Another Week In the Books

9/8/15

Well hello again everybody, another week here in Melbourne is done! This week I haven't done much, my cold has been kicking my butt, and my foot has been giving me some problems. On the bright side I have been catching up on sleep and doing some extra homework! One thing I have done is that I got to Skype my whole family including Leanne, Trent, and both of Trent's parents. It was really great getting to see them and talk to them all! It was also the first time I got to see Jerred and Kyle, and they got to tell me all about the new house that they bought. Jerred was super interested in how the people here talk, and the two things he asked to know were zebra (zeb-ra) and then aluminum (al-e-min-e-mum) and that one for me was super hard for me to say but it cracks me up just thinking about it! It was great talking to everyone again, but it really made it hard for me realizing that I am not home, and life there is still going on and I don't get to be apart of it as much as I want to be. Moving on for classes, I finally set up my note takers in class, so I actually have someone who is holding me accountable for classes and to go to all things even my lectures, which are not mandatory, which I think is good! I also got some good news that I was chosen to be a blogger between different people who applied for it through ISA (the program through which I came here). The email said that it was pretty competitive, which made me feel good, even though I don't believe it was. So although I do not know what it is going to entail I am quite excited to share my experiences with students that are potentially thinking about coming abroad! It feels awesome to help people, as you all know I love helping people, or otherwise I wouldn't want to become a psychologist. Saturday was a really good day as well!  We as an ISA group got to go to a place called Mornington Peninsula, which is about an hour drive from Melbourne. It was a place that has natural hot springs, and it has the natural minerals from the earth that are supposed to help you relax. IT FELT AMAZING! There were probably 15 different pools, turkish baths, and saunas. The only down side was that we had to be up at 5am in order to make our reservation, and with the day full of relaxation it made for one long day! Today I went to the market and got a bunch of fruit to start making smoothies that I got from downstairs in the charity bin (don't worry mom I was and sanitized it all). I also did laundry which was long over due, I washed my blankey, and now it no longer smells like home, yes I have a blankey and now am a little sad that I can no longer smell it and think of home, but it still makes me feel safe! That has been the extent of my week! Pictures of the Peninsula are up on Facebook, and I will be putting them up on Snapfish soon! Speaking of pictures, today I did download all of my pictures on my computer so that I could clear out my phone and make room for the rest of my trip!  Yippee!! That is all for now.


Hakuna Matata,
Love you all,

Tegen