Classes Commence

Hey everyone, How ya going? Last night was a bit of a restless night... Today was the start of classes and I was a bit anxious. Just laying in bed, thinking or praying desperately to let my first day go well and let my first two classes be fun. I finally fell asleep (with the help of one Tylenol PM) I awoke to my alarm, at 8:00 am mind you, ready to go. As I was getting my things together for the day I said one last prayer and knew today would turn out in one of two ways. 1) I would be completely shut down and absolutely ready to go home, or 2) I would be glad to be back at school and everything would be great. Thankfully it was the latter. My first class, contemporary issues in Australia, was a riot. First of all, the professor looks like Einstein and is absolutely hilarious. He kept talking with his hands and when he noticed what he was doing he apologized for french miming and doing odd ballet moves. I think this will be a good class... My second class of the day was Internet Meets Society. It is all about how the internet and specifically social networking has changed the lives of society as a whole. The professor here is kinda punk rockish and is super cool. He’s Canadian so I can understand him better than some of the Australians so that is nice. I also forgot how much I really do enjoy University campus’s. All of the students milling around and people sitting in the grass or on benches reading text books. Even the smell of the little coffee stands as you walk by them. They all let you know that you are back at school and everyone there is present to achieve the same things.

Anyway, today was an over all good day. As I walked do the sidewalk on my way back to my flat I couldn’t help but smile as Dynamite by Taio Cruz came on my iPod. The part where he says “I came to dance dance dance dance” I thought about how I just need to go with the rhythm of life here. Not that I need to physically dance my way through life in Australia, but to just go with the flow here. Let each day be a new dance, new rhythm and just play along. I think if I just stick to that, I’ll be just fine here and home before I know it. On a side note and digressing to way less serious stuff... it has come to my attention that I am attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is under the cover name of The University of Melbourne however. As you will see in the pictures I’m going to upload the campus is insanely gorgeous.

I’m also going to upload a couple of pictures from the beach. Yesterday I met up with Lee and for those of you in my family you will know who I am talking about. Lee, her sister Jane, and I all went to a town called Sorrento. It is right at the bottom tip of Australia, South East of Melbourne. You will have to google map it to see the exact location, but it is a really touristy town and a lot of older people go there to retire. It was really beautiful, and full of nice homes. It was an absolutely sunny and perfect day for a stroll along the boardwalk that was full of shops and stores. We also ate lunch at this nice pub that overlooked the water. That too was just an amazing day! After that, we just drove up the coast all the way back to Melbourne.

Not too much else to mention. I am just hoping that my next two classes tomorrow are just as good as the ones today. That would make for a great semester. I’ll try to post again soon! Keep up the chatting on FB I love hearing from home!! Until next time... no worries!