.A Little Behind.

Alright! It has been awhile. Let's see. What have I been up to?
We started classes this week. This is just a different experience in general. I have never really gone to a bigger University so the concept of "lectures" and "tutorials" is new to me. For most classes I am supposed to attend 2 lectures every week and then one tutorial which is just like a discussion group. The classes are based mostly off of essays and them some have a few tests. Overall I don't think it will be too bad. I am just very ready to be done with school for awhile! I just have to make sure I pass one class to get the credits..just kidding Mom..I'll pass all of them. :)
The week was pretty uneventful. Mostly just trying to find classes and trying not to look like a total American at school. I think I accomplished this since some people asked me where things were on campus. I sort of knew the answer. In one class the professor had everyone stand up and then said if you have lived in Australia for 3 or more years sit down. There were about 10 of us left standing and he started to go around the room and ask where everyone was from. The first person was from China and he said anyone from China sit down, there were about 4 of us left. I soon realized I was the only American..which was just kind of a weird concept for me. When he asked where I was from I said the United States..and I swear I heard someone behind me say "oh she thinks she is cool". I could have been wrong..and I really hope I was.but still. I laughed. It should also be interesting to hear Australia's take on the US in my political class. He already said we will talk about if the alliance with the US really does Australia any good.
Thursday evening my roommate and a few friends decided to go to the beach in the evening. It was gorgeous and the sunset on the water was neat. The water also seemed really warm compared to how chilly it was outside. Although not so cold that we got 9 inches of snow! I  don't miss Spokane right now! On Friday I don't have classes..which is just the way it happened to work out! I went and bought my books and then we went to the beach! It was nice and sunny and the water was super refreshing. Basically just living the dream :). It was a nice relaxing day complete with nutella gelato. Which I swear is a little piece of heaven. It was absolutely amazing! Today my room mate and 2 other friends did a little more sightseeing. We went to the olympic park which I just thought was awesome. It would be so cool to be here during the olympics. It was kids day out so a lot of the arenas and everything were closed off but I look forward to going back! You can also swim in the olympic pool there and they also have a pool with a waterslide and fun toys in the aquatic center so someday we will go back and go swimming! Anyway. From what I can remember that is the past couple days! Hopefully something more exciting will happen this week!