Grand Final #2, Indian Food, and SPRING!

What a busy past two weeks these has been! I have only one more week of classes before I get a one-week break and then exams. I have been typing up lots of big essays, working on an art project, and reviewing all the good stuff I have learned this semester. I CANNOT believe that this semester is almost over! It feels like it was just July when I was trying to figure out what classes to take.

Last weekend we went back to Shane’s to watch the Grand Final #2 and unfortunately the Saints lost. Collingwood was clearly the better team from the first quarter.

Paige was not feeling well last Friday and got into the doctor on Sunday and found out she had tonsillitis. She has been sick all week, but finally felt better this Friday. We decided to have a girls’ night (Friday) and went out for dinner, got some ice cream, and watched a movie. It was a much needed night.

Yesterday our friend Pragy cooked us up an Indian meal. He is from Indian so it was real Indian food and was SPICY! He made two types of curry and butter chicken. We also had naan and Mango lassies to cool our mouths down. It was delicious!! I made puppy chow and Oreo balls (some dipped in Milo aka their Nesquick) for dessert.

The weather has been absolutely beautiful! It has been the upper 60’s, lower 70’s and the sunshine has felt amazing. Two Sundays ago was Daylight Savings, so I had to set my clock an hour ahead. I am now 15 hours ahead of Indiana. Now it does not get dark until 8ish, which I love! It is going to be hard to go back to the coldness and darkness. Today I sat outside and did some homework and got some tan lines!

Random:
- We have been watching the Commonwealth games, which is like the Olympics but just for countries owned by the Commonwealth
- Mushies = mushrooms
- Powdered sugar = icing sugar
- Some movies and books have different covers than in America
- Read Swallow the Air for my Reading Stories class and it is written by an Australian and she used a lot of Australian slang/lingo in it and I would get really excited when I knew what the words or phrases meant!
- I am making a children’s book for my final project in my art class and it is based on time so I am using countries that my friends have visited/studied in to represent the time differences. It has been a very fun project to work on and I cannot wait to see the final product!
- Australians say “zed” instead “z” and the say “h” as “hch”