I've discovered that the most unfortunate thing about studying abroad in Australia is the actual studying part. Second on that list is getting sick. Both of which I've been doing.
So, a couple of weeks ago my computer decided to die. And by die I mean it chose to refuse to start up. After several hours of stressing, calling home and calling dell I had to reluctantly give in and have all my files moved to an external hard drive and then completely restore my computer to factory settings. A 220$ solution I wasn't too keen on. But I need my laptop and there was no other way around it. It's still a little wonky and I often have moments where I feel like the computer would be better off thrown out a window, but I'm stuck with it so I make do.
Since then I've just been doing the school thing. Classes, hanging out with friends, homework. One weekend our whole group got together and had an international night where everyone brought different food from their countries and we got to try a little bit of everything. Everyone had to get up and explain where their dish was from and the story behind it. We had so much food, it was crazy. The night was really fantastic.
Then, in my most recent stroke of bad luck, I happened to pick up some virus that was going around. I've just about gotten rid of it, but I've had it for a little over a week now. The first few days were the worst. Its honestly just a bad cough and some congestion but you cough enough and lose enough sleep that eventually your body is just worn out. I am lucky that I got that out of the way before vacation.
Starting Thursday afternoon, my 2 week vacation officially starts. I'm field tripping out to the second largest town/city thing in South Australia. And by large I mean, it's the size of Ridgefield. Population around 25,000. Nearly the entire population of South Australia is located in Adelaide. Anyway, I have a couple of friends who live there and there's a little festival going on so I'm hitching a ride with a friend and spending the weekend there for a bit of a mini vacation. I'll be coming back for a few days and then heading over to Kangaroo Island to explore with another friend. Kangaroo Island is a really gorgeous island about an hour and a half away from Adelaide that you have to take a ferry to get to. We're renting a beach house and spending a couple of days there just to enjoy some time off. This is where we're staying: http://www.blueseasbeachhouse.com.au/Default.shtml Check it out, it looks really beautiful.
I wanted to go to New Zealand over break but because of a holdup in finances I didn't get my scholarship until this past week. Around here, the closer you get to the date you want to book, the more expensive it is, not cheaper. So I'm just going to need to try and check out if I can fit New Zealand in at the end of my trip. I figure that my first week of break I'll take off and enjoy the beach and then the second half I'll buckle down, get a good chunk of my work done and then be able to take some weekend trips during the semester. At least that's the hope. Procrastination likes to rear its ugly head, gotta keep an eye out for him.
Anyways, nothing new to really report. Check in with me after break has started and I may have better stories for you :)
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