i'm alive!

i am truly sorry for how long it has taken me to write another post. days turn into weeks...and all that good stuff.
let's get to whats going on in my life;

• went to phillip island yesterday and saw the smallest penguins in the world... even though it was raining, umbrellas were blocking the view, and we were rushed- it was good. i also got to feed kangaroos and talked to a bird!
• this week i had dinner with the greenbergs (my aunt mary's friends). they welcomed me into their home (and their family) and i really had a wonderful time with them.
• my friends- jesse (pronounced 'jess') and franci (pronounced 'frankie') and i are planning what we're going to do for spring break (which is september 21-30). at first we thought new zealand- too expensive and without a car it would be a hassle. then we thought Sydney and Brisbane- too expensive. Then Sydney and Gold Coast- also too expensive. So now we're thinking about just doing Sydney and doing it RIGHT. What that means, i'm not sure.

franci is to the left, jesse is to the right

• This wednesday night is the Burwood Student Village Formal Dinner! This means i get to dress up with all of the ressies, have a 2 course meal at some golf club, then be chauffeured to the after party. I am VERY excited, especially because am now the owner of a very cute (and inexpensive) dress!
• every other week of the semester, 2 people from my unit pair off and cook dinner for each other. my roommate megan and i are cooking this week (on tuesday)! we're going to make a stir fry, vegetable fried rice, and MY KEY LIME PIE for dessert!!!
• I've had to watch Robots and Fern Gully for my Reading Children's Lit class- during the rest of the semester i'll watch the lion king and mulan!
• went to st. kilda region of melbourne, enjoyed an aussie burger (with bacon, an egg, lettuce, tomato), enjoyed a mocha in one of the awesomely trendy coffee shops, and posed for a picture in front of the famous entrance for Luna Park (melbourne's amusement park)
  

here is my schedule...
monday 9:30-12:30- Studio Art: Painting and Drawing
tuesday: 2-4-Reading Children's Lit
wednesday: 11-12- Australia Today Tutorial; 12-1- Australia Today Lecture; 2-4- Psychopathology
thursday: 1-2- Psychopathology Tutorial

Tutorials are the same things as recitations... smaller groups that review or put into practice what was talked about in lecture.



I can't think of anything else right now... what i'd really like to know (if i don't already...cough.parents.cough) is whats going on in your life?