And... I'm never leaving

It's hard to motivate myself to do anything inside when the sun is out, the sky is clear, and I have the suntan of an albino. But I am here, giving a short account of what I've been doing for the past three days since we've gotten here.


We arrived on Friday afternoon, and made our way back to Tyson's apartment. Tyson's brother, Callum, picked us up from the airport. Not much else happened on Friday, considering I slept a whole three hours on the fourteen hour flight. But Tyson and I did get out long enough to have a couple beers and a pub around the corner with some of his friends, which was really fun. They're also hiring, so that'll be good if I can get a job. Saturday was a little bit more exciting. I woke up at six (because it gets light then, AWESOME!), and putsed around for a little bit before going for a run. It was nice to get out into the fresh air, although Saturday was a little overcast so it wasn't that nice out. The rest of the day was spent getting some things that I need: a bank account, a phone, a pillow, towels, laundry basket, and food. Tyson and I had a nice dinner then watched a movie and went to bed. Exciting as that sounds, we were both asleep by nine thirty. Oh yeah.

This morning Tyson got up at like five thirty... crazy... and I slept until seven then went for a really nice long run. I ran about 12 k (7.5 miles) along the river and passed a golf course and the zoo. I'll walk along the path soon and take pictures if anyone is interested, and I did get some nice pictures today whilst sitting in the sun on the riverbank. Once I got back from my run I had breakfast and showered, then did a few more "getting settled" things and tried to skype with my parents... to no avail. I don't know if anyone has had this problem with skype, but the video was working and the audio wasn't. I don't know if it's something with Tyson's computer or my parents being a little technologically retarded, but it never started working, even after about an hour of trying. Maybe Betsy will be able to help them if she's ever in the same place as them. That was frustrating, but I think it'll work a lot better once I get my computer here... which should be sometime with in the next two weeks. Then i'll be able to skype with anyone who's interested (or I can do it via gmail too).

After having lunch I headed down to the river to read and sit in the sun. Adelaide is basically a huge widelife preserve. I was sitting about a foot from a duck that was enjoying some shade, and there were loads of black swans and a pelican just floating around in the water and being fed by some passersby. It was pretty cool. Except for this high school aged couple that was kissing and taking pictures of themselves simultaneously. It was appalling. Although I know where they get it from, when I was walking back I saw a couple in their thirties lying in the grass making out in public... a good example for the younger kids. I seriously don't know how people can do that... I mean a kiss here and there is fine. But sitting in a public park right next to the path making out for an hour is not showing affection, it's just plain annoying. Get a room.

Then I came back and made myself a snack and rested for a while, sitting in the sun is tiresome. Oh, and I'm reading this really awesome book called Liberators by Robert Harvey. It's a five hundred page book about the seven men that liberated Latin America. It's super historical, but reads really well and quickly. It's also basically everything I never learned in school about what happened between the Spanish Americans and the Spaniards. If anyone is interested I would highly recommend it.

And that's about it. I'm currently waiting for Tyson to finish up some "team building" exercises he has to do with some people at college... he's the assistant assistant dean (or something like that), so he has to do a bunch of shit with the other college workers this week. But once he gets back we're heading to his parents house about an hour away to have dinner. Should be fun, they always send us back with a nice bottle of wine so I'm looking forward to that. Not to mention his parents are a riot.

Well, that's all for now. Miss you guys a lot... kinda sucks not having friends, but I'll be sure to make some. Tyson has pointed out the "dodgy" places where people hang out at night. I'll be sure to check those out, they're usually up for making friends.

Cheers,
Katherine