Turning 21

May 6 3:20pm

Well I woke up this morning after turning 21 and surprisingly feel slightly older. I have not felt this way on any of my previous birthdays, but for some reason this one feels different. Obviously, when I turned 16 and was able to get into a car and drive by myself I felt slightly different/older but only because I was now allowed to legally drive a car. Now, something about me just feels older. Whatever it is, it feels different and I feel as though my life will take a turn now that I wasn’t planning on but with nonetheless bring something different to my life.

As we are now nearly through the first week of May, that means that there are just over 7 weeks left here until my return home (as of now). The final exam schedule comes out tomorrow and I will finally be able to determine the exact date of my flight home. There are pros and cons to having my final that first week of the exam period. The pros are that I would get my final over with, I would be able to fly home earlier, and I may get on Brett’s flight home (as of yesterday there were still 2 seats left on the flight). The con is that I would have to study while Brett is here. Obviously he would be able to go out on his own during the day as Brisi is a safe city, but it would be a slight disappointment if I had to spend time studying while he was here. Unless my final was early that week and then I’d still have a few days worry-free. However, we will be in Melbourne until Saturday of revision week so if my final would be on Monday, I would have one day to study which may not go too well but is something I’ll have to deal with when the time comes. If my final is the second week, I will not have to study when Brett is here, but will mean I stay here longer which wouldn’t hurt but I have noticed that as the time for my return to the States looms, the more I find myself wanting to just get these last few weeks over with and head back home. Skyping my family on my birthday was different too. Seeing everyone there and hearing how much has changed has made me want to be back there. Alas, there are still several school assignments standing in my way, the most cumbersome being 1,500 and 2,500 word papers for Developmental Psychology and Aboriginal Anthropology respectively. Both classes are excruciatingly boring, and the idea of writing these papers for these two classes puts a damper on the fun I’m having but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Other than that, there is not much new going on. Several people are planning on going to Fraser Island within the next week or so, but with my school work coming due I will not be able to go on that trip. That and I would like to save as much money as I can until Brett shows up to make his time here more fun and more worth it.