Well, well, well!

So, I’ve done it again – I’ve slacked off. I have to admit, time here is different than it is back home. It slips by so fast, I lose track of it. There are only five weeks left in the semester and I feel like it has only just started. A part of me is really scared about that fact, because I hate the feeling that life is going by too quickly. But another part of me has an appreciation for this new found indifference to time. Normally I am counting down the days, always looking forward to next Friday, next weekend, next month…. But being here, I have learned that there is nothing like being present. Sure, I have had my moments, and of course I am looking forward to coming home to see all my family and friends again. And yet, I am okay with just taking things are they are and being in the moment. This trip has taught me to stop wishing your life away… to just live it.

And I have been. Well, for the most part. There is something to be said about taking the time to do “nothing” and just taking things day by day…. that seems to be the Aussie way. I am getting accustomed to random hour long conversations with the roomies in the kitchen, late mornings, and afternoon naps on the beach, so I have to say I am a bit worried about entering the “real world” and working for eight to ten hour shifts at a time. Yikes. But it hasn’t been all laziness. I am proud to say over that over the past 21 days I have ran 75 miles, so I am continuing to grow closer to accomplishing my goal of 100 miles in 30 days. In fact, based on my running plan for this upcoming week, I should hit the 100 mile mark by Thursday, beating my goal by four days. Ma, those new pair of running shoes you bought me before I left are most definitely getting put to use.

It is starting to get warmer with each day that passes. You can just feel it in the heat. I am tanner than I have ever been in my life even though I am obsessive about wearing my sunscreen since there is no ozone layer here. My face is freckle galore, but I have only gotten sunburned once so I think I am faring well. The next week is going to be a busy one for me: I have a big essay to finish as well as a project for my Digital Publishing class. The work will be worth it though, because by Friday, Ma will finally be here! I am so excited to share this with her and show her around. I wish I was Paris Hilton so I could fly my entire family out here to see me; I so badly wish we could have a BuzzendaWinkle party and rock the Village, but I also recognize how lucky I am to a) be here at all, and b) even have someone to come visit. Maybe if I make it big in Hollywood and start reelin’ in the big bucks I’ll be able to afford to fly everyone out. Someday….

Until then, I hope everyone is doing well. I miss ya’ll and am so grateful for all of your support. Sending my love across the ocean….

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