The Beginning ~July 18, 2010~

Well hello!! Today is Sunday morning! Wow, first night in Australia, done! I arrived yesterday at 6:30am in Brisbane. The plane ride was actually not that bad. Long, yes, but still not too bad! We left from LAX at approx. 12am and were in for a 14 hour ride above the Pacific ocean! We recieved dinner, snacks, beverages and breakfest as well. We each had our own TV's in the seats in front of us and there were all kinds of recent movies, tv shows, music and games to keep you busy! We even got little travel kits with a pillow, blanket, ect... I didn't sleep much unfortunately, but I wasn't tired at all when we got there. It was all so exciting, yet it didn't seem real! We had an awesome bus driver to take us to USC, he answered all our questions and told us about things and places we passed. I met so many new people already! Everybody is so great! I am glad to be here with Kelly and Danielle though, I feel like it would be so much different if I was here alone. We went grocery shopping at Woolies and I spent more money than both of them! UGH! Oh well, a girls gotta eat right? We had lunch together, met all of eachothers roomates, unpacked, showered and unpacked. I still have to unpack my clothes...(I am such a procrastinator!) But I also want to clean the kitchen a bit...it's kinda...well...it could use some cleaning. I live with 2 boys and 1 other girl. Her name is Rebecca (spelling?) and she's from Germany! She's wicked nice and I talked to her for a while. The boys are Ben and Matt. Kelly's roomate Alice is really nice! One thing that worries me is that everyone says it's Really hard to get jobs here right now...(gulp!) SO, orientation is tomorrow and then we start class next week. I have class on Tuesday and Thursday, (and an hour on Wed) so I hope to be able to go on vacations with my 4 day, 5 night weekends, but if I don't get any more money soon, that isn't going to happen. This whole Australia thing is SO expensive. However, I know it's only the first days so later I know I won't have to spend as much. Last night we hung out with our friend Ryan who lives in Mooloolaba. He drove us around and we had a good time, but by that time I was exhausted! I feel asleep in the car! Went to bed really early last night, I think 10pm. And that explains why I am up at 7:30am lol. I almost have TOO much to talk about, I feel like I could go on and on and on, but this is a really long post so far. Maybe I will unpack and write more tomorrow! Don't know what's on the agenda today...but I can't wait!! :D