well what do you know, you blink and you're already half way through your second to last semester of your university career. there has been so much life going on between this and the last post, but i'll give you some highlights anyway...
we got a flat, we're in america so it's actually an apartment, but its really a flat. i have my own room, and was given a double bed for free so it's pretty flippin sweet. realised though, doing nothing is a funny thing. last year i had no idea how much i just did nothing, because i was always doing nothing with meike, i was never alone (and by nothing i mean something of course, but not planned or anything like that). when you're by yourself it's not nearly as much fun.
this is me and claudia on the couch we made, you can push down the back and voila it's a bed, it's this amazing japanese invention that is very popular in hawaii, it's called a futon : ) i'm sure my educated readers know all this, it's just even though i'm very accustomed to it, i still think they're amazing.
tali and kim and kathryn visited, not much else to say other than they totally rocked my world! first visiters over here other than the parentals and it def gave me a whole new appreciation for hawaii. they're so fun, and were so incredibly patient with me, even when i led us all past some keep out signs on the way to a hike and we walked like half an hour in the wrong direction : )
coralee visited, i don't know if i could ever explain you ya'll how much i love that girl, she truly lights up my life. seemed so normal to have her here, was weird to say bye. feel like i didn't really play the host very well, i didn't take her to many touristy places coz i was like, there's other places to go...sorry reef!!!
school is going well, taking 4 french classes, so that is flippin sweet coz i get so much it, it actualy makes it so much easier. 3 are around my level, one is WAY over my head, but it's probably my favourite ever. my teacher is this amazing mind, beautiful black zimbabwean man about whom i like to make up stories r
egarding his life before he got to hawaii in my head. we've read a collection of stories from the middle ages, some rennaissance poetry, and now we're up to late 16th century theatre. it's fun, i can understand the readings for the most part, and i can even analyse them to a certain extent, and sometimes talk about them, but it's pretty fair to say that my french academic writing - actually not even academic writing, my french writing is atrocious. so the class has been a source of much entertainment in the least! : )
water polo has been pretty alright so far! we all get along really well which is incredible considering there are 25 of us, all university aged identity crisis know everything girls, we go to full time training the week after next though so we'll see how things go then! haha, no it'll be good, we have some fast girls (can't say much else coz i've only seen everyone swim, have no idea bout anything else) which is really good, gutted i'm not the fastest anymore but i suppose my pride will recover one day : )
summary of life lessons so far this year - life is a roller coaster, and thats ok. it's actually probably good.
love loveA xxox
