I don't know what happened! I was doing so well, posting every week or so, but all of a sudden, here we are, three weeks later with no new posts! It may have something to do with a couple smartass Australians crushing my confidence with derisive comments about blogging and those who blog, but it's mostly been that I haven't done anything too exciting. I guess I'll sum it up in bullet points, just to speed things up and get up to date.
Kalgoorlie pts 2&3
We spent a day driving through the outback and saw kangaroos, emus, eagles, an incredibly endangered bush turkey, and tons of sweet bush plants that will probably cure cancer someday. Or at least solve acne. The next highlight of the trip was our visit to a real, working sheep station, where we learned about the struggles of modern agriculture in Australia and enjoyed my new favorite Australian barbecue specialty, roasted pumpkin! We also got to eat skewers of kangaroo and goat--delicious.
Half Marathon
Totally didn't happen. Sorry to get you all excited to meet the new, fit, slightly-neurotic, half-marathon running Elizabeth, but she blinked out of existence about a month ago. I'm just totally better suited for body building--I need to quit fighting it.
School
Isn't really why I'm here. It shouldn't even be a subtopic. But it's chugging along.
Thailand
We leave tomorrow! Thailand has been going through a little political unrest the past few weeks, so we were concerned that we might not get to go. Luckily, though, things have calmed down and I'm back on track for eating five Thai meals every day for ten days.
Wine Appreciation
That's actually a class I took, and it just ended on Monday. We enjoyed some nice fortifieds and sparkling wines. The sherry and port were gross (I'm not cut out to be a fifties housewife or 18th century English gentleman, I guess), and we had a sparkling Shiraz, which was very different. Not my favorite, but not bad. However, St. Thomas More College as a whole appreciated wine very enthusiastically last Saturday at our College Ball. It was a lot like a prom, only with an open bar. Australians know how to do things right. It was also the first ND home football game, so a bunch of people stayed up all night to watch the game. I crashed early and missed most of the game, but I got up for the last few minutes of the fourth quarter.
This is Krysta and I waiting for the bus to go to the ball.That's about it for now--thanks for being patient!
Signing out!
Elizabeth
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