My time here is running out...and FAST! The strange thing is that it has not even hit me yet that I am in Australia-silly I know, but its true!!!!!!!! I hate thinking about leaving so much. It feels like just yesterday we were all walking around saying "where are you from, where do you go to school?". Now I am having to ask all my phenomenal friends "when are you flying home?". I hate that so much! Time here flew by way too fast, just like everyone told me it would...
Sorry for not blogging for awhile. The last few weeks have been nuts. I went to Surfer's Paradise a few weekends ago and came back and found my computer to have crashed when I was gone. I was heartbroken and thought I lost ALL of my pictures/videos/music/etc. I was so disappointed. I took my computer in and they replaced my hard drive and some how (some HUGE miracle) they were able to retrieve almost everything I had before, including all of my pictures! The technicians working there said they have never seen that happen before and that I was one lucky little girl. I would have to agree with them-I was screaming and shouting and all over the place with excitement! Between my computer crashing and finals being last week I have not really gotten a change to update you all.
School is out here-watch out! I am so glad to be done with classes, as far as I know I did pretty well in all of them.
Slowly but surely I am getting anxious to come home. Between missing graduations, Calli getting her drivers license, Amy/Calli sleepovers, motorcycling with mom/dad- I think I am getting ready to head back home. As much as I absolutely love it here, I do miss some things at home. My bed for example...and Taco Bell...and my puppies....and having a job (more so having money come in)....ALL of the adorable children I get to babysit for....just to name a few :) July 2nd is going to be here so soon! I actually fly out of Australia on the 26th of June but am heading to Hawaii for a few days! I am SO SO pumped!!! Rough life I know....
Tomorrow morning I am heading to Sydney for the night. My friends and I are going to this church called Hillsong. Apparently it is one of the most popular in Australia. I read that on any given weekend over 20,000 people attend! Pretty sweet eh?
Monday night we fly out of Sydney and are heading to the South Island of New Zealand. I am going with my friends Chase, David, Pat, Jill, and Paige. While there we plan on bungy jumping (at the highest one in the world), snowboarding in the mountains, and climb glaciers. I have a hunch it'll be a pretty sweet trip. I get back on the 15th and will be sure to let you all know how it went!
Miss everyone heaps! See you before you know it....
XOXO
Stac
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Get some!
Why hello there,
Its been awhile since I have actually blogged-sorry! I just put up a bunch of pictures-hope that was not too annoying to look at. Last week was easily one of the best weeks I have had here, and nothing too eventful happened. Just spent lots of time hanging out with all of my amazing friends here. I cannot even begin to express how much I am going to miss them all.
It drives me crazy that I literally have a month left here. AHAHHHHHH! I hate that. I hate that so much. I don't want to leave. Life is so easy-going and relaxed down here. Imagine a life free of ANY stress for at 4 months at a time, because that is exactly how my life has been down here! Seriously no stress whatsoever. It is unbelievable.
Some of you may be wondering about classes. No worries-I may skip a few here or there to head to the beach or hang out with my friends but so far I have an A in every one of my classes! I am not kidding-I was pretty surprised myself :)
Classes finish up in 2 weeks, I cannot believe how fast time flew by! This weekend I am heading up to the Gold Coast with 13 other American students-I reckon it will be crazy fun. Then on the 6th I am planning on heading to New Zealand with a group of people, however we have yet to buy plane tickets.
Regardless the next month is going to be the best and worst time of my life. Best because I have a good solid month to simply hang out, without work/school getting in the way, with some of the coolest people on the planet. Worst because it won't be long before I have to say good-bye to them!
It is nice because all of my close friends here are from the states, so I will be able to see them pretty easily. However I also have quite a few Australian friends I don't want to leave, Sam and Thor being 2 of them. They are the coolest, most witty and charming fellas I know. The good thing about them is that Sam's dad lives in Minnesota so at some point he is going to HAVE to travel to the grand ol' Midwest and I reckon he will probably drag Thor along too! So at least I know I will get to see them again at some point.
However there is a group of Australian girls in one of my classes that are fantastic and the sad thing is that I may never get to see them again. They totally took me under their wing in my class and made me feel right at home. One of the girls, Steph, has helped me go over my papers and everything!!!!!!!!! She is so nice! They all are-yesterday they took me out for pizza, for no particular reason, just because. They are SUCH sweethearts and I am so glad I met them. I just wish there was more time to hang out with everyone...and am heaps sad that I am going to have to say good-bye soon.
Ok this is getting pretty long. I should probably get started on my homework.
Miss you guys at home. I will see you soon though. No worries.
Still living the dream :)
XOXO,
Stac
Its been awhile since I have actually blogged-sorry! I just put up a bunch of pictures-hope that was not too annoying to look at. Last week was easily one of the best weeks I have had here, and nothing too eventful happened. Just spent lots of time hanging out with all of my amazing friends here. I cannot even begin to express how much I am going to miss them all.
It drives me crazy that I literally have a month left here. AHAHHHHHH! I hate that. I hate that so much. I don't want to leave. Life is so easy-going and relaxed down here. Imagine a life free of ANY stress for at 4 months at a time, because that is exactly how my life has been down here! Seriously no stress whatsoever. It is unbelievable.
Some of you may be wondering about classes. No worries-I may skip a few here or there to head to the beach or hang out with my friends but so far I have an A in every one of my classes! I am not kidding-I was pretty surprised myself :)
Classes finish up in 2 weeks, I cannot believe how fast time flew by! This weekend I am heading up to the Gold Coast with 13 other American students-I reckon it will be crazy fun. Then on the 6th I am planning on heading to New Zealand with a group of people, however we have yet to buy plane tickets.
Regardless the next month is going to be the best and worst time of my life. Best because I have a good solid month to simply hang out, without work/school getting in the way, with some of the coolest people on the planet. Worst because it won't be long before I have to say good-bye to them!
It is nice because all of my close friends here are from the states, so I will be able to see them pretty easily. However I also have quite a few Australian friends I don't want to leave, Sam and Thor being 2 of them. They are the coolest, most witty and charming fellas I know. The good thing about them is that Sam's dad lives in Minnesota so at some point he is going to HAVE to travel to the grand ol' Midwest and I reckon he will probably drag Thor along too! So at least I know I will get to see them again at some point.
However there is a group of Australian girls in one of my classes that are fantastic and the sad thing is that I may never get to see them again. They totally took me under their wing in my class and made me feel right at home. One of the girls, Steph, has helped me go over my papers and everything!!!!!!!!! She is so nice! They all are-yesterday they took me out for pizza, for no particular reason, just because. They are SUCH sweethearts and I am so glad I met them. I just wish there was more time to hang out with everyone...and am heaps sad that I am going to have to say good-bye soon.
Ok this is getting pretty long. I should probably get started on my homework.
Miss you guys at home. I will see you soon though. No worries.
Still living the dream :)
XOXO,
Stac
Living life the right way!
Adriana, Michelle and I trying to take a picture-we have SO much fun when we are all together- can you tell?? Hahaha I absolutely adore these 2 girls and miss them already....
Adriana, David and I out at one of the dance clubs :)
We LOVE to dance...
The girls breaking it down!
Some of our guy friends cooked dinner for us one night! It was delicious! And in the process of cooking for us, they may have had 1 too many drinks....Monster Truck Rallies are just as hick in Australia as they are at home!
The fireworks at the end of the show were pretty cool!!
The crazy Demo Derby-everyone thought it was so crazy, but it was pretty weak compared to the ones at home! Still heaps of fun to watch...
The crew I went with: Jill, Kristy, Max, Kyle, Jess, Eddie and Stefan. We had quite a few laughs that night!
The super sweet Jet Van!
The Scooby-Doo Monster TruckThere just so happened to be a Monster Truck Rally in Newcastle the weekend I stayed here-and it just so happened I had nothing going on that night. Since I have never been to one I thought "Sure why not!" It ended up being crazy fun! There was Monster trucks, motorcross races, a Jet Van, Demo Derby, and much more! It was quite the experience!
Grilling at Betsy's House
Jess and I-thankfully she lives in Wisconsin so I will be able to see her often!!!!!
Charlie and Betsy goofing off-again-2 of the coolest people I know! Everyone here is so much fun!
Kira, Alissa, and I hanging out! More fun people that I am going to miss...
Sara, Katie, and Michelle-they are ALWAYS so much fun! We never stop laughing when we all hang out!
Jess, Michelle, and I-I already miss them and we have not even left yet!!!!Cheers to the Gov'na
Some of my friends hanging out before we went dancing! We were playing a game called Cheers to the Gov'na. It is a super fun game!
Me with 2 of my favorite boys-Chase and Pat. They are HILARIOUS!
My loves Adriana and Michelle with me! I am going to miss them SO much when we go back home...
Ads and Patty Wagon-Australia would suck without them around!!!
Deej (his real name is David but we all call him Deej) and me taking a break from dancing.Stockton Beach- Aka skipping class and hitting up the beach :)
The boys were goofing off while playing football
Pat, David, and Chase after we buried Michelle in the sand
My good friend Michelle and I-this picture was taking right after Chase drove through a HUGE puddle and we all got drenched. It was hilarious and so much fun!
The boys and I hanging out
Check out the sweet view we saw while driving home!So last Wednesday, the 5 of us decided it would be a good idea to skip all of our classes and head to the sand dunes. We had heaps of fun!!!! We played football, buried Michelle and Chase, and drove around on the dunes. It was good fun until we got stuck and the sun was going down. The boys were getting so nervous it was hilarious. Michelle and I were not worried at all, just a tad cold. After like 25 times trying to get up, we FINALLY got over the big hills and went on our way. SUCH a fun day :)
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