Mood:  bright

Hello Everyone!

Havnt really done all that much since ive last updated. Had the week to pretty much relax after a wonderful Satuday spent at Surfers Paradise. It was B-E-A-Utiful at the beach. White fine sand and clear blue waters. The only issues was that it was crazy windy and the wind was blowing the sand right into our faces the entire day :( it also made for a really really strong current. Altho there was swimming allowed in between the flags, for the most part of the beach it was only surfers that were allowed swimming in the water. I went to put my feet in the edges of the water and even i could feel the current so out in the deep water must have been crazy! I didnt get to see any Blue-Bottles (Jelly Fish) when we went but i do know that they are there so ill check next time. After hanging out on the beach Nate and I decided to walk up the boardwalk to all the shops and get some ice cream and a souvenir or two. I ended up getting a surfboard bracelet and a wood ring and Nate got a leather bracelet and a green and black necklace. All in all def worth the hour and a half trip down.

Pics from Surfers Paradise (the order got all mixed up..sorry!) http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/mcawesome-in-aussie/Surfers%20Paradise/

On Tuesday, Mike from CanTeach (the program i went though to get down here) came to visit us and teach us how to fill out our QCT and OCT forms. He also brought us all Reeses Peices from Canada; he then ended up being dissapointed to find out that we have resses here too lol. However it was kinda cool to see the french on the packaging along with the english again. Over all the night went well and alot was learned.

The rest of the week was really uneventful. Last night there was a major thunderstorm that lasted until this morning. Other then that it has been sunny and high 20s all week. Oh and a big spider (smaller then Fred # 2 but bigger then anything id consider normal) almost ran over my foot as i was walking around the bedroom. Not cool. he was black and furry and suffered the same fate Fred would have if he didnt escape LOL. As for Today, Nate and I went in search of a dollar store called Crazy Clarks and ended up finding a fairly huge mall. Its only about a half hour (2 buses) away from our house which is really awesome and it has a TON of different stores in it including Kmart, Target and a bunch of craft stores. So awe spent 2 or three hours there exploring before heading home for some dinner.

As for the week ahead, tomorrow (Sept 6th) is Fathers Day here so

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY!

As for monday, my group member John and I  have to present our microteaching lesson to the rest of our class. That means that we have 40 mins to teach the lesson we handed in 3 weeks ago. We are as prepared as possible so wish me luck! The rest of the week will most likely be spent doing schoolwork as round two of assignments approaches.

I hope you all have a fantastic week!!

PS. We just found out that to kick off the 150th year celebration of Brisbane there will be a HUGE fireworks display over the river on southbank! Nate and I have decided to head down early since it starts at 7 and have a picnic dinner first! Eeeeeexcited!!

P.P.S. I realized i never posted the pics from the sunday nate and i went to hang out on southbank. so here they are -> http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/mcawesome-in-aussie/Southbank%20Trip/