The Final Weekend

Wow. My final weekend is here. By final I mean my final weekend with all of the flat mates, etc. It's hard to believe that I leave Australia in 10 days.

This week I've mostly been studying for my management and German finals. The management exam went well, and in a couple of hours we'll see about the German exam. I'm not terribly worried about them because they're only worth 30% of my final grade. Any way, I've been studying, so I should feel decent about the test afterwards.

After my last exam (yay!) I'm meeting Inga and her mom, Ingrid, at Satchmo's for dinner. I've not been there yet, and it'll be nice to spend some time with Inga and her mom. After dinner Ingrid is planning on catching up on sleep from the jet lag (23 hours flight time from Norway - killer), and Inga and I will be heading to the Inter-galactic Get-Down at the Hardgrave house. This party is for Soyoungs' 20th birthday, and will be the last one with everyone from both flats. Tomorrow people will be leaving for the Whitsunday Islands and heading to their home countries from there. It's making me sad just thinking about people leaving. I know that Inga will be here until Tuesday, Iain will be here all of next week, and Sara and Toby will both be here another semester; that's comforting to know.

By the way, I'm having some Double Stuf Oreos and milk right now. And all of the Girl Scout cookies are gone with the exception of one box of Thin Mints. I've most of one box of Cheez-Its left, some Animal Crackers, and a few Pop Tarts. I think I've done well to make the American lollies last through next week.

Speaking of lollies, I've purchased almost all of the Aussie lollies I'm planning to take back home. Mmmm! I'll have some to bring for 3 July, Salamonie and Dale Hollow. = ) Prepare to fall in love with Arnott's

Here are the links to photos from Surfer's last weekend:
The Last Big Fling - 1/2
The Last Big Fling - 2/2

I've mentioned this in a previous post, but Tamara gets to Brisbane tomorrow afternoon! We're going to check out the Brisbane Lookout Point and Mount Coot-tha together! And when it gets to be party time, I'm going to show her how things are done at the Dunda Bar!

Here's something pretty cool: when Ingrid met Maija (Finnish) they exchanged a few words in that Norwegian/Finnish middle-language. I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, haha! It was pretty cool. John, I know what you mean now, haha! Any way, they were talking about how Maija is from Finland but is studying in Sweden. Fun stuff.

Today I got a letter from home! Thank you, Momma! It made my day!!! That was probably the last bit of mail I'll get before returning the the US.

That reminds me, Mom and I started up a game of Othello! It's been a while since I last played, and I can definitely see that I've lost some skill, haha. The thing with Othello is that it's so hard to predict who will win in the end, so who knows what will happen. I just need to be sure NOT to make any wagers with that woman, haha! Also, Karan had been having technical trouble with the Scrabulous game, but it's all figured out now. Adam's turn!

Aussie Slang: "crumping" is when one or a few people dance off at a bar/club. Usually people gather around and watch.

In news from home: Adam had an Ultimate game tonight. I am waiting to hear how it went. Tonight Mom got with the ARRC and made smoothies. Mmm! I miss her smoothies! Her strawberry-pineapple-banana smoothie is unbeatable! Chucky has given me consent to borrow his car the weekend I get back from Orlando so that I may join Adam and company up at the the Dunes! I'm so excited for that trip! Thank you, Chuggy!

Latest on solitaire: I have been playing Aces Up (eh, kind of dull) and Block Fourteen (better than Aces Up, but still just so-so). I'm hoping to stumble across a really fun version of solitaire soon. = )

That's all for now!

-Amanda