hey everyone,
sorry its been so long since the last post, sometimes i can be a huge slacker (gasp!).

some stuff has happened since last week...
i got sick. i got better.
i had my first day of class.
i went on a party bus to a pub and had a wonderful night with my roommate, meg, and other friends from Res (student residences, the on-campus housing for deakin).
i made key lime pie for my roommates. none of the aussies had ever heard of it, but they all loved it!
i hung out some more with my 'pommy' (=british) friend franci.
i made some friends in my art class.
during art class we went outside to Gardiner's Creek Park to draw landscape. I saw 3 dogs jump into the creek to cool themselves off and continue walking with their masters.
i wear skinny jeans and (knockoff) chuck taylors (gasp!)... together!! i am such an aussie wannabe
i watched my first few episodes of Neighbors (famous aussie nighttime drama) AND went to ramsey street to see the actual houses that are on the show! (it's very close to campus)
i experienced harry potter mania from this side of the world


now, i would like you to meet my suitemates...
phoebe was the first roomie i met. she is so friendly and energetic. we like the same music. last night we went to trivia night at the rec room and our team lost badly. she loves harry potter and even woke up early on saturday just to get the book. she is a law student.
tom was the second roomie i met. he lives downstairs and isn't around much, so i don't know too much about him. i think he's an exercise science student.
cruicky is a footballer and gets paid to play, so he isnt around on weekends. he is really funny and also very nice, in a big-brother-who-teases sort of way. he has a car and has taken me to run errands and took phoebe and i to see the Neighbors street. he's studying to be a PE teacher.
meg is also into exercise science. she works as an aerobics instructor and has offered to give me a free pass to one of her classes- which i am definitely going to do. she likes country music and cooking soup. she also has a car and has taken me places. we're both dressing up as 'gangstas' for our unit lock-in tonight (basically, we all get together by unit [i'm in grevillea 3, there are 4 grevillea units so the 10 people from each unit will be in one unit together] and dress up as something that starts with the first letter of our unit [all of res is doing this]. then we will all drink and go to einstein's, the bar on campus).
jacqui is also exercise science. she is really nice, i'm still getting to know her though. she is dealing with a massive breakup and we've talked about that stuff. i like that she feels as if she can trust me and ask for advice (since i've been there), and i sort of feel like we've bonded over that. she's leaving today to go back home for her sister's wedding- jacqui's the youngest of 6!
scott also lives downstairs and is an exercise science student. he is dressing up as Gandalf (from lord of the rings) tonight for the lock-in! he is a nice guy, and even nicer for bringing all of his guy friends over to cook dinner during the week!
emma is a country girl. she lives on a farm with something like 30 acres, tons of cows and sheep, and 10 or so cats and dogs! she is very friendly, and always smiles. she's a nutrition and health student and wants to be involved in product development for a company like Kraft to make foods healthier. she works at einsteins, the bar/restaurant on campus. she also has a car and has given me rides.
alyse (pronounced 'elise') and i share first names and middle names. i'm sara elise and she's alyse sarah! she is a health/nutrition student and is very health-conscious. she goes to sleep early and leaves on the weekends to be with her boyfriend at home.
stan is my fellow american in the house. he's from a party school in california and acts like it. he's goofy and likes sports. we're taking Australia Today together and sharing the study guide/readings. good guy, sometimes a bit too goofy (but he knows that).

those are my roomies! everyone but tom and scott shares the toilets and showers upstairs, and we all share the kitchen and refrigerators.

hope you enjoyed this post as much as i did!
xoxo sara