Hey guys,

Sorry it’s been a while since my last update, it’s been relatively busy around here. I’ll start with last weekend.

Last Saturday the roommates and I went on this pub crawl for the rugby team. It was pretty fun, we went to four bars, Surfers Rowers, SinCity, The Beach House, and Cocktails and Dreams. We got these shirts that we had to wear to show that we were with the pub crawl, so we made them fashionable. I’ll tell you, the worst part about going out is trying to find something to wear, so it was a relief that we had to wear the shirts. We lost Simon at SinCity, he just kind of wondered off and we didn’t see him again until the next morning. No worries though, we’re pretty sure he went back home after SinCity. We lost Chris after the Beach House, so after Cocktails Kate, Meaghan and I got a taxi back to the apartment where we took some classy pictures and made a ruckus. Unfortunately for us, we all had to be up early the next morning for the AFL game.

So we took the train into Brisbane for the AFL game. Kate gets motion sickness so she took some drugs that make her go numb, needless to say it was a hilarious train ride. We walked to the game where we promptly entered the AFL store where I got an AFL ball so we could “have a kick with the footy” and a supporter scarf. It was exciting. We got to our seats, which were in the second row from the field, fabulous seats for a mere $17. It was hot. Very very hot. The sun was just beating down on us, there was no shade, it was relatively miserable for the first half. Fortunately we got some clouds for the second half. I stole a poweraed, by accident mind you. I had it under my arm when I went to get my meat pie (more on that later) and I just walked off with it. It was like $5.20 so that was pretty lucky. I also had my first meat pie. An australian staple. You put a little tomato sauce on it and it is absolutely delicious. Brisbane ended up loosing, no surprise there, we’re like the second from the bottom. But it was a close game. They played Adelaide. After the game we walked around South Bank. We got some dinner and headed home.

Tuesday was Kate’s 22nd birthday. She was all worried about turning 22 so we got a cake and put 18 candles on it. We’re so funny. We made tacos for dinner, which were delicious.

Thursday Meaghan and I went to the beach for a few hours. Delightful. Who would have thought this was their winter. For dinner we all went and got Indian, fabulous.

This weekend was a little more uneventful. On Saturday Meaghan, Chris, Simon and I went to this thing called the Q-Deck. It’s like the tallest building on the Gold Coast, also one of the 20 tallest buildings in the world. You can see like all up and down the coast, it was crazy beautiful. Then we got lunch in Surfers and walked around a little. An enjoyable afternoon.

I can’t even believe it’s almost September. Where did August go? Now that everyone is going back to Ithaca it’s weird to think I’m not going with them. Don’t forget about me! We still have so many things we want to do it seems like there just isn’t enough time! Even still, this has been the most amazing experience ever. It just feels like I’m on a five month vacation in paradise. Mom, I’m never coming home.

Love to you all