Let's Get Work Done

     It has been awhile since I have blogged.  The main reasons for this are we have not done anything too exciting and I have been busy with assignments for school.  The week after study break I spent a good amount of time working on assignments.  Although Saturday the 13th we were able to get out of Lismore for a few hours.  It was Kassie's 21st birthday and she had a party in her home town.  Ryan borrowed a mini bus from his parents and we took the little 2 hour road trip.  The food was absolutely delicious; we had a good time.  There was also a bonfire and sparklers!  It was fun to do sparklers since we missed the 4th of July at home.
     Last week was again devoted to uni.  For my music class I had a presentation that week.  This week we have group ensembles in music and next week is our final singing and guitar assessments.  Then I am completely done with that class.  For my Outdoor Ed class we have our Girraween trip plan due this week and then our big final that is 50% of our grade next week.  Then we have a reflection paper due after our trip and one final essay that might be kind of difficult.  I am ahead of the game with my maths class which is wonderful.  The only thing I have to worry about for that is the final which is not until October 1st.  In Economics I have a big paper due week 13, but I am going to try as hard as I can to get it done this week or next week that way I can work on my Outdoor Ed paper before we go to the Whitsundays.  I have a final exam in Economics on Sept 30, it too is worth 50% of my grade. It seems like all their classes are like that here.  Two assignments and then the huge exam.  I am sort of worried about the exams because I have never taken a test for any of these classes so I don't know what to expect for the final.
     I seem to be ahead of everything so that is helping to keep me less stressed.  It will be nice after week 11 because I will be done with music so that will be an extra 4 hours every Tuesday that I can work on other stuff or learn how to study for finals.
     This weekend we went to Byron for a day to go shopping.  It has been rainy here so we wanted to get out and do something.  I got some more souvenirs for people and a couple of really cute shirts for myself.  We had heaps of fun walking around in the shops looking at everything.  Aussies have such diverse styles, but they are all pretty flowy for the most part and we love it!  I especially love their jewelry.
     We have our trip to the Whitsundays in less than a month which will be perfect.  It is incentive to get everything done before that so I can relax.  We will get back and I will still have over a week to finish studying for final exams and maybe travel a little more.
     It is so odd that I am at the end of the semester here.  Everyone at home is just moving back to college and getting ready to begin class this week.  I'm a little sad that I am not there for the back to school festivities, but then I remember that I am having the time of my life here and learning so much.
     This next weekend we are trying to figure out a way to get up to Mt. Warning so that we can climb it.  As of now we are just not sure how to get there.  Hopefully an Aussie will be keen to go and be able to drive us!