The World Spins Madly On

Life in Toowoomba is an interesting thing. I’ve been in classes for nearly 2 weeks and compared to Grove City academics, USQ classes are a breeze. I spent a total of 4 hours on Tuesday learning how to calculate the median and mean for my statistics class, so let’s just say I’m not too worried about failing. Along with statistics, I’m taking a basic biology class, an online business law class, and an advanced international business class (where 17 other international students and I get to sit in wheely chairs for 3 hours every Friday.) So the academic part is going OK; it certainly gives me a lot more free time than I would back in PA.

I also started my job last weekend and have 2 more shifts this weekend, which is exciting. The people are nice, and it’s usually pretty busy which keeps it fun. Right now I’m just running food out to tables but soon, I’ll be trained and then I’ll be a real waitress… I had to get a bike (because taxiing from downtown to USQ was ridiculously expensive) and the bus systems stops at about 5 PM every day here in the small town of Toowoomba. It’s getting delivered today and it’s hot pink so I’m (obviously) pretty excited about that.

But my life in Australia would be no fun if it was all just school and work, right? That’s why I’m leaving for New Zealand in 3 weeks! 3 of my friends here and I just bought our tickets to go to the southern island of New Zealand over uni holiday and we will be there from April 2nd- 20th. We are still deciding on if we are going to go through a tour company to see the whole island or if we’re going to plan our own trip, so we shall see. I have no idea what to expect in NZ so I’ll have to do some research.

Some random things about life here: They have drive-through bottle shops (what they call liquor stores) which I find odd because drinking and driving is illegal here… hmmm… There’s also no stop signs; only roundabouts which I think is very cool and something I wish we did in the States. Random things here are inexpensive/expensive, like you can get a pineapple for $1 but a candy bar costs at least $2.50. Guess I’ll be eating healthier… Although Domino’s delivers medium 4-topping pizzas here for $5.50 on Tuesdays. Perhaps not…