Let it rain, let it pour

Second day of classes went well. It most of the day, some of the time quite hard, which was inconvenient but everyone here really likes their rain! I guess that’s what happens when you live in the sunshine state!

I didn’t have class until 1:00, which is btw the latest I’ve ever had my classes start on a given day, so I ran went for a run (really hard since I could hardly move because of my cycling class last night), went down to breakfast and ate with some Americans/Canadians (met some new ones!) and then ran some errands. I went to the library to print a sheet I needed to fill in for marine science which I then had to turn in by going to a building on campus where there was a slot at the reception desk that reads the bar code as you slide it in and then alerts the professor that you’ve turned it in! Super high tech…I was quite impressed! I went to the bank to see if the money my mom wired to my new account got there, and it had, and then I had to send money to the ebay seller who I bought the printer from which turned out to be very simple. Hopefully I will get the printer soon—the seller had very good feedback so I expect good results. Then I had lunch with some from my hall and went to my classes. I had marine science lecture and then the practical. I’m excited to learn about oceans and stuff…that sounds like a joke but really that’s what we’re going to learn about. In the practical we found out that we don’t even really meet at the scheduled time until the 8^th or 9^th week of classes! Next week we have a field trip to look at mangroves and different grasses etc. and then we start our field projects at Moreton Bay (on Moreton Island, which is supposed to be so beautiful). I’m in a group with 3 other girls—1 American (Californian), 1 Canadian, and 1 Aussie. The girl from California I really like and we ended up talking for a long time after class. I told her about how basically all of my friends so far are Aussie so planning travel is hard, and she was like we should travel together! She seems really cool so hopefully we can. Oh and she lives off campus with 2 other Americans an they’ve already planned a lot of their traveling so she said I should try and go with them. So that reassured me some! Anyway, I ran more errands after my prac and then went to dinner. I was starving and dinner was really good tonight. I had tofu and chick peas and pasta and peas and broccoli and cantelope (i mean melon) and pineapple and I just love all the fruits and veges here! I just got back from a goon run with a bunch of people from my hall. We decided to have a party tonight so I better get to that! Every night this week there are huge parties with different themes. It’s so funny because my college organizes a bus to these parties and advertises them a lot—including special prices of drinks and stuff…it’s so funny to be in uni where everyone is old enough to drink legally! I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to it! Peace!