S'toon and Memories...

First off, Happy Birthday to Rob's good buddy Simon!! Ok I'll admit I can stand to be around him... and I guess he did look marginally more attractive today in spite of the pen up and down my arms.

Now I realize that I just posted two days ago but today is a momentous occasion... I HAVE BEEN IN AUSTRALIA THREE MONTHS!!!!! Honestly it feels like three days, but since three months would be a quarter of a year (and that's a big deal) I have decided to share with all my favourite people (I know you're my favourite people because you actually read this thing) my first memories of various people in Australia. Hopefully this will spawn comments on first memories of me from Aussies and Canadadians alike (oh, ulterior motives...)

Firthy: Second day in Australia. She came to the office with Worsley and I was told she'd be my tour guide. Honestly I thought she looked far too pretty and cool to ever want to be my friend (Boy, do I sound like a sad human being. I'm really not! I'd just never been the new girl before and was wicked self-conscious.)

Ed: First day of classes. Third day in Australia. She came to the office with Firthy. No idea why she came to the office, but I knew I'd like Ed right from the start. She just looked like a very cool person. Suspected that she and Simon were going out on the first day. Oh and another early memory of Ed. On my first Friday everyone was saying "See you on Monday" and Ed added "If you don't die before then." She's probably lucky I was in need of friends or boy would I have beat her up...and I could totally take her.

Simon: First day of classes. Explained the concept of a toque and a bunnyhug to him. Was proud of him the second day when he used "bunnyhug" in a sentence, ie "Hey, you're wearing a bunnyhug" (Because I was you see). Suspected that he and Ed were going out. Learned after a week that they, in fact, weren't... and I am going to get such slack for thinking that they were in the first place.

Sam: First day of classes. In the library. She, Hannah, and G were supposed to be doing "drah-ma" stuff. Thought she had cool hair and was a little insane (noted by the reaction when we told her that Nesbitt had given us the cupcakes we had)... but I really like insane. This you can be sure of by looking at Weyburn group of friends.

Mel: First day of classes. She came up to me and said "I'm Mel. I smell. That's an easy way to remember my name." And you know what? I do. Oh and she let me sit next to her in Maths effectively displacing Ellie.

Tharini: Second day of classes in Legal Studies. Mrs. Owens didn't show up and Tharini was acting as a moderator between me and Chris since Chris didn't seem to want to ask me questions to my face. I couldn't for the life of me remember for to pronounce her first name for the 1st week and a half.

Ellie: Third day of classes. Apparently I am the only one that thinks it's cool that she plays frisbee and that she was going to Boston. We sat together at my first year assembly.

The Group: Honestly first thought was "Holy Crap!" Firthy and I were walking from A block to B block and right before we turned the corner she said "We hang out in B block in the morning" Then we turned the corner and there were two dozen people there. Coming from a solid group of 8 I was wickedly overwhelmed. Also, in my experience, exchangies don't stay friends with the original people they are introduced to. I seriously prayed that I could stay friends with these people because I thought they seemed like good people, and not too far of a take off from my old friends... there were just heaps more of these guys.

So yeah, those are my earliest memories from Carlo. I feel like I really shared something here *tear* Now please reciprocate because you may have to rely on comments for a while. I'm not sure when I'm doing something exciting again.

Today's quote: "I value your friendship" *hand over piece of garbage*

Less than nine months to go :(

E(Liz)abeth