Okay, I admit it. I’ve been slackin’. I promise it was just an odd, temporary distracted stage, and I am 100% back on track now. It honestly feels really good to be writing in here again. I’ve missed it. So, what has happened in the past week? Well, let’s see… I wandered aimlessly around Surfer’s Paradise late last week trying to find the beach due to a premature exit off of the bus. It was my first solo adventure to the big blue sea and I will admit I had [...]

I don’t think I have had a better first day of classes. The butterflies in my stomach were still there, but they weren’t the I-think-I-am-going-to-barf-all-over-your-face kind, just the good kind. I woke at 7 a.m. to the sound of a cockatoo screaming and was extremely tempted to pound on the window spastically and yell obscenities. In the end, I decided against it, reminding myself that I am the evolved species. The sun was shining in a clear blue sky as I walked over the bridge to uni. I had to [...]