A month since writing and there really hasn’t been many exciting events. The most exciting event was Austin College Bierfest. This annual event run by the Austin College Committee is a themed night of hanging out and dancing. The theme of Nursery Rhymes and Fairytales provided an array of costumes; some of the more popular ones being Queen of Hearts, Pirates, 3 Little Pigs and Jack and Jill. I went as The Muffin Man and dressed up in a bakers outfit, complete with a chef’s hat and apron. I also carried a basket of mini muffins to hand out; most people were very excited for a free muffin. As the souvenir from the event, every person received a pint-sized glass Bierfest mug. I immediately took it back to my room so as to make sure I would be able to take it back to the United States with me. It was a great night of taking pictures and socializing.
The following day was Recovery. Most people rotate between sitting and chatting with friends and dancing on the lawn. The perfect weather of warm and sunny made the day that much more enjoyable.
Over the last month, we have had a block (or floor) dodgeball tournament. 6 to a side, no more than 3 guys and 3 gals on each team, playing in our courtyard making for a relaxing study break. With a couple strong guys with 'guns' for arms led our team to a third/fourth place victory, out of eight positions.
A couple relaxing evenings of open mic night and a girl’s night out to watch Sex and the City 2 were a great way to end the semester. Luckily, I only had one final, which wasn’t hard to begin with as we were provided with all the questions ahead of time. I finished my last couple of lingering assignments and studied for my exam, took it and am now done. The semester doesn’t end for a couple more weeks so I am home free, just relaxing and catching up on writing and some leisurely reading.
The soccer World Cup has begun and thus I am pretty intent on watching as much as possible. Sadly this requires staying up into the wee-hours of the night, as the games are televised live from South Africa and with the time difference, means games are televised in Australia at 9:30pm, midnight and 4:30am. Both first games for the US and Australia were at 4:30am consecutively so I am just now recovering from my lack of sleep, but it was worth it. The US got lucky with the England Goalie mistake but Australia got creamed by Germany. I wanted the US game alone as no one could be convinced to come watch it with me at 4:30am but about 25 of us watched the Australia game, with Socceroos banners, flags and horns. As more RF’s finish exams, I am hoping I will have more soccer buddies to watch the tournament with.
For the upcoming holiday, I am planning on spending the first half of break with Tahnee, the Australian exchange student who was on staff with me at WSU. I am excited to see her and sightsee around her town. Then Myrtice and I will spend the last half of the three week holiday traveling around New Zealand. I plan on bungee jumping, doing lots of hiking and taking lots of photos as I hear New Zealand is absolutely gorgeous. I will not be taking my laptop on holiday with me as it is a liability and quite heavy to carry around so I will borrow Tahnee’s once or twice while I am at her house but I will not be able to write from New Zealand so a blog update will take a while.
When we return for semester two, there will be a busy month ahead of us as it is a new semester which means new classes and a lot of events, such as disorientation week, parent’s weekend and ball. Busy yet fun! Please check out updated photos and my weekly Daily Evergreen columns!
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