May 25 1:45pm
Ok so it’s been a little while since my last post, but things have been kind of busy and I just now finally got some time to sit down and reflect on what has been going on. The past week I have had three papers to write, so things have been a lot calmer school-wise over the past few days. I had the apartment mostly to myself over the weekend, and everything was very quiet. It was weird not having all my friends here, but at the same time it was nice just to have a quiet relaxing weekend. Friday or Saturday, I can’t really remember at this point, there was an awesome thunderstorm during the evening. One of those thunderstorms that make you just want to sit out on the porch and watch the lightening and the rain and listening to the sound of the rolling thunder. Seeing the lightening flashing off the downtown skyscrapers was really cool, and then watching the clouds rolling out as the rain died down. Saturday morning, one of the guys from church got married and I was invited so I went. It was right on campus just off the Great Court so it was an awesome location. It was a little different type of wedding, he is from India and she is from Columbia so that was funny in itself. One thing that was different were these long, flowery, garland type things that they put around each other’s necks. That was an Indian tradition that was incorporated into the wedding, and then they presented both parents with flower baskets and then touched their feet. I’m not sure what it was supposed to represent, but it was one of those cool things that you’d only see at an Indian wedding. Sunday, I got up and went to church, then came back, made lunch, watched a movie, and took a nap. Everyone got back around midnight then.
Sunday marked the beginning of my last four weeks down here in Australia. I really can’t believe I’m inside a month now, time has gone so fast. I’ve been here for over 3.5 months, and have less than 30 days left down here. Coincidentally, today is also day 104 in Australia, out of a total of 130 days. I just cannot grasp the fact that my time here is quickly running out. It’s weird though because 2-3 weeks ago I couldn’t wait to get home. However, things have been getting steadily better, and now I’ve found myself in a bittersweet situation. On one hand, I’m really starting to enjoy my time here again, but on the other hand, time is winding down so I know I’m almost home and that idea is also very rewarding. All I can do is make the best out of these last four weeks. Just two more weeks of class, including this one, then Sydney and Melbourne in one week with Brett and then back here so I can study for my psych final, then leaving for home two days after my final exam. That really puts things in perspective. I’m sure though that the morning of 20 June will be a good one for me. We’ll head to the airport at around 7:30 to get there by 8:00 before taking off in the classic Boeing 747 back to the US of A. Huh, well that’s about it. Things have been relatively quiet, and I’m sure will stay that way until 5 June when Brett arrives. Then that next week will be very busy, running around Australia's three biggest cities.
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