It's been a while

I'm a bad blogger, I know. It has been way to long and so many things have happened since my last post. When I last left I was on lecture recess in the Gold Coast with Ashley. We finished our trip with a day at the beach and then we went to the Australia zoo for a day. That was my favorite day of break. I loved being at the zoo and seeing all the crocs that were made famous by Steve Irwin. It was great being where his heart constantly was and although I didn't see any of his family or Wez (his best mate) I was constantly on the look-out. Ask Ashley, she hated me for it. While at the zoo we took in a show or two and held a snake (so proud of Ashley for that) and petted a croc. Overall break was a really good time. The week after break was no fun since I was sick. Thought it was swine flu and things got crazy. I got better by the time my 21st birthday party rolled around however. Sara and I decided to celebrate our birthdays together and it was a BLAST. We had dinner at Cactus Jacks (our fav. mexican place) and then went back to party at GR. It was my goal to have 21 drinks in order to celebrate my birthday and I succeeded. I was already at number 13 by the time we left dinner thanks to all my friends. Sara got me some NZ vodka for my present and I put it to good use. All of my other friends here were really great on my birthday and it showed how much they care and know me (Caitlyn and Katee both got me jewelry either having to do with marine science or 'Oz and I love them). After celebrating and then recovering from birthday celebrations I knew it was time to get down to business.
Since being back in Townsville school had weighed me down. That didnt stop me from going to UniClub and town on various occasions. Todd turned 21 and we celebrated with some Tavern Trivia and then his GF Jen came to visit. It was nice to have another American around and it didn't hurt that she goes to Coastal as well. Getting news from home was great and we had a blast while she was here. So school got intense and it did involve me reconstructing a fish skull, not pleasant but in the end he turned out awesome. Alot of Rugby also happened. GR had its finals and although both the boys and girls lost, it was still a ton of fun to go and support them. The Queensland Cowboys also had there last home game recently. My Aussie friends Matt, Shaun and Frosty decided to make a banner for a contest at the game. They won for that night and are entered to win a car, its a 1 in 20 chance of winning, so thats pretty awesome. The game that night was also great becasue the Cowboys WON :)