Ok, so this is going to be a bit shorter than normal.. I am tired and need to head to bed soon, but I wanted to blog just a little bit.  I know at some point I may not be blogging everyday.. and I have skipped over one day so far (but then my mom yelled at me for not blogging.. hehe, not really but kind of..) But I have decided I want to keep up with it as much as possible!  Anyway.. maybe this blog will be longer than I thought since I decided to go on a little shpeel there..

We had to wake up early this morning.... 630.. well the sun kind of woke us up then.  But we had to be down stairs and dressed nice to meet with our group by 745.  We walked to the surf club and had breakfast and another orientation.  They told us about classes and meeting times and a bit about other things we will do here in Australia and some things that are being planned for SE Asia!  Afterwards we boarded our bus and rode about an hour to Brisbane to ride a big ferris wheel they have there, as well as eat lunch, and watch "Mamma Mia"!

Funny story- Victoria got attacked by these giant birds and they ate her pizza... hahaha.  It was quite hysterical actually.  and also we had a bit of an encounter with some strong winds.

Mamma Mia was a fun play.. It wasn't exactly broadway material but still had good acting.  It was a tad bit more "crude" if you will than they play normally is.. from what I have heard; and compared to seeing the play in the US.  But I still enjoyed it.  and I liked singing along :)  Who doesn't like ABBA? haha, jk.

Before we returned back to our apartments we got to see where we will be having classes and we got to go grocery shopping!!  We got a 145 dollar allowance for this week.. and guess how much I spent?  only 65!  yay.. so everything else is extra for me :)

Well, I just got done talking on the phone via skype with my parents!!  It was so great to finally hear there voices.  and it was great talking to Dad.  I haven't been able to talk to him since I have been here.  I have been more in contact with my Mom; I figure she feeds the information to the rest of my family.  But I Love you Mom and Dad!!! So very much! :)

Goodnight Everyone!  Classes in the morning..... we'll see how that goes!