Education Over Vacation?

Saturday, March 9

I haven't written since Wednesday, but not a lot has happened since then.  I had a 2 hour lecture on Thursday night, but spent the day doing laundry and reading on the beach.  My lecture was Business Finance, and it seems to ba an ok class, largely because the professor seems good.  The professor is from New Jersey, but has been here in Australia for 2 and a half years.  He has a great personality,  and made fun of America quite a bit during the lecture, so I think what could be a boring class will be manageable.  That was my last class for the week. Having 2, almost 3 days off during the week makes me super happy : ) Because this was the first week, I did not have a full schedule, as tutorials begin in week 2.  So this upcoming week will be my first full schedule week.  Overall, I think my classes will be ok, and I see many similarities to classes that I have taken in the US.  One thing that is the same is the cost of textbooks.  I need one book each for 2 of my classes, and just those 2 books is over $250!  The books are published by the same publisher as many of my previous textbooks, so clearly their strategy is worldwide domination by overpriced textbooks : )

Sports are extremely popular in this part of Australia.  Some of the popular ones are National Rugby League (NRL) , Aussie Rules Rugby, cricket, and netball.  The NRL had their first game on Thursday night, which was 2 teams from this area playing against each other.  Because the teams were from this area, many of the players are friends of, or are known to the daughters and their boyfriends, so the game was very exciting.  Dinner on Thursday was fish and chips, just further evidence that food here has been influenced from all over.  (Wednesday we had bangers and mash (sausage and mashed potatoes)).

On Friday I did more laundry, then once again hung out at the cafe and surf shop.  Another NRL game was on after dinner (ribs and pizza) and I believe I can say that I understand rugby better than I understand our football : ) 

Today I Skyped my BFF, and will be heading to the beach in a bit! 

I'm looking forward to Hillsong Church tomorrow, where I'll be meeting a leader who can potentially connect me with a Bible study type group.  

Weather is glorious and in the 80's once again!  So sorry for those of you stuck in the snow in NY!

Until Later,

Kaitlyn