Aussie School...

March 31 11:00pm

Today was another great day off of classes. I got up in the morning and had a bowl of cereal for brekkie and then I went to campus around 10:00am with Steve, Casey, and Troy since they had class and I needed to talk to the UQ people about getting internet at our apartment. After discussing the issue with them, I found out that getting internet from the school would be an activation fee of $192 + a couple hundred dollars from the phone company to activate the phone line + $110/mo for the actual internet. We decided that was way too much money and I ended up buying a pre-paid plan that will hopefully last me the rest of my time here. I then went to the post office and mailed some letters. This arvo was a pretty calm one. I went to Cole’s to get some groceries to help with what I was going to make for dinner and ended up buying way more than I was planning on. The good news is all the extra stuff was on sale so I got some really good deals even though I had to spend money to save money. On the way back home, I met an old guy walking a dog that looked remarkably like a Miniature Schnauzer. As I approached him, I realized that it was indeed a Mini, but with a tail. This is weird cause Charlie does not have a tail but it was a Mini and he was awesome. Made me think of Charles anyways.

Check that...as I was writing this I got my grade for my first assignment for one of my poly sci classes...didn’t turn out near so well as I was expecting. Aussie school is hard. I came in thinking it would not be very hard at all to get the grades I need to get credit for classes at home, but after that first essay, things may not be looking so bright. It seems like all my drive is gone that I have at home to do well in school, and I don’t know where to find it again. The fact that internet is not unlimited cuts deep into the research I can do in order to better do my assignments. I really am looking forward to getting back to school at ONU where I can get on the computer and research till 1:00am and not have to worry about how many KB I have used up. I never thought a country like Australia could be so far behind on the times in this regard. I have two classes tomorrow that I really need to go to. We have a group project due the Thursday I get back from New Zealand and we get class time tomorrow to plan it out so I really need to go to that. I’m so excited to get there it is insane... I made fish for dinner tonight. It was really good. I melted some butter and basted it on while it was frying, then sprinkled some garlic and seasoning salt over top of it. I really should get mom to make more fish at home. It was easy to make and relatively inexpensive by Australian standards...only $8/kg, which figures out to a little less than $4/lb. Will probably get to bed early tonight so I can sleep good. Casey and I did a tiring 15 minute workout from Men’s Health today that kind of kicked my butt so I’m ready for bed and its only 11:00. Oh well I guess that’s how things go sometimes...especially with age...