This has been an incredibly busy week. I had an extra
marketing class Monday, which meant I had to spend extra hours at work on
Friday – in addition to going out Wednesday to celebrate Kate’s 21st,
spending a night out on Thursday, aaaand…meeting up with JJ yesterday!
This semester, JJ (one of my good friends from high school),
is studying abroad in Cairns, which is thousands of miles north of where I’m
staying. By coincidence, his program started with a 4 day orientation in
Sydney, so we got to get together last night for “soft drinks” and catching up!
It was great to see a familiar face around the world. [JJ has pictures as proof
that we did actually see each other – those are coming later!] I loved getting
to share this city and talk about everything I’ve done so far, and I can’t wait
to hear about the adventures he has in Cairns. Speaking of Cairns – 2 and a
half weeks until I’m there for Spring Break! Skydiving, snorkeling, and white
water rafting in the rainforest await me, I can hardly wait.
The only unfortunate part of yesterday was losing my 2 hotel
keys in the taxi on the way home. I heard something fall in the car as I opened
my wallet, but saw that I had my phone and what I thought was everything in my
wallet, so I figured there was just something rolling around the car. A couple minutes later, as I was about to
enter the Meriton, I realized that what fell was indeed my room key.
Unfortunately, all taxis in Sydney look identical, so I have no idea what
service it was, meaning that I had no hope of ever getting my key back.
Fortunately, the security guards know me (because they constantly come to our
room to fix things!) and let me into the building and then up to the 8th
floor. Once there, I had to wake up Bekah to let me back into the room, so it
all worked out, but I had to pay to replace my keys. At the end of the day, it
wasn’t a big deal, but I had been feeling so responsible lately! Right when I
feel like I’m on top of everything and have my whole life together, I’m
reminded that life doesn’t work that way!
Today is less than ideal weather again, so my roommates and
I are currently inside watching the 5th Harry Potter. So glad that
they love these movies too so I have people to watch them with! Definitely
staying in tonight – so much to get done. Tomorrow, we’re going to Tropfest,
which is an Australian short film festival, so I’m looking forward to that.
Cheers!
'Ello Bailey - How goes it? Always great to see another post to hear about your adventures. I bet you had an awesome time seeing JJ. How cool is that? I can't believe all of the rain you have had lately. I bet you wish you were back home in the cold and in the snow. You know that I am just lovin it, jk. Spring break just around the corner. You gotta luv it. Hope you have fun at the Tropfest! Next on your list of things to hug is a Chudditch. Have a "golden" ram day! Love you, Dad
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