Rainy Day

It’s a rainy day in Bundoora. Did y’all know that people actually use umbrellas? It isn’t just a thing they do in movies and isn’t just for soccer moms at little league games! Today, I found myself running across campus with a gym brochure over my head! The weather here is as changing as it is in west Texas, no joke. We were at a BBQ at noon eating burgers on the grass and with in 20 minutes our sunny day was now a torrential down poor! Lauren and I were with our friend Joe and when the rain hit we all ran separate ways! I was lucky enough to be close to my dorm so I didn’t get too wet, although the gym brochure is comparable to mush! When I got to my room I was locked out! (Adri being irresponsible and forgetful, surly not!) A friend from the dorms was nice enough to wait with me then walk me to the residential services desk. This was less than 30 minutes since running to my dorm to get out of the rain and it was already sunny again. Nutty weather to say the least!

Since my last blog Lauren and I have attended a toga party! We spent three semesters at Texas Tech and never saw a toga party I had decided its only something people do in stero-typical frat house films! We used the white sheet that La Trobe provided us for bedding and wrapped up in togas! Lauren says we looked much more like the Michelan man than Greek goddesses. We had a blast though! My entire dorm was in attendance and everyone was having a great time! I didn’t know we would have to fly across the globe to go to our first toga party! Totally worth it though!

I have decided that each dorm on campus is more like a frat house! I didn’t pledge at Texas Tech so I can’t be the best judge but the dorms have racy chants about one another and compete in everything! The “newbies” at the dorms are treated to initiation games. (Lauren and I were not above these activities.) Each floor is quick to become a huge circle of friends! I really am loving the dorms, even at 20 years old! Everyone is so nice and accommodating!

We have spent most of this week on campus. No blind exploration of the city! We have had a lot of orientation stuff! Class starts Monday! We are both pretty nervous. Most classes only meet twice a week and they require a lot of independent studying and research. I guess that we will find out! We have made a lot of friends this week and are starting to get the experience that we imagined! Talking to the Australian students is fun and a little hard at times! I am glad that no one knows me well enough to read my face and see that I haven’t an idea what they are saying to me! This doesn’t happen to often and is almost always associated with “aussie English”. Their slang is quiet different! I went to get a drink with one of the girls in the dorm and we both repeated everything that we said for the other! She would ask, “pardon?” and  I, “do what?” I’ve gotten better with her but some of the boys I am lost with! They tend to mumble and use their own English rendition, “aussie English.”

I am going to use the rest of this rainy day to take a short nap! Tonight there is a music festival on campus! (Assuming that it wont be hailing or something) Friday the entire dorm is going to the beach! I am pretty excited!

Oh ya, we went on a “wildlife walk” through the campus sanctuary and it was terrible! Day 10 and still no kangaroo sighing! All we saw on that walk was a sugar glider and lizard with a blue tongue.. And were provided with useless plant knowledge! Also, there is a spider living in my room… I am petrified of it! My room is hot and I don’t have a fan yet so I have been moving my bed to be in front of my window to get a breeze at night but this spider has been living under the latch and I cant get to him to kill him so I have been moving my bed to be in front of the window but about a foot away from the wall! Someone please help! I told my friend Ben about this problem and he briefly told me about some spiders commonly seen in this area and I think this one is harmless just ugly and scary! I guess I am going to name him and charge some rent… Or pay him rent because I am scared of him! 

This is where the spider is living! He doesn't come out very often.

The lizard from the wildlife walk! (Lauren has a picture of the blue tongue I'm sure she'll post it.)

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