Australia - Day 181

I bet you all thought I’d forgotten about you. Don’t worry, I haven’t. I’ve just been distracted by shiny objects, and for that, I apologize.

It’s been a while since my last posting – so long in fact that the first semester of my Masters program has come and gone, as has the two-month winter holiday. Second semester is already in full swing, or at least a week into it. (What exactly counts as ‘full swing’ anyways?)

The first semester went well, my grades turned out better than expected so that’s a big plus – have a better GPA now than during my undergrad – go figure.

The winter break went by fairly uneventfully... I got a temp job working in the city as a “Marketing Assistant” at a big software security firm. Sounds oh so glamorous I know ;) Haha. Trust me, it’s not. All I did was help with a big mail-out by stuffing envelopes with USB keys – fun fun. On the bright side I could bring in my laptop and watch TV so I can’t complain too loudly about the monotony of the job. And, though it was only supposed to be for a couple of weeks it actually lasted the entire 2-month break. (Almost made it through the entire series of 24). The downside is that I had to wake up earlier everyday of my holiday than I do during school. That’s just not cool man, not cool at all. (I likes my sleep).

Also during the break my parents came over from Canada for a visit. Not to visit me mind you, I’m more of the bonus side attraction :P They’d have come whether I was here or not haha. But it was nice to see them, and I got to travel up to the Sunshine Coast at Noosa to spend a week with them and their friends. Not only did it get me out of cold and rainy Sydney and I also took the opportunity to take a side trip down to the Gold Coast to visit an old school friend from back home too, so that was fun ☺

Back in school now, semester two is looking a little more interesting than the first. I have somewhat more entertaining classes (from what I can tell so far). One in particular being the Forensic Science class - pity that one is only over the course of two weekends rather than every week. This past Sunday we got to learn about fingerprinting and actually got to lift some prints and analyze them ourselves, so that was pretty cool. Or, at least I thought so, but maybe that just makes me a nerd ☺ The next time we have that class isn’t until October, but then we get to learn about toxicology so that will be a fun unit I’m sure...

This Friday my ex from my U of C days will be in town on business and we’re going to meet up for dinner. That should be... interesting haha. I’m sure it’ll be fine... Just haven’t seen him in 3 years, how awkward could it be? ;) Riiight... I’ll let you know.

So I’ve glossed over the finer points, but that’s basically been my life for the past 3 months that I’ve neglected to write anything. School, work, 24, school again, a few parties peppered here and there...

So umm yeah... Sorry for keeping you in the dark for so long (if any of you even noticed haha). Promise not to be so neglectful in the future (I’m sure you’ve heard that before).