Saturday and Sunday

Fun Fact: The toilets here don't flush in the opposite direction. The water goes straight down. Weird, but true.

As part of O Week, the school was taking a a few buses to the beach. I walked over to Madison's house and I was cold. It was windy at our place, so I was assuming it was going to be windier at the beach. We didn't even put our bathing suits on and just decided to go shopping in the outdoor mall there. We started walking to school to catch the bus, and got about three quarters of the way there, when we decided it was actually nice out. There wasn't enough time for us to run back to get our bathing suits, so we just stayed at the pool in our complex. It actually turned out to be the perfect day, but our friend said it was really windy at the beach, so it all worked out for the better. We spent another day at the pool. The only thing I don't like about Australia thus far is how early it gets dark out. It is completely dark out by 6pm. This really screws me up, especially with the jet lag factor, because at 8pm I feel like it has already been dark out for a long time so I'm ready for bed. We have been told that it doesn't get darker any later throughout the year. Instead, the sun will start rising at 3am. Not good, considering the sun rises in my window and many of us know that I can't sleep when it's light out! We hung out at my house for the rest of the night with Aislynn. She said Jen (the other person staying in our house, who also has a window facing the sunrise) will start to go to bed at 8pm when the sun rises so early, because she can't sleep after the sun rises! Oh great, I hope that doesn't happen to me. Tonight was the first night Madison and I slept in our separate rooms haha sounds dumb but her housemates just got in today so her house was empty.

On a side note- the oranges here are SO good! They are Australian oranges, and they are the juiciest things I have ever eaten. They are so sweet- and quite cheap! The bananas though, are very expensive and tiny. I haven't tried them yet because they are not worth the money. Aislynn said that the floods here ruined all the bananas for the season. So sad :( They are $12 for 1kg and about half the size of a banana in the states. (They should be bigger like ours.) I weighed some and it turns out that you get can about four bananas for the $12! Yikes- no thank you. 

Sunday- Well there's not much to write about Sunday. We went to the pool again (obviously our favorite spot). It was packed, but we met lots of people so that was exciting. We mostly met South African and Australian guys. They were very nice. I love how everyone says hi to each other here and just starts having nice conversations. It is refreshing and I wish the states were more friendly like this. I think we would all be happier. Later at night we made dinner- chicken schnitzel (breaded chicken), broccoli (mom-the yummy kind with garlic!), and brown rice. It was the best dinner I have made by myself- Madison and I were very excited! haha We sat down and watched the news because it was Sept 11 here, so everything was documentaries about the 11th. It was sad watching, but nice to see how far we've come. I hope everyone is safe on the 11th at home. Miss you all!