it where ever else we could. Mat is just a very religious boy who doesnt like swearing or drinking at all. He gets along with everyone, but I guess it was just too noisy for him. I was a little saddened by this news. For one thing, he had Shonleigh tell me. Im not sure why he couldnt tell me himself. I thought him and I were pretty open with eachother. Apparently not. It made me feel singled out that he was able to tell Shon and not me. If anything, Rachel parties a little bit more than I. Its just a quieter unit over there as our friend congregate here. It will all turn out for the best. We are trying to get Tess to move into here now. Us three blondes will have a good time!
I went to class. It was a good one. I enjoy this class. Nursing health alterations. I sit with Amy who has become my first friend from school. I have different subjects then the other girls and so I was the lone foriegn girl for a bit. lol
Came home and made a delicious Salad. I had a quick talk with Scotto about the problems we have been having. Scotto is a good person. Just a bit of a scatter brain! Scatter brain Scotto! Makes life difficult. It has been wearing on a few of us. Things are ok now, but not perfect.
Amanda and I went for a jog. Rachel went out for some coffee with a friend and Joel. I did some stretching and sit ups and then did some studying! Nice and productive day!
Woke up and tried to organize a plan. Jason was on his way at some point. We werent sure what we were going to do. When he arrived, Amanda, Rachel, him and I looked at a map and found that there was a hidden little destination not 5 minutes away! It was a giant maze! Yes way cool! We entered the maze with a little scavenger hunt. We made teams. Rachel and Amanda, vs Jason and I. We had to locate all the dwarfs and Snow White. It was really fun and tricky. We dound out that it had a trick in the question. We finished a good 15 min before the other two. While we were waiting for them, we walked over to the bird sanctuary. It wasnt much. Im not into birds all that much as it is. We came back and met up with the others. When we asked if they had foun all of the items, they looked at eachother. They didnt figure it out, they kind of gave up. Jason and I had figured out the trick and knew that one item wasnt in there at all. We even solved the word at the end. It was pretty fun.
After the Maze, we decided to go see a water fall. Mapleton Falls. Cute little town of Mapleton. Jason bought some exotic flowers from here and we picked up a snack. They had some cute little trinkets that I wouldnt mind going back to see. When we got to the falls, it was just a look out point to see the falls below. It was really nice, but we were un able to hike down to the falls. Im not even sure if it was possible to do on the great walk that was suppose to take about 3-4 hours. Rachel and Amanda had to be back to finish an assignment, so we did the Wompoo trail that was only about 45minutes. It was a jungle! There are some of the neatest trees I have ever seen. They start off as independant trees and all grow into one big bony piece of art! Sometimes they can even be hollow in the centre. There are vines hanging and yes we did the Tarzan and swung from vine to vine!! Ok, we didnt, but we certainly did try! Not as easy as Tarzan makes it look!!
We continued our walk and made it back to the car. When we got home, it was already about 5pm. Jason and I had a game of tennis and then we all got ready for the night activities. We beautified and left for Mooloolaba for dinner. I think this was the first time we have actually spent out for dinner. Rachel had to work and therefore could not make it. Amanda and I shared a gourmet pizza and some calamari while Jason bought wine for all of us girls! YUM!! Lucky us for having him, and lucky him for being the only guy with all of us!! hahaha
We headed to a pub and had some drinks and dancing. More of our friends, including Raging Roger who is now back and has apologized to mostly everyone, had arrived. Shortly after, we all went to Emma Mays house. She had a whole load of ppl over. We taught these Aussies how to play beer pong on the ping pong table. Also kicked there behinds with flippy cup. Lots of the ppl here at the party were actually kiwi's. It was a very good group of ppl. Amanda and I had some fun with photos on Emma May's bright red porno sheets on her bed. I still havent seen the pictures of this!! Everyone else hopped in the hot tub. Jason and I didnt feel like it so we sat just outside of it.
When we got home, the party continued outside by Erin, Bell, and Bellas place. yes I am aware they are named Bell and Bella! haha I soon after retired for the night. It was late.
Sunday March 29th
When i awoke, Jason had already been for a swim. I readied myself and we went for a bite to eat. We didnt want to fight the traffic in Mooloolaba, there was a triathalon and it was incredibly busy! There must have been thousands of bikes sitting out last night! We decided to drive and see where it takes us. It took us as far as Noosa. Noosa is suppose to be a tourist destination and now I know why. The shops there are so nice, similar to whyte ave, but newer. It has a more modern feel to it, where as Whyte Av wears an older, retro-ish look and feel. There are also soo many really neat places to eat. How to choose!
We walked down the beach part way and entered the town. We found a place to eat and placed our orders. I love how there is no tipping required here in Australia, however, I am sure there would be better service were it the norm to tip good service. I ordered a wrap with carrots, onions, avacodo, chicken and lamb taboli from the middle east. It was sooo delicious! Jason had a club sandwhich and fries.
We walked down the beach after breakfast-lunnch-dinner. It is a really long beach and both of us are interested in surfing. This was an obvious place for the surfer. The sore was littered with them. Some individuals were as good to go for 5 minutes or more. It was an ideal place. There was even a wedding comencing on the beach. We found a spot and sat for a long while watching the surfers. The sun and the ocean were just amazing. The surfers were making it look too easy!
After the sun was down, and storm clouds threatened, we decided to head home. He did have to drive back to Brissy after all! On the way home, I found the sothern cross in the sky. he southern cross is the 5 star formation found on the Australian flag. It gets dark very early here. About 6pm right now is pretty dark. When I got back, I watched a movie and went to bed. I was beat.
Monday March 30th
Woke up 0730, nice and early ready for Uni by 0845. I like to wake up really early to puts around. I sometimes get phone calls this early as well, so I like to give myself time to get ready. If not, I clean up or look at school work. When I was about to leave this morning for my lecture, I rememebered that it was cancelled. I stayed home and cleaned the house and did come laundry.
Shonleigh awoke and had promised Ebony a ride to the train station. I went along for the ride. We we got back, Jess, Amanda, Shon and I went for a run/walk. We speed walk and still work up a sweat. We did this to the photo store where I had printed up some 300 photos. Yikes! I still have more I want printed!! teehee! Then we power walked back. When we were just by our units, we decided to run the rest. This gave us a couple of advantages. 1- its excersize, 2- it makes us look like we ran the whole way with out pouring sweat! hahaha We are sneaky!
I finished some laundry and made some lunch for Jess, Shon and I. Brock was over visiting as well. After lunch I made my way to my room and did some school related activites. After a while, Yates drove me to pick up my photos. We went through them all. They had cut off some of them. :( makes me angry! I then caught up with a phone call from Canada. It was Justin. He is on his way and will be here in just three sleeps! Just in time for my two week Easter Holidays!
After this, I found out that our room mate mat had come to the conclusion that he wants to move out. He has spoken to the office and he will be moving into Rachel and Beca's place. Shonleigh and I both like lively house holds. Our friends walk in and out all day long. Mat also has friends over quite often. I thought we had an understanding of eachother. We have not been drinking and partying here like we did at first. In fact, we have been doing it where ever else we could. Mat is just a very religious boy who doesnt like swearing or drinking at all. He gets along with everyone, but I guess it was just too noisy for him. I was a little saddened by this news. For one thing, he had Shonleigh tell me. Im not sure why he couldnt tell me himself. I thought him and I were pretty open with eachother. Apparently not. It made me feel singled out that he was able to tell Shon and not me. If anything, Rachel parties a little bit more than I. Its just a quieter unit over there as our friend congregate here. It will all turn out for the best. We are trying to get Tess to move into here now. Us three blondes will have a good time!
I went to class. It was a good one. I enjoy this class. Nursing health alterations. I sit with Amy who has become my first friend from school. I have different subjects then the other girls and so I was the lone foriegn girl for a bit. lol
Came home and made a delicious Salad. I had a quick talk with Scotto about the problems we have been having. Scotto is a good person. Just a bit of a scatter brain! Scatter brain Scotto! Makes life difficult. It has been wearing on a few of us. Things are ok now, but not perfect.
Amanda and I went for a jog. Rachel went out for some coffee with a friend and Joel. I did some stretching and sit ups and then did some studying! Nice and productive day!
Beach Birthday Lies and Ghost hauntings!
Friday March 27th
Woke up early. Got ready for the beach. Amanda and I wanted to have some alone time. Her and I have become pretty close on this journey. We were at the bus stop waiting for quite some time when Lewis called. Happy Brithday Lewis. We had planned on going up to Noosa and Fraser Island this weekend with Jason, but Lewis informed us that he was having a big all day BBQ on the beach and then another BBQ later on at the village for his birthday. He even said he would be really disapointed if I didnt show up. I promised we would be there on Saturday and not miss it. We could plan for Fraser another weekend, even though I was looking forward to it. Lewis said that friday was his actual birthday but that we would be celebrating it on the Saturday. Now back to his phone call. He told me how bored he was so I invited him out to the beach. We did want some alone time, but there was no way we were leaving the Birthday boy out of it. We walked back to the village.
We were sitting and talking inside my unit when I saw someone walk into Amandas place looking for her. It was one person her, nor I, wanted to really hang out with this particular day for reasons I will not go into to. We will call this person Scotto! We quickly shut the door, grabbed our sandles and bags and jumped the fence. We ran to the corner store where I called and texted Lewis to pick us up from there. Silly us assumed Lewis had credit on his phone, he doesnt! He was also driving and there is a very strict -no mobile phone operating while driving- law here! I know this because Jason was pulled over for it the first time he met us up on the sunny coast. They give pretty hefty fines. Good thing we can use the ol' - Im Canadian and had no idea- plea! Lucky Jason. ( I rather like the word -Hefty- How fun is it to say! )
So we are waiting for Lewis when I see him drive by. I hell his name and wave my arms!! He keeps on driving. hmm now what?? Meanwhile, I get a drunken phone call from Canada. We text Shonleigh and ask her to tell Lewis to come back. Unfortunatly, Scotto had already talked with Lewis before Shonleigh could. Lewis invited Scotto to accompany us and then talked to Shon. We went back to the unit. Scotto was swimming in the pool with a friend when we returned. He wasnt coming back so we decided to leave anyways.
We got to the beach and the waves were crazy! We went into the water and they flipped us every which way. These waves this day were the most forceful I had ever been in. At one point, it had flipped me so hard, then pushed me hard into the sand. I had a red sand burn mark on my back from it. Amanda and I would be standing a couple meters apart, when a wave would hit us. Under the water we would feel eachother kicking and trying to keep control of ourselves. It some how knocked us together, but when we resurfaced, we would be far apart again. It was the weirdest thing. I dont know how Lewis did it. He seemed to be a fish in the water. We were back on shore watching him, and he litterally had his head above the wave the whole time and kind of looked salmon like!
It was soo peacful and relaxing listening to Lewis play his guitar. He had brought it out to the beach. On the back, it was covered in over a hundred signatures. On the front, it had written on it, " The Doors", and " The Clash". He also had about ten signatures on the front. He said only people who have died could sign the front. I wondered how they could sign their names if they had already deceased. Or did they sign it knowing of their impending death? Did it just work out this way? What a interesting guitar.
While Lewis played his songs, Amanda and I began to build a sand castle. This quickly turned into a hole to which we sat our bottoms in. We then covered our lower mid rumps with sand and decided to make... our own sand castles in you will on our pelvis areas. hahaha Yes there are pictures of our man pieces!! Not sure if they will be posted or not... hmm! It was alot of fun, even if people were walking by and looking!
We headed back fairly soon after another unsuccessful trial of wave dodging! This is when i stole Lewis' wallet and found out it was not in fact his Birthday!!! UGH! We had cancelled plans just fo this! Ihad made up my mind! Fraser it was!
We got back and changed and showered up. Then we attempted some beergaritas! We needed to make these with what we had. We poured fruit and wine and beer and ice- mixed it all up and it actually wasnt that bad. We only made one glass each. It was Amanda and I. We had a bunch of ppl over just chilling. We talked and chilled for a good couple of hours. We were telling eachother ghost stories.
If you remember, I believe I mentioned a girl had died in our unit a couple of years ago. This is why Mat was soo freaked out to be alone. Well, turns out it wasnt our unit, but a unit two doors down. We were discussing how the guys that live in that unit now were complaining about the washing machine turning on in the middle of the night and over flowing. We all have also been noticing small things missing here and there, for instance, our tongs and Jess's towels, and Becs cheese grater. When we were all good and spooked, we decided to hit the hay.
Shonleigh had two girls from Brisbane stay over. Ebony and Tess. They stayed in Shonleighs bed while we stayed in mine. It was about 230am. We were talking and gigling- then we were outside. Everyone was quiet and the two of us thought we would have a bit of fun! Shon suggested we throw stones at Jess' and Joels and Shonleighs windows. Pebbles- may not be a good idea. I suggested- thanks to Jason- tennis balls. We go outside. Wait, I already said we were there, we are still outside. haha Shon throws one at her window where her two friends are sleeping. I throw at Joels and then Jess'. We run and hide in Rachels door way laughing silently as hard as it is possible! Which turned out to be a pretty loud silence.
#%$^*(*&^% @ ^&*^%%$ @ *(# From both Shons window and Jess'. After a minute or two or ten, we go back and do it again. This time exculding Joels. No initial reaction means he's cut from the fun team! Jess is yelling out the window again. Thats when we start yelling things in our deep voices. Shon is yelling first and saying things like " Jessica Wooley, get out here!", and then I start in, " Come fight like a man!", and I threw in a " Cheese grater! ", just to really stir things up. Not really sure why I said it, but I thought it was funny.
Jess calls Shonleigh on her mobile. She is completly freaked out and terrified. Shon said she could hear the fear in her voice. We would have been more sympathetic and given ourselves up hadn't Jess said in the most terrified voice, that they were yelling cheese grater! We were holding back the laughter as much as possible. I threw another ball while Shon was on the phone. haha By this time we had crept to the open again, but under Jess' window so she could not see us. Ebony and Tess saw us at this point but I motioned for them to keep quiet about our stelth mode! They silently agreed. Jess was looking out the window across from them and asking if they could see anyone. They said no. Jess insisted that they could see us because she could see our shadows. We started making funny shadows at this time. Then we ran out and revealed ourselves. It was tooo funny. Jess swore and went to bed.
When we arrived back in my room, we had no blankets. Ebony and Tess hid them on us!! The pranksters become the prankees!! Luckily I found them in a pile in the washroom. Time for bed! What a wonderful room mate I have.
Woke up early. Got ready for the beach. Amanda and I wanted to have some alone time. Her and I have become pretty close on this journey. We were at the bus stop waiting for quite some time when Lewis called. Happy Brithday Lewis. We had planned on going up to Noosa and Fraser Island this weekend with Jason, but Lewis informed us that he was having a big all day BBQ on the beach and then another BBQ later on at the village for his birthday. He even said he would be really disapointed if I didnt show up. I promised we would be there on Saturday and not miss it. We could plan for Fraser another weekend, even though I was looking forward to it. Lewis said that friday was his actual birthday but that we would be celebrating it on the Saturday. Now back to his phone call. He told me how bored he was so I invited him out to the beach. We did want some alone time, but there was no way we were leaving the Birthday boy out of it. We walked back to the village.
We were sitting and talking inside my unit when I saw someone walk into Amandas place looking for her. It was one person her, nor I, wanted to really hang out with this particular day for reasons I will not go into to. We will call this person Scotto! We quickly shut the door, grabbed our sandles and bags and jumped the fence. We ran to the corner store where I called and texted Lewis to pick us up from there. Silly us assumed Lewis had credit on his phone, he doesnt! He was also driving and there is a very strict -no mobile phone operating while driving- law here! I know this because Jason was pulled over for it the first time he met us up on the sunny coast. They give pretty hefty fines. Good thing we can use the ol' - Im Canadian and had no idea- plea! Lucky Jason. ( I rather like the word -Hefty- How fun is it to say! )
So we are waiting for Lewis when I see him drive by. I hell his name and wave my arms!! He keeps on driving. hmm now what?? Meanwhile, I get a drunken phone call from Canada. We text Shonleigh and ask her to tell Lewis to come back. Unfortunatly, Scotto had already talked with Lewis before Shonleigh could. Lewis invited Scotto to accompany us and then talked to Shon. We went back to the unit. Scotto was swimming in the pool with a friend when we returned. He wasnt coming back so we decided to leave anyways.
We got to the beach and the waves were crazy! We went into the water and they flipped us every which way. These waves this day were the most forceful I had ever been in. At one point, it had flipped me so hard, then pushed me hard into the sand. I had a red sand burn mark on my back from it. Amanda and I would be standing a couple meters apart, when a wave would hit us. Under the water we would feel eachother kicking and trying to keep control of ourselves. It some how knocked us together, but when we resurfaced, we would be far apart again. It was the weirdest thing. I dont know how Lewis did it. He seemed to be a fish in the water. We were back on shore watching him, and he litterally had his head above the wave the whole time and kind of looked salmon like!
It was soo peacful and relaxing listening to Lewis play his guitar. He had brought it out to the beach. On the back, it was covered in over a hundred signatures. On the front, it had written on it, " The Doors", and " The Clash". He also had about ten signatures on the front. He said only people who have died could sign the front. I wondered how they could sign their names if they had already deceased. Or did they sign it knowing of their impending death? Did it just work out this way? What a interesting guitar.
While Lewis played his songs, Amanda and I began to build a sand castle. This quickly turned into a hole to which we sat our bottoms in. We then covered our lower mid rumps with sand and decided to make... our own sand castles in you will on our pelvis areas. hahaha Yes there are pictures of our man pieces!! Not sure if they will be posted or not... hmm! It was alot of fun, even if people were walking by and looking!
We headed back fairly soon after another unsuccessful trial of wave dodging! This is when i stole Lewis' wallet and found out it was not in fact his Birthday!!! UGH! We had cancelled plans just fo this! Ihad made up my mind! Fraser it was!
We got back and changed and showered up. Then we attempted some beergaritas! We needed to make these with what we had. We poured fruit and wine and beer and ice- mixed it all up and it actually wasnt that bad. We only made one glass each. It was Amanda and I. We had a bunch of ppl over just chilling. We talked and chilled for a good couple of hours. We were telling eachother ghost stories.
If you remember, I believe I mentioned a girl had died in our unit a couple of years ago. This is why Mat was soo freaked out to be alone. Well, turns out it wasnt our unit, but a unit two doors down. We were discussing how the guys that live in that unit now were complaining about the washing machine turning on in the middle of the night and over flowing. We all have also been noticing small things missing here and there, for instance, our tongs and Jess's towels, and Becs cheese grater. When we were all good and spooked, we decided to hit the hay.
Shonleigh had two girls from Brisbane stay over. Ebony and Tess. They stayed in Shonleighs bed while we stayed in mine. It was about 230am. We were talking and gigling- then we were outside. Everyone was quiet and the two of us thought we would have a bit of fun! Shon suggested we throw stones at Jess' and Joels and Shonleighs windows. Pebbles- may not be a good idea. I suggested- thanks to Jason- tennis balls. We go outside. Wait, I already said we were there, we are still outside. haha Shon throws one at her window where her two friends are sleeping. I throw at Joels and then Jess'. We run and hide in Rachels door way laughing silently as hard as it is possible! Which turned out to be a pretty loud silence.
#%$^*(*&^% @ ^&*^%%$ @ *(# From both Shons window and Jess'. After a minute or two or ten, we go back and do it again. This time exculding Joels. No initial reaction means he's cut from the fun team! Jess is yelling out the window again. Thats when we start yelling things in our deep voices. Shon is yelling first and saying things like " Jessica Wooley, get out here!", and then I start in, " Come fight like a man!", and I threw in a " Cheese grater! ", just to really stir things up. Not really sure why I said it, but I thought it was funny.
Jess calls Shonleigh on her mobile. She is completly freaked out and terrified. Shon said she could hear the fear in her voice. We would have been more sympathetic and given ourselves up hadn't Jess said in the most terrified voice, that they were yelling cheese grater! We were holding back the laughter as much as possible. I threw another ball while Shon was on the phone. haha By this time we had crept to the open again, but under Jess' window so she could not see us. Ebony and Tess saw us at this point but I motioned for them to keep quiet about our stelth mode! They silently agreed. Jess was looking out the window across from them and asking if they could see anyone. They said no. Jess insisted that they could see us because she could see our shadows. We started making funny shadows at this time. Then we ran out and revealed ourselves. It was tooo funny. Jess swore and went to bed.
When we arrived back in my room, we had no blankets. Ebony and Tess hid them on us!! The pranksters become the prankees!! Luckily I found them in a pile in the washroom. Time for bed! What a wonderful room mate I have.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Weekly Happenings
Sunday March 22nd
Woke up after a nice sleep in again. What a relaxed weekend. I studied. Still working away on the ECG asssignment. The girls went to the library to work on it. I stayed in my room. I was starting to nod off so I went to the store to buy a rockstar! YUM! On my way there, I recieved a call from Canada. This call lasted two hours and forty five minutes. On my mobile. Someone is going to have a very large bill!!!
During this time, Shonleigh had arrived home. I went and talked with her for a while intil she had to go to work. Amanda, Nicko, and I went for another jog. Then I showered and made my delicious salad again.
Really not an exciting day, I really should leave days like this out.
Monday March 23rd
Went to Uni. Lecture was boring as per usual. Health, Society, and Culture. I dont mind it though. Came home and hung out. I have to admitt, there is some excitment going on here. Not a good kind, but not really bad either. Just childish drama. Females. No I am not involved, but I cannot get into it. lets just say that one person is driving alot of us insane. There is a boy involved, but its not a triangle. The person is driving us crazy for reasons that do and do not involve the boy. That is all I can say. haha
Between classes, Amanda and I walked to the grocery store and the bank. I had to figure some stuff out with internet banking and such. Then we went into Flight Centre to look at flights for Thailand. We had been planning a trip for about 10 days during the Easter holidays. My dad is going to be there as well and I would get to meet his Wife and her kids. After looking at flights and seeing our options, we decided that we wouldnt go due to lack of planning. Justin is flying out here on the 2nd for two and a half weeks. He would have to jump back on a plane to fly to Thailand again. Plus he is allergic to nuts and sesame seeds and probably wouldnt live after being exposed to Thai food. Also, flights were not as cheap as we thought they were. I am sure if we had planned long ago, we could have found better deals. We decided to call it off. We have only been here for 5 weeks, there is lots to see here is Aus. Thailand can wait. It would have been nice to see my dad though. Maybe it he is still there in September or something. Went grocery shopping and came home.
Went to my after noon tutorials. I really like my Nursing Alterations class. My tutor is soo cute. She is a small blonde woman. She is a Kiwi too! ( that is what they call ppl from New Zealand- I never knew this. I always thought it was derogatory, but its not! ) She makes class more fun. Rachel and Amanda had missed their Patho class, so they joined me for mine.
When I came home, Shonleigh had gone to work. I made myself some grub and watched a bit of tv. Jess came over and I was craving cookies so badly. All the stores close so early here too. We decided to go visit Shonleigh at her work. She works in a coffee shop called Gloria Jeans Coffee. I got a Tim Tam milk shake- to die for! They are just sooo good. I am hooked. Good thing they are all the way in Mooloolaba!
Amanda joined us for the ride. We had a good talk and then walked on the beach for a bit. Amanda and I are getting along really well. I am glad that she is here with me. We went home and Shon was home shortly after me. We talked on my bed for a bit and both went to bed. ( its hard to say what days I stay up late on the phone. my late nights work out to your early mornings, and I get alot of phone calls. Lucky me! )
Tuesday March 24th
Class in the morning. The tutorial for Health, Society, and Culture. Came home. Ate a yummy sandwhich and then hopped in with Jess. She was going to the Plaza and I round up my Canadian posse and off we went. I needed to go and talk with the bank because I had forgotten my pin at the grocery store the day before andhad to use my Canadian Visa becuase they lock you out after three tries. UGH! So Did my banking, and visited Jess. She was having major phone issues! Rachel and I decided to bus it to Fridays, the bar. Rachel has a job here and is trying to get me one. I had totally forgotten that Jono worked here. He is one of the guys I went camping with the first time.
He gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek when he saw me. He started setting Rachel up with her job and informed me that he didnt have any position available right now but that he had me on the top of the list. Jono is a super nice guy. We hung out for a bit and he made us a drink and had the chef make us hot dogs. ( they were actual hot dogs!! How good were they!! Mouth watering!! ) Jono gave me another big hug and kiss and off we were.
Rachel and I had a good chat and went for a walk on the warf while waiting for Xanthy and Jess to pick us up. We hopped in and headed home. Once home, I just hung out and did the things that one does at home. I talked on the phone for a while as well. When Shon got home from work, I had finsihed the dishes, and Jess was over as well. We had a really good chat well I looked for snack food. I recieved a phone call from Miss Stacey Hewitt and we had a blast on the phone until 2 am! I really dont get much sleep here. Its weird. I always tell myself I will nap, but it just never happens and I dont feel tired all that much! Nice!!
Wednesday March 25th
Got up early and readied myself for the day. I went for a walk/ jog with Jess and Shon. I quickly ate some wheatbix when I got home and off I went to Uni. Amanda and Rachel joined me. Today was Respiratory problems. Woot woo... cough hack hack hack... oot! hahah JK ! Im soo funny!
After class, I went to get a new student ID card. I had thought mine was stolen when I left my wallet at the bar on St. Patties day. ( someone turned it in before I knew it was lost. I didnt even have to freak out about losing it!! ) After this I had a meeting with a lady to see about giving me credit for my course. She said she would see what she could do.
I came home, Shonleigh and I went out to buy USB keys. We wanted to get some pictures printed up. This took the rest of the afternoon. ( going through photos and picking what I wanted printed.)
I then checked my email and found out that I did get credit for that course. This made me sooo happy. Now I do not have to do clinical placement in July. I am thinking about going to Thailand then. Dad will still be there I think and then we have more time to be there. It works our perfectly. I now have every second friday free which gives me a extra long weekend because I dont have classes on thursdays!! haha SAAAWEET!
Went for a walk with Lewis and his girlfriend Erin and Amanda. We went to the little lake over here to take some photos. Lewis said he would teach me a bit about photography. It was really fun. On the way back, there were some kangaroos and he took pics of them with us two in the back ground!! I cannot wait to see these pictures!
Thursday March 26th
Went to bed late so I didnt wake up early enough to do the walk with Shon and Jess. They went at 0700 and I thought they were insane, especially because I didnt have class. I got ready and went to Uni. I met up with Amy and her friend to go over our assignment. Amy had asked for my help so I offered to go over it with her. Gary, another fellow in my classes also asked for my help with it and i agreed to meet up with him. I had us all meet together and we had a study group of 4. It was prefect. We spent a couple hours going over ECG's and determining what they were asking of us. Then we went our seperate ways. I headed to the library to write my assignment up on the comps and print them. I then handed it in even though it wasnt due until the following day. I headed up to see my Love Deb Hardy who has been a goddess in helping us Canadians with course credits and all that. I just had some stuff to sign for the course I recieved credit for. I handed in my assignment and headed home.
It was thursday and I did not have class Friday!! Wicked cool! The girls wanted to go out. So, naturally we convinced the guys to come out with us. Luckily, Brock wasnt drinking, and I think he has a thing for Amanda, so he didnt mind driving at all! Got all dolled up and headed to Buderim Tavern. It was pretty dead in there. However, it was my favorite part of the night. We were drinking beer with orange juice. The price was right. It was karokee night. YAY!! There must have only been 7 other ppl there that night. I think I am counting the staff and the ppl hosting the kareokee. There was a group of 8 of us I believe. Us Canadian girls decided to get up on stage and sing "Just Dance" by Lady Ga Ga. Turns out we dont really know the words after all. ahhaha It was pretty bad. Fun, but bad! When we finished I thanked the crowd for coming to the gong show! :P
Rachel and I thought it would be a good idea to get up on stage and sing "Baby got Back " by Sir Mix Alot. haha turned out we did know all the words! Since we were well practiced at the vocals, we gave it all we had! We were shakin our butts and puting on quite the show! If you dont know the song, you should listen to it. Then imagine what we looked like on stage! I will try to post some pics! I wish we had a video! It was probably the best show of the night.
We all got into it singing songs here and there. Time to switch it up and go to Woombye. Brock had to make two different car loads. Rachel, JJ, and I went first. We got in within 10 minutes and found our other friends. By the time the others came, they were not letting anyone else in. So Brock took them into Mooloolaba to 240V. He came and got us and we arrived shortly after. I dont know why everyone goes to Woombye. Its all soo sweaty and not my scene. 240V is a bit of an older crowd. I like it. They also serve slushy low alcohol content drinks for cheap. They have free uni shuttle buses leaving frequently and its no cover charge.
We danced up a storm here. Brock eventually took a load of ppl home. It was Amanda, JJ, Cam, and I left. As we walked out of the club, we saw a huge cat fight on the street. One girl was covered in blood. She seemed alright, just drunk. Amanda and I decided to get kebebs, which are the same as donairs. I like the ones at home better, but maybe I need to find a better venue. We came home and I went to bed. What a fun night.
Woke up after a nice sleep in again. What a relaxed weekend. I studied. Still working away on the ECG asssignment. The girls went to the library to work on it. I stayed in my room. I was starting to nod off so I went to the store to buy a rockstar! YUM! On my way there, I recieved a call from Canada. This call lasted two hours and forty five minutes. On my mobile. Someone is going to have a very large bill!!!
During this time, Shonleigh had arrived home. I went and talked with her for a while intil she had to go to work. Amanda, Nicko, and I went for another jog. Then I showered and made my delicious salad again.
Really not an exciting day, I really should leave days like this out.
Monday March 23rd
Went to Uni. Lecture was boring as per usual. Health, Society, and Culture. I dont mind it though. Came home and hung out. I have to admitt, there is some excitment going on here. Not a good kind, but not really bad either. Just childish drama. Females. No I am not involved, but I cannot get into it. lets just say that one person is driving alot of us insane. There is a boy involved, but its not a triangle. The person is driving us crazy for reasons that do and do not involve the boy. That is all I can say. haha
Between classes, Amanda and I walked to the grocery store and the bank. I had to figure some stuff out with internet banking and such. Then we went into Flight Centre to look at flights for Thailand. We had been planning a trip for about 10 days during the Easter holidays. My dad is going to be there as well and I would get to meet his Wife and her kids. After looking at flights and seeing our options, we decided that we wouldnt go due to lack of planning. Justin is flying out here on the 2nd for two and a half weeks. He would have to jump back on a plane to fly to Thailand again. Plus he is allergic to nuts and sesame seeds and probably wouldnt live after being exposed to Thai food. Also, flights were not as cheap as we thought they were. I am sure if we had planned long ago, we could have found better deals. We decided to call it off. We have only been here for 5 weeks, there is lots to see here is Aus. Thailand can wait. It would have been nice to see my dad though. Maybe it he is still there in September or something. Went grocery shopping and came home.
Went to my after noon tutorials. I really like my Nursing Alterations class. My tutor is soo cute. She is a small blonde woman. She is a Kiwi too! ( that is what they call ppl from New Zealand- I never knew this. I always thought it was derogatory, but its not! ) She makes class more fun. Rachel and Amanda had missed their Patho class, so they joined me for mine.
When I came home, Shonleigh had gone to work. I made myself some grub and watched a bit of tv. Jess came over and I was craving cookies so badly. All the stores close so early here too. We decided to go visit Shonleigh at her work. She works in a coffee shop called Gloria Jeans Coffee. I got a Tim Tam milk shake- to die for! They are just sooo good. I am hooked. Good thing they are all the way in Mooloolaba!
Amanda joined us for the ride. We had a good talk and then walked on the beach for a bit. Amanda and I are getting along really well. I am glad that she is here with me. We went home and Shon was home shortly after me. We talked on my bed for a bit and both went to bed. ( its hard to say what days I stay up late on the phone. my late nights work out to your early mornings, and I get alot of phone calls. Lucky me! )
Tuesday March 24th
Class in the morning. The tutorial for Health, Society, and Culture. Came home. Ate a yummy sandwhich and then hopped in with Jess. She was going to the Plaza and I round up my Canadian posse and off we went. I needed to go and talk with the bank because I had forgotten my pin at the grocery store the day before andhad to use my Canadian Visa becuase they lock you out after three tries. UGH! So Did my banking, and visited Jess. She was having major phone issues! Rachel and I decided to bus it to Fridays, the bar. Rachel has a job here and is trying to get me one. I had totally forgotten that Jono worked here. He is one of the guys I went camping with the first time.
He gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek when he saw me. He started setting Rachel up with her job and informed me that he didnt have any position available right now but that he had me on the top of the list. Jono is a super nice guy. We hung out for a bit and he made us a drink and had the chef make us hot dogs. ( they were actual hot dogs!! How good were they!! Mouth watering!! ) Jono gave me another big hug and kiss and off we were.
Rachel and I had a good chat and went for a walk on the warf while waiting for Xanthy and Jess to pick us up. We hopped in and headed home. Once home, I just hung out and did the things that one does at home. I talked on the phone for a while as well. When Shon got home from work, I had finsihed the dishes, and Jess was over as well. We had a really good chat well I looked for snack food. I recieved a phone call from Miss Stacey Hewitt and we had a blast on the phone until 2 am! I really dont get much sleep here. Its weird. I always tell myself I will nap, but it just never happens and I dont feel tired all that much! Nice!!
Wednesday March 25th
Got up early and readied myself for the day. I went for a walk/ jog with Jess and Shon. I quickly ate some wheatbix when I got home and off I went to Uni. Amanda and Rachel joined me. Today was Respiratory problems. Woot woo... cough hack hack hack... oot! hahah JK ! Im soo funny!
After class, I went to get a new student ID card. I had thought mine was stolen when I left my wallet at the bar on St. Patties day. ( someone turned it in before I knew it was lost. I didnt even have to freak out about losing it!! ) After this I had a meeting with a lady to see about giving me credit for my course. She said she would see what she could do.
I came home, Shonleigh and I went out to buy USB keys. We wanted to get some pictures printed up. This took the rest of the afternoon. ( going through photos and picking what I wanted printed.)
I then checked my email and found out that I did get credit for that course. This made me sooo happy. Now I do not have to do clinical placement in July. I am thinking about going to Thailand then. Dad will still be there I think and then we have more time to be there. It works our perfectly. I now have every second friday free which gives me a extra long weekend because I dont have classes on thursdays!! haha SAAAWEET!
Went for a walk with Lewis and his girlfriend Erin and Amanda. We went to the little lake over here to take some photos. Lewis said he would teach me a bit about photography. It was really fun. On the way back, there were some kangaroos and he took pics of them with us two in the back ground!! I cannot wait to see these pictures!
Thursday March 26th
Went to bed late so I didnt wake up early enough to do the walk with Shon and Jess. They went at 0700 and I thought they were insane, especially because I didnt have class. I got ready and went to Uni. I met up with Amy and her friend to go over our assignment. Amy had asked for my help so I offered to go over it with her. Gary, another fellow in my classes also asked for my help with it and i agreed to meet up with him. I had us all meet together and we had a study group of 4. It was prefect. We spent a couple hours going over ECG's and determining what they were asking of us. Then we went our seperate ways. I headed to the library to write my assignment up on the comps and print them. I then handed it in even though it wasnt due until the following day. I headed up to see my Love Deb Hardy who has been a goddess in helping us Canadians with course credits and all that. I just had some stuff to sign for the course I recieved credit for. I handed in my assignment and headed home.
It was thursday and I did not have class Friday!! Wicked cool! The girls wanted to go out. So, naturally we convinced the guys to come out with us. Luckily, Brock wasnt drinking, and I think he has a thing for Amanda, so he didnt mind driving at all! Got all dolled up and headed to Buderim Tavern. It was pretty dead in there. However, it was my favorite part of the night. We were drinking beer with orange juice. The price was right. It was karokee night. YAY!! There must have only been 7 other ppl there that night. I think I am counting the staff and the ppl hosting the kareokee. There was a group of 8 of us I believe. Us Canadian girls decided to get up on stage and sing "Just Dance" by Lady Ga Ga. Turns out we dont really know the words after all. ahhaha It was pretty bad. Fun, but bad! When we finished I thanked the crowd for coming to the gong show! :P
Rachel and I thought it would be a good idea to get up on stage and sing "Baby got Back " by Sir Mix Alot. haha turned out we did know all the words! Since we were well practiced at the vocals, we gave it all we had! We were shakin our butts and puting on quite the show! If you dont know the song, you should listen to it. Then imagine what we looked like on stage! I will try to post some pics! I wish we had a video! It was probably the best show of the night.
We all got into it singing songs here and there. Time to switch it up and go to Woombye. Brock had to make two different car loads. Rachel, JJ, and I went first. We got in within 10 minutes and found our other friends. By the time the others came, they were not letting anyone else in. So Brock took them into Mooloolaba to 240V. He came and got us and we arrived shortly after. I dont know why everyone goes to Woombye. Its all soo sweaty and not my scene. 240V is a bit of an older crowd. I like it. They also serve slushy low alcohol content drinks for cheap. They have free uni shuttle buses leaving frequently and its no cover charge.
We danced up a storm here. Brock eventually took a load of ppl home. It was Amanda, JJ, Cam, and I left. As we walked out of the club, we saw a huge cat fight on the street. One girl was covered in blood. She seemed alright, just drunk. Amanda and I decided to get kebebs, which are the same as donairs. I like the ones at home better, but maybe I need to find a better venue. We came home and I went to bed. What a fun night.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Noisy Cars, Ghosts, and Mimes!
Thursday 19th
Every morning I wake up to the sound of a very loud red beetle starting up- running for a minute- then driving away!! NICKO YOUR CAR IS SOOO LOUD!! This is why I am awake at 0730 most days! Even on Thursday, my no school day! He lives two suites away from me , and the parking spot is usually just outside my window! GRR!! :P
Today we were suppose to have breakfast out by the pool. Suppose to use the rest of the meat from camping. I was told to be out there at 0830. When I went out there, no one was there. I didnt wait around. I just came back in. I started to do some studying while waiting for someone to tell me what was going on with breakfast! An hour and some passed and I decided to just make myself some food instead.
I finished writing my resemes and actually got alot of stuff done just in my room. It was about noon thirty and I looked out my window and there was Lewis and Nicko. Lewis?? He was one of the organizers of breakfast! I yelled out to him and asked why no one was there. He told me it was cancelled and he didnt have my number. They were on there way to the Plaza and to do some running around. I decided to go with them as I had a couple of things to do as well.
I hopped in and asked why breakfast was cancelled. Lewis told me that only 5 people were going to make it. I asked him if that was because Rachel and Amanda had class earlier then they thought and that they couldnt make it. He said " Ok, well, there was only going to be three of us..." haha Then I went on to tell him that out of the three only one showed up because nobody told her!! haha It was kind of funny. Good thing it was here in the village and I didnt have to go anywhere far!
We happened to get lost in Kawana when we were looking for the voting building. Nicko and Lewis both had to work on the weekend and so they were going to vote eary. Its a federal election and it is mandatory to vote is Aus. After driving in circles and cirlces for what seemed like an hour, we finally found it. ( after asking a couple for directions. The guy had no clue but his wfie knew exaclty where to direct us!! lol) We went in so the boys could vote. They didnt ask for ID or anything. They kept asking me if I was ready to vote. I thought about it. Wasnt in the mood and I really didnt know any of the platforms. haha Besides, Im not really Australian. ( that would be the main reason....) Lewis used to live here in my unit a couple of years ago. He is now in the army and living with his mom when he is not away with the army. He still gets mail here. He gets more mail then I do!! ( this means you guys are not sending me enough letters!!) When they were voting, he used my address because it was still in the system! lol
We did some more running around. While Nicko was getting a hair cut, Lewis and I had a very interesting conversation. It was funny to compare thoughts on the perspectives of males and females and relationships.
We came back to town and Nicko, Rachel, Amanda, and I played some tennis. Rachel met up with Bec. While The other three of us were out for an hour jog/ workout, a guy came to the door to see Rachel. It was the guy who drove her and Amanda home from the bar on tuesday. He happened to work at that bar as well. Rachel had to practically kick him out that night. Anyways, when she answered the door, he passed her a small box. She opened it to find a mobile phone and charger. ( wrapped in tissue paper!) He had given her a phone with $20 worth of credit. He said the ball was in her court and the next move was hers. Then he walked away. WHAT!?!?!? We couldnt believe she got a phone randomly like that.
When I got home, Matt, ( my roomy) was sitting in the living room. He went on to tell me that he has never been so scared in his life. I guess the other day he was walking to the bathroom and when he passed Shonleighs door it opened up. She was sleeping but woke up when the dorr opened. She saw Matt standing there and they were both a bit freaked out. He explained to her that it just opened. He closed the door and she went back to sleep. Later I had knocked on the door and she told me to come in. I went to open it but it was locked. She opened it for me and told me about how it opened when Matt walked by and that she was sure she had locked it the night before. She was now confused how it was locked after all of that. We brushed it off. Then Lewis informed Shonleigh that one of these units burned down a couple of years ago and a girl had died in here. He thought it might have been our unit. Shon came home and told poor Matt this. ( She told me too, but it didnt scare me in any way. I know not to believe this Lewis character! haha ) Shonleigh went to Brissy on Thurs and it was just Matt and I. This is why when I came back from jogging he was soo scared. He says he doesnt believe in ghosts but that scary things have been happening. He doesnt like to be home alone now and he freaks himself out continuously. haha I just thought it was funny. Poor guy!!
This was the first night I made my calamari salad. Yum Yum! It is soo good. I had it the last three nights in a row for dinner and I will most likly again tonight. ( plus we dont have much for food) haha
Friday 20th
Woke up early and went to my two lab classes. We were doing ECG's. I still feel like my one class is a waste of time... oh well. I learned that one of my assignments were due at 5pm today. I hadnt even touched it. It is a CD that we take home and install. It has alot of practice math questions. When we feel ready we can take the test. We have three chances to get %100. I hadnt started or looked at anything because last week they extended the date saying that there was a problem with it. I was waiting for them to give me the green light and to say they were now working. Oh well. I got home from class at 2 pm and began to practice. Fractions, decimals, percentages... all the things in math that you forget but were tricky! UGH!! I was having a tough time and Matt was helping me. He was even getting alot wrong too! He had to leave to go to Brissy. I was left alone and not doing well on the pracitce questions at all! ( I was even on the easy setting...) There wasnt much time and it had to be in by 5pm. I decided I will just try it. I had three chances right??
I opened it up and began! ... Wait a minute... this is what I have been learning and using for the last 4-5 years. This is really easy. Its just medication calculations. Theres only 30 questions. Oh wow! Im done! Its 410pm and I am already done! That was too easy. That took me 15 min only! PHeeeoof!
Amanda and I went for a jog. It was a very rainy day and we went in a time when there happened to be no rain. It was an extremly wet jogging trail and we felt like we were in a video game. Dodging toads left, right, and centre! There must have been at least 50 on this one short span of trail! No, I know what you are thinking, but I just cant get enough courage to try to lick a toad! lol Im no Homer Simpson! haha
After our jog, I showered and made my special salad again. Then the other Canadian Amanda Long, cam over and the four of us nursing students started to work out our assignment for patho. Theirs is due on monday where as mine is due on Friday. We worked on that for a couple of hours. After that, Bec and Amanda were over and we watched Centre Stage. Good movie that I havent seen in years. I really miss dance!
I went upstairs to go to bed. It was pretty late, but I still went to check facebook, because like you, I am an addict! To my pleasure, my sister and her two kiddies were online. ( and Mark, but hes not nearly as exciting as Ethan and Ryleigh!!) I was able to have a video conversation with them. It made me cry!! It was soo nice to see them. They are and were the thing that made me consider not coming to Aus in the first place!! They are so young and I didnt want to miss out! It was soo nice to see them. They were both happy to see me too, it looked like it anyways. Ethan was asking me to send more pictures through the computer. haha I told him I couldnt do that and that he would have to wait for the mail man to come in a couple of weeks!! haha Ryleigh was blowing me little kisses. What a little angel!
Saturday 21st
Woke up at noon! I was soo tired and I didnt seem to hear Nicko's car for once!
Rachel, Amanda, and I went to go play tennis. Jesse ( a guy, not to be confused with Jess)was out and he played with us. Another guy joined in. His name is Grahm. Really nice guy. Him and I continued to play while the others played basketball. Then the girls went in and I went by the pool and chatted about the up coming weeks with Jess. She was studying by the pool!
I went inside and made myself a plate of tuna melts. Jess made us all a cookie. It was more like a cake, but yummy all the same! It was Rachel, Amanda, Jess, Jessica, Bec, and I all sitting around. We were talking about Kids, boys, and all that good stuff. We watched americas funniest home videos and then I came home. I started to do some ECG homework when Amanda came over. She was a bit grumpy because she is confused about her homework. ( theirs is due Monday and so they are much more stressed than I am) We went for a jog to clear our minds. Jess joined us. We went for a 20 min jog and a 10 min walk. It was very good.
Rachel was out with the guy who gave her the mobile phone. They were at Fridays, the night club. They actually hired her and she started to work that night. ( she said she hated it though because the guy was telling everyone that she was his girlfriend. She was making it very clear to him and everybody that this was not so. I only learned this the next day. They had given her a bartending position and she had never done anything like this before. She didnt know how to make most drinks not to mention that they are all different here in Aus then in Canada. She's trying to get me a job there as well, and maybe it will be better if there is two of us! )
Amanda, Jess and I met back at my houe all fresh and clean. I made my salad and bec joined us. We started to watch a movie but paused it to apply some face masks. There was only three packets, so we 4 shared. we used all three colours on our faces. Blue, yellow, and pink! We were kind of funny looking, kind of like mimes! This inspired a photo shoot in my living room! haha Pictures are pretty funny! We are silly silly girls! We washed our faces and returned to the movie. ( Taken) then is was down to Amanda, and I and we began to watch Momento. What a good movie! Amanda fell asleep and went home. I went to bed soon after the movie as well.
It was a good de-tox weekend.
Every morning I wake up to the sound of a very loud red beetle starting up- running for a minute- then driving away!! NICKO YOUR CAR IS SOOO LOUD!! This is why I am awake at 0730 most days! Even on Thursday, my no school day! He lives two suites away from me , and the parking spot is usually just outside my window! GRR!! :P
Today we were suppose to have breakfast out by the pool. Suppose to use the rest of the meat from camping. I was told to be out there at 0830. When I went out there, no one was there. I didnt wait around. I just came back in. I started to do some studying while waiting for someone to tell me what was going on with breakfast! An hour and some passed and I decided to just make myself some food instead.
I finished writing my resemes and actually got alot of stuff done just in my room. It was about noon thirty and I looked out my window and there was Lewis and Nicko. Lewis?? He was one of the organizers of breakfast! I yelled out to him and asked why no one was there. He told me it was cancelled and he didnt have my number. They were on there way to the Plaza and to do some running around. I decided to go with them as I had a couple of things to do as well.
I hopped in and asked why breakfast was cancelled. Lewis told me that only 5 people were going to make it. I asked him if that was because Rachel and Amanda had class earlier then they thought and that they couldnt make it. He said " Ok, well, there was only going to be three of us..." haha Then I went on to tell him that out of the three only one showed up because nobody told her!! haha It was kind of funny. Good thing it was here in the village and I didnt have to go anywhere far!
We happened to get lost in Kawana when we were looking for the voting building. Nicko and Lewis both had to work on the weekend and so they were going to vote eary. Its a federal election and it is mandatory to vote is Aus. After driving in circles and cirlces for what seemed like an hour, we finally found it. ( after asking a couple for directions. The guy had no clue but his wfie knew exaclty where to direct us!! lol) We went in so the boys could vote. They didnt ask for ID or anything. They kept asking me if I was ready to vote. I thought about it. Wasnt in the mood and I really didnt know any of the platforms. haha Besides, Im not really Australian. ( that would be the main reason....) Lewis used to live here in my unit a couple of years ago. He is now in the army and living with his mom when he is not away with the army. He still gets mail here. He gets more mail then I do!! ( this means you guys are not sending me enough letters!!) When they were voting, he used my address because it was still in the system! lol
We did some more running around. While Nicko was getting a hair cut, Lewis and I had a very interesting conversation. It was funny to compare thoughts on the perspectives of males and females and relationships.
We came back to town and Nicko, Rachel, Amanda, and I played some tennis. Rachel met up with Bec. While The other three of us were out for an hour jog/ workout, a guy came to the door to see Rachel. It was the guy who drove her and Amanda home from the bar on tuesday. He happened to work at that bar as well. Rachel had to practically kick him out that night. Anyways, when she answered the door, he passed her a small box. She opened it to find a mobile phone and charger. ( wrapped in tissue paper!) He had given her a phone with $20 worth of credit. He said the ball was in her court and the next move was hers. Then he walked away. WHAT!?!?!? We couldnt believe she got a phone randomly like that.
When I got home, Matt, ( my roomy) was sitting in the living room. He went on to tell me that he has never been so scared in his life. I guess the other day he was walking to the bathroom and when he passed Shonleighs door it opened up. She was sleeping but woke up when the dorr opened. She saw Matt standing there and they were both a bit freaked out. He explained to her that it just opened. He closed the door and she went back to sleep. Later I had knocked on the door and she told me to come in. I went to open it but it was locked. She opened it for me and told me about how it opened when Matt walked by and that she was sure she had locked it the night before. She was now confused how it was locked after all of that. We brushed it off. Then Lewis informed Shonleigh that one of these units burned down a couple of years ago and a girl had died in here. He thought it might have been our unit. Shon came home and told poor Matt this. ( She told me too, but it didnt scare me in any way. I know not to believe this Lewis character! haha ) Shonleigh went to Brissy on Thurs and it was just Matt and I. This is why when I came back from jogging he was soo scared. He says he doesnt believe in ghosts but that scary things have been happening. He doesnt like to be home alone now and he freaks himself out continuously. haha I just thought it was funny. Poor guy!!
This was the first night I made my calamari salad. Yum Yum! It is soo good. I had it the last three nights in a row for dinner and I will most likly again tonight. ( plus we dont have much for food) haha
Friday 20th
Woke up early and went to my two lab classes. We were doing ECG's. I still feel like my one class is a waste of time... oh well. I learned that one of my assignments were due at 5pm today. I hadnt even touched it. It is a CD that we take home and install. It has alot of practice math questions. When we feel ready we can take the test. We have three chances to get %100. I hadnt started or looked at anything because last week they extended the date saying that there was a problem with it. I was waiting for them to give me the green light and to say they were now working. Oh well. I got home from class at 2 pm and began to practice. Fractions, decimals, percentages... all the things in math that you forget but were tricky! UGH!! I was having a tough time and Matt was helping me. He was even getting alot wrong too! He had to leave to go to Brissy. I was left alone and not doing well on the pracitce questions at all! ( I was even on the easy setting...) There wasnt much time and it had to be in by 5pm. I decided I will just try it. I had three chances right??
I opened it up and began! ... Wait a minute... this is what I have been learning and using for the last 4-5 years. This is really easy. Its just medication calculations. Theres only 30 questions. Oh wow! Im done! Its 410pm and I am already done! That was too easy. That took me 15 min only! PHeeeoof!
Amanda and I went for a jog. It was a very rainy day and we went in a time when there happened to be no rain. It was an extremly wet jogging trail and we felt like we were in a video game. Dodging toads left, right, and centre! There must have been at least 50 on this one short span of trail! No, I know what you are thinking, but I just cant get enough courage to try to lick a toad! lol Im no Homer Simpson! haha
After our jog, I showered and made my special salad again. Then the other Canadian Amanda Long, cam over and the four of us nursing students started to work out our assignment for patho. Theirs is due on monday where as mine is due on Friday. We worked on that for a couple of hours. After that, Bec and Amanda were over and we watched Centre Stage. Good movie that I havent seen in years. I really miss dance!
I went upstairs to go to bed. It was pretty late, but I still went to check facebook, because like you, I am an addict! To my pleasure, my sister and her two kiddies were online. ( and Mark, but hes not nearly as exciting as Ethan and Ryleigh!!) I was able to have a video conversation with them. It made me cry!! It was soo nice to see them. They are and were the thing that made me consider not coming to Aus in the first place!! They are so young and I didnt want to miss out! It was soo nice to see them. They were both happy to see me too, it looked like it anyways. Ethan was asking me to send more pictures through the computer. haha I told him I couldnt do that and that he would have to wait for the mail man to come in a couple of weeks!! haha Ryleigh was blowing me little kisses. What a little angel!
Saturday 21st
Woke up at noon! I was soo tired and I didnt seem to hear Nicko's car for once!
Rachel, Amanda, and I went to go play tennis. Jesse ( a guy, not to be confused with Jess)was out and he played with us. Another guy joined in. His name is Grahm. Really nice guy. Him and I continued to play while the others played basketball. Then the girls went in and I went by the pool and chatted about the up coming weeks with Jess. She was studying by the pool!
I went inside and made myself a plate of tuna melts. Jess made us all a cookie. It was more like a cake, but yummy all the same! It was Rachel, Amanda, Jess, Jessica, Bec, and I all sitting around. We were talking about Kids, boys, and all that good stuff. We watched americas funniest home videos and then I came home. I started to do some ECG homework when Amanda came over. She was a bit grumpy because she is confused about her homework. ( theirs is due Monday and so they are much more stressed than I am) We went for a jog to clear our minds. Jess joined us. We went for a 20 min jog and a 10 min walk. It was very good.
Rachel was out with the guy who gave her the mobile phone. They were at Fridays, the night club. They actually hired her and she started to work that night. ( she said she hated it though because the guy was telling everyone that she was his girlfriend. She was making it very clear to him and everybody that this was not so. I only learned this the next day. They had given her a bartending position and she had never done anything like this before. She didnt know how to make most drinks not to mention that they are all different here in Aus then in Canada. She's trying to get me a job there as well, and maybe it will be better if there is two of us! )
Amanda, Jess and I met back at my houe all fresh and clean. I made my salad and bec joined us. We started to watch a movie but paused it to apply some face masks. There was only three packets, so we 4 shared. we used all three colours on our faces. Blue, yellow, and pink! We were kind of funny looking, kind of like mimes! This inspired a photo shoot in my living room! haha Pictures are pretty funny! We are silly silly girls! We washed our faces and returned to the movie. ( Taken) then is was down to Amanda, and I and we began to watch Momento. What a good movie! Amanda fell asleep and went home. I went to bed soon after the movie as well.
It was a good de-tox weekend.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Forgotten Unforgettables!
So a couple things I forgot to mention. tehee... oops!
When we were camping, Saturday night, I was holding the light up for Chef Alex when we heard screaming. I rushed over to find Beca freaking out! She was going to the lou and walked through a huge HUGE spider web. She said she had even felt the spider on her but that it fell off with all the limb flinging! I went to help and had to try and pick off all the web fro her hair. It was hard to do. Her hair was coated in web. Not just web, but web covered in tiny little green flys. About the size of fruit flys. This spider was probably pissed because it lost out on soo much food! Thank god nothing else happened to her. She was pretty shaken after this incident!! As I would also be!!
On a happier note, St. Patties day, while we were out buying Amanda's present, I spontaneously walked into a shop and paid $35 for someone to put a needle through my tummy! I GOT MY NAVEL PIERCED!!! At home this would cost at least $80! The amount I paid included the jewelery! ( Kelsey, if you come here, I will take you to get yours done... but dont tell your parents!! lol) I promise I wont Mandy... * As Arby looks from side to side in a shady manner...*
When we were camping, Saturday night, I was holding the light up for Chef Alex when we heard screaming. I rushed over to find Beca freaking out! She was going to the lou and walked through a huge HUGE spider web. She said she had even felt the spider on her but that it fell off with all the limb flinging! I went to help and had to try and pick off all the web fro her hair. It was hard to do. Her hair was coated in web. Not just web, but web covered in tiny little green flys. About the size of fruit flys. This spider was probably pissed because it lost out on soo much food! Thank god nothing else happened to her. She was pretty shaken after this incident!! As I would also be!!
On a happier note, St. Patties day, while we were out buying Amanda's present, I spontaneously walked into a shop and paid $35 for someone to put a needle through my tummy! I GOT MY NAVEL PIERCED!!! At home this would cost at least $80! The amount I paid included the jewelery! ( Kelsey, if you come here, I will take you to get yours done... but dont tell your parents!! lol) I promise I wont Mandy... * As Arby looks from side to side in a shady manner...*
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