Hanne brought be a beautiful bouquet of flowers, a box of TimTams, and a bag of Twistys!
Elliott sent me tulips, a bottle of wine, and a fantastic Teddy bear. It was VERY nice to walk out of reception carrying my flowers and gift.
Australian to American translation of Hanne's gifts:
TimTams- The most delicious cookies you will ever eat.
Twistys- Similar to Cheetos, but better, obviously.
My birthday is always my favorite day of the year, but this year it was particularly extraordinary. The friends I have made here have already become some of my closest friends and they made sure I had a wonderful day. I went to get my mail and left with five birthday cards from back home, one from a family friend, one from my parents, one from my sisters, one from Andrew, and one from Kelly! In true Glassman family tradition, all of the cards were cat cards.
Overall, my birthday was, and still is, my favorite day of the year.
THERE IS SAND IN MY MOUTH. Wednesday night.
Rhys Alan Hobbs graced the residents of Dunmore Lang College on Wednesday night with his presence. As usual, he was the life of the party- until he got lost and then I got lost and eventually we each went to our separate homes, unaware of where each other were. However, before we lost each other it was an extremely enjoyable evening, with some winning photographs to prove it.
This one is cute, but my personal favorite:
The winning text message of the night goes to "There is sand in my mouth." sent by me to Aly. That was all it said, no explanation, nothing. Just making her aware that there was, in fact, sand in my mouth. For those of you who haven't heard the story (Mom and Dad), don't worry, I only fell face first jumping over a fence that I didn't actually need to jump over, and into a pit of dirt and sand. Moral of the story: I'm not coordinated.
TOGA NIGHT. Ubar Thursday night.
Something that still baffles my mind- there is a bar ON CAMPUS. The Ubar (University Bar) is so very conveniently located on campus, I can see it from some of my tutorials. Last Thursday night was Toga Night at Ubar, so those of us who wanted to go dressed ourselves in bed sheets and walked to campus. Twenty minutes later we walked back to College because it was really crowded at Ubar and we weren't having that much fun. Besides, hanging out in the common room in my pajamas is much more fun than wearing a bed sheet. However, Aly, Jessie, and I looked quite good in our Togas:
Me, Aly, and Jessie
ALUMINUM VS. ALUMINIUM. Saturday night babysitting.
I got myself a job as a nanny for a family who lives a few train stops away. There are three kids, Ryan, 9, Tara, 7, and Jade, 5. These kids are fantastic, and they are so amazed that I am American. Every question the first time I met them was about America and if we had certain things and how we said certain things. I brought each of them a one dollar American bill because in Australia there are no dollar bills, just dollar coins (and two dollar coins, which I find strange). They could not have been more excited to have a piece of American money. They held onto them all night and before bed put them some place special.
I will be their Nanny on Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 3:00-6:00ish. I have to take the 2:08 train to Artarmon, and I will normally take the 6:41 train back, so it's a bit longer but I don't care, the kids are great, and so is their mom. They also have two cats, and I mean, can't get much better than that...
14k, NOT IN MY WAY. Sunday 14 August, 2011.
The City2Surf race in Sydney is one of the biggest fundraising races around the globe. It is a race that starts in Sydney (CITY) and ends at Bondi Beach (SURF). The race totals 14k, for those of us not on the metric system yet it's about 8.6 miles. A few of us from DLC decided to go in the walking group, which we were told had 20,000 people entered in it- and that was JUST the walking group.
The sea of people while coming down the hill at Kings Cross.
14k's later we were done! Walking from Sydney to Bondi was an excellent way to see more of Sydney than I had seen thus far.
Clare, Collin, Drew, Jessie, and I after we finished!
We all got medals for completing it!
The line to get on the bus to get on the train to then switch trains to get home. It took us longer to get home using public transportation than it did to walk to Bondi.
SUPER NANNY, MY IDOL.
I started my Nanny job for real on Monday and went back on Tuesday for day two. The kids are fantastic! Since I wasn't able to go to camp this year, taking care of kids is something I really missed, and these three are the best I could have asked for, I got very lucky. And it doesn't hurt that minimum wage here is close to $20 an hour.....
AB BLAST.
A couple of us from DLC went to the ab blast class at the gym tonight. I hurt. End of story.
I am having more fun here then I could have imagined. Next post I might even talk about my classes at uni. Maybe.
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