Settling in

Hello again friends and family. My apologies for not updating for a while. The main dilemma has been because of my lack of internet and the great inconvenience of going to an internet cafe. Basically I am too lazy because I have been too busy. Which is a kind of a contradiction. I have been so busy that in my only free time I cannot seem to will myself into town to get online. However, I now have internet! YAY!

An update on life. To start I have officially been here a MONTH! Yup, a full month has passed since I got here and it has simultaneously felt super long and super short. Since my arrival I now have two jobs, an apartment (complete with a cat and dog), a couple friends, a new phone number, a pretty bedspread to make my room mine, and internet. Not a bad start. Since I last wrote about my new job not a whole lot has changed. I spent my first week at the school judging the gymnastics girls at their competition that also determines what group they are put in next term. It was actually quite fun and a nice introduction into the program and skill level so I can better prepare for actually coaching the kids. The staff seems pretty nice (young, but nice) and I really do love the director. I hope I can contribute to this program in my short time because I feel like it has so much potential and she is only just starting to turn the program around that was left in shambles from the last lady. The only bummer about this job is that I got hired, worked this last week and now the kids are all on holiday for two weeks. Essentially their spring break. It turns out that could be a good thing though because this last week since it was Easter, I worked at Electric four nights in a row. So after judging Mon-Thurs, I worked at the bar from 10:30-4:30am Thursday to Sunday. I could not be happier that today (Monday) I got to just sit around the house and watch movies. (10 Things I hate about you-good ol Seattle film- Miss Potter- Mean Girls and Salt. Productive day I know)

I started to not feel very good at work Sunday night and my throat has been sore for two days now which does not make me happy and is partially why I laid around all day. I have already started taking lots of my hippy medicine that I brought with me but I may go find an herbal shop later this week if I don't kick this thing in the next couple days. Also, interesting but Monday here is a holiday to. So even though Easter is Sunday, Australians get the following Monday as a public holiday as well. I must admit it is kind of a pain because basically nothing has been open since Thursday.