G'day from Down Under: Let's Catch Up!

Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged! It has been a bit hectic around here lately! It is exam time so everyone is running around like a chicken with its head chopped off trying to get all of their projects, essays, and studying for tests! I lucked out and ended up with no exams at all! I just had a few final group projects and papers. I still have one last essay that is taking some time to finish. Only part about this whole situation that is a bummer is all of my friends either don't have exams or their exams are in the last week of exam weeks meaning that they are all laying out by the pool and relaxing! Boo! :/

But to catch up, the Sunday that we all got back from Coffs Harbor was Garden Party for TEDs. It is another tradition that the college has. It was like senior year of college when everyone votes for the silly titles like class clown, most likely to succeed, etc. Well they have an Aussie, TEDs version which is a bit more entertaining than the high school version. They had awards that were more college appropriate like messiest eater, boy who is whipped by his girlfriend, and heaps more that are not exactly blog friendly. The names of all of the awards were silly witty names. It was pretty funny! Each winner had to do a lay back which is having goon (boxed wine) poured into their mouth. Besides the awards, it was basically a pool party with face painting and a huge blow up slip'n'slide! It was such a fun day!!

This past week was Halloween. Sadly, Australians don't really celebrate Halloween like Americans do. At home, there are heaps of decorations in all of the stores and haunted houses every where. Here, I only saw one little section of Halloween things in the front of the store and that was it. Our friends did use us Americans as an excuse to celebrate it though! The bar on campus had a Halloween party with a really good DJ so we all went to Bar on the Hill. It was a lot of fun!

Over the weekend, Friday was our college's last formal dinner. Everyone got dressed up in their spiffy clothes and robes and enjoyed a very nice dinner in the TEDs dining hall. There were a few speeches and students that did well/ helped out with TEDs events were acknowledged. us college kids had a dance party in the cellar which is the big room underneath the dining hall. It was a great way to end the semester.

Saturday night, Laura, Kimmy, Amy, and I had a girls date to Max Brenner. It is the coolest chocolate shop. We each got something chocolaty and delicious! It was just what we all needed. It was a friend's birthday so we went out dancing that night. So fun!

Anyways, I should probably go finish my paper. Talk soon when I'm completely done with my classes here in Australia!! :D