a week in the life...

Seriously - I have been slacking this semester on updating everybody. Sorry!
It's been really good to be back this semester - my classes are more fun, I actually know people (not the Americans I live with) in class, and I have Wednesdays and Fridays off. I have also taken up quite a lot of extracurricular activities, which has been good to keep me busy and meet new people.
Mondays I go to class for 6 hours and then play a soccer game for the uni soccer league. It's indoor and it's a blast!I bumped into my friend Kalon on the street a few weeks ago - he's an Aussie who lived in the other dorm last semester and we had GIS together and he wanted another girl on the team - so despite my slight fear of soccer balls and lack of foot-eye coordination, I said I would play. We're really just there to have fun, and fun it is! (plus, I can then count it as my workout for the day)!
Tuesdays I go swimming in the morning and then learn about Australian history (so far all I've gathered is that Australia was colonized because Britain lost the war with America and could no longer send their convicts there...) Community dinners are also Tuesdays nights. Mmmm...
Wednesdays I have off - and I either head into the city and get coffee with Cheryl (my "mom" here, or go to her house for lunch and play with Zoe. Then Wednesday nights, Lyndsay (my RS) and I take a jazz dance class!!! It's fun being able to be "friends" with Lyndz this semester and not just a student, if that makes any sense.
Thursdays I have Theology - and I love it! And then community dinner...
And Fridays - oh boy - I wake up at 4:30 for work at 5am! I work at the Fremantle Markets - at a fruit and veggie stand. My friend Maurice from Switzerland works there and got me the job (thanks!) and this other guy, Brink, works there as well. It's the three of us, plus Jamie the boss, and between the four of us, we come from four different continents, as Brink is from South Africa! How cool is that? All of us are international students at Notre Dame.
I work between 8-17 hours on the weekend, depending on the need for me and my plans, and between that I do homework, enjoy the beach (it's starting to warm up here) or hang out with my friends here.
Last weekend a group of us ran the 12km City to Surf in the city (I'm still really sore). Today, the crew from the dorm headed up to Singapore for their business class, so there's three of us left to enjoy the quietness.
Other than that, it's been really good to be back here. I definitely miss Colorado, but this is my home for now, and we'll see where I end up after I graduate in July 2011!

Cheers,
Megs