At a Stand Still

Thanks to everyone that has talked about how they are doing. Its good to hear from ya’ll. I miss you guys heaps and heaps. This past weekend was pretty awesome. It started off on Friday evening. I will be at home with just my home stay family every Friday just because the other two guys have other things they want to do. So I did some homework and I finished most of the homework for the upcoming week. Then Sue (the mother) asked if I wanted to try Thai food…I said yes. We went out and picked up some Thai and ate it at home. They all fell asleep pretty early and I watched the television. Kung Fu Panda was on and that equals a good way to spend the night by your self. Saturday consisted of some Spiderman cartoons and breakfast cereals. The whole day it was forecasted to be cloudy and thunderstormy. I had plans to go to the beach and rain or shine I was gonna go. And I did meet two other brave souls and we traveled to the beach called Bondi. We were waiting for the storm to come and the only thing we saw that day was the blue sky and the sun that is seven times shinier than in the states. We threw the Frisbee around and jumped a couple of waves and five hours later we decided we were hungry. Back in the city of Sydney there is a restaurant call Pancake on the Rocks. Imagine IHOP but three times better. The food that is in the picture of the menu is the actual food that you get in front of you. They have a blueberry pancake special, a chocolate and vanilla pancake platter served with chocolate ice cream on top, and the delicious chocolate pancake with chocolate syrup and chocolate covered strawberries. Bingo Bango…afterwards we walked around the Sydney Harbour and sat in front of the Opera House and watched the moon slowly rise. Sunday came and me and one of my roommates Trevor, spent the afternoon back at Bondi and threw the Frisbee around. At around five we came back home and watched movies on tv: Gran Turino, Flubber, and One Missed Call:). Great way to end another pretty good weekend.

So it’s been almost a month now… a whole month has almost past. That is amazing to think about. It has gone really fast already. We haven’t even done our trips to the Outback, Canberra, or New Zealand; and we still have two weeks off for Spring break and Easter!!! Time is just gonna fly by quicker and quicker. I’m having a great time here getting to know some Aucka’s and the other students that came with me, its hard for me to realize that things are still going on back home. I’m trying not to miss all the fun that is happening without me…all the things I want to be a part of but can’t cause I’m half way round the world you know.