The Last Weekend

This weekend marked my last full weekend in Sydney, as next Sunday I will be spending my day in the airport and over the ocean. While I wish I could say it was a crazy last weekend full of good stories, I must admit that it was not. The end of the semester here is just like the end of the semester back home. Even if I got to relax the other 12 weeks, finals week never fails to stress me out. Even though two of my finals were last week, I still have two more coming up and had a paper to finish. Low-stress compared to the U? Yes. But considering I have done very little work all semester, any studying whatsoever is a reality check.

My finals on Thursday and Friday went reasonably well, as did my final presentation for my internship class. Friday night we ended up all over the place – Julie and I ended up wandering around with a group of about 6 others, but we didn’t end up staying out too long. While we were walking, we came to the realization that we didn’t actually want to go out anywhere (or pay cover) and that we were more interested in eating food. So, we parted from our group, walked home, and chowed down on wedges while watching old school Nickelodeon cartoons. Saturday was entirely devoted to writing my final paper for my marketing class. We were too tired to do anything that night, so we went to Tim’s and watched 21 Jumpstreet instead.

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day, and I actually managed to leave the apartment. Bekah needed to do her souvenir shopping, and I had a few things that I had forgotten. I was trying to avoid studying for my final as much as possible, so we made a nice long day out of our adventure. We went to Darling Harbour to grab a couple things, and then on to Paddy’s Market. Even though common sense tells me I have less than zero space in my suitcases, I couldn’t resist picking up a few more (small) things. Since shopping works up quite the appetite, we went to Mad Mex afterwards for some burritos and quesadillas. Mad Mex is easily the closest thing to Chipotle in Australia (and probably one of the only Mexican restaurants), and it was heavenly, as always. Beks and I realized the two of us hadn’t gotten to hang out in quite a while, so it was awesome to spend the day wandering around Sydney with her :)

Unfortunately, we couldn't procrastinate forever, so it was back to the Meriton, where I am now continuing to procrastinate. [In my defense, I have now read over 100 pages of marketing in the past couple hours – a break is much warranted.]

My apologies for the lack of excitement in my life – hopefully there will be a little more in the upcoming week.

              

7 days to Minneapolis – I’m ready for it.