I got up this morning and wrote my discussion questions for the week. Then I cleaned the kitchen. I don't know if the kitchen gets dirty very easily or if I'm just more through at cleaning it (there seemed to be quite a few dust bunnies) I was getting started on my next study project when Katie called that we were late and needed to go to the store. I accompanied her to aldi and coles(the supermarket), she kept asking me what I would eat and I kept telling her I had food for the week for every meal except dinner. Our agreement is I am responsible for all but one meal a day. This is on the contract that was set up through the home stay agency. I don't know if Katie is trying to get more money out of me or if she's just being nice offering to buy food for both of us. It's a little annoying. It is also a bit confusing because according to the contract she isn't just supposed to be buying my food but also cooking for me. I cook for myself 3 days last week and she is planning on the same set up this week. I try to be polite yet forceful when I insist that I only want dinner......oops that was me being stressed. Back to Katie. She was high strung all through the shopping trip and upset that Aldi did not have the product that she was expecting. For anyone that is unaware, the marketing position of Aldi is that they stock over produced items in a no frills environment to sell off excess product from their German counter parts. Kinda like overstock.com So, never go to Aldi expecting a certain product. It's not that they aren't stocked appropriately it's just that the item you are looking for wasn't produced in excess this cycle. After we got done at the stores I unpacked the car and put away groceries while Katie freaked out at Stan because he wasn't helping her correctly.
At 2 Robbie the dull came over and took me to St. Kilda's festival. We were supposed to meet his friends too but they bailed.
St. Kilda's festival is a yearly tradition celebrating the multicultural lifestyle of Melbourne. It is very big about 4k end to end. It is right next to where I ran yesterday so I was able to orient myself. It was pretty sweet! I don't know if he was less dull or if I was just so excited to get away from the unnecessary stress that I enjoyed being with him. We got coffee at a lovely coffee shop.
I had a Latte
and a Mocha.
Apparently I pronounce mocha like an American. Australians say Mock-A. I tried saying it their way but I sound really dumb. After that we walked around a bit. We tried to go on a roller coaster but it was closed so we went on THE ENTERPRISE instead. It was one of those circular rides where you go up and down while going around in a circle. Yes Abbie my stomach felt exactly how you are imagining it. There were all sorts of events from skatebording to pie eating contests.
It started to rain and Robbie had to go to work so we headed back. On the way we got twisted potatoes. It is a spiral potato on a skewer. How fabulous!
When we got back Katie freaked out at me for not telling her that Robbie was going to pick me up. She's stressed out that he is going to go home and tell his mother that she(Katie) is a mess. Katie and her sister in law don't get along all that well unfortunately. Luckily for me the fit didn't last too long because Katie and Stan were on their way to freak out at Katie's 25year old daughter, Rachel. Rachel bought a house earlier this week and everyone is dealing with the hassles of that.
After they left I packed my bag for tomorrow and went to work on my case study. No it's my turn to freak out. I don't know if I'm really upset or if Katie's stress is rubbing off on me. I opened the google doc to find a note from my parter Jason. He wants to skip this case study because he has a hectic week coming up. He has wanted to skip the last three case studies and last week's he didn't do correctly so I had to rewrite his section. I'm not just being picky, he didn't do the reading so didn't know what he was supposed to be talking about. I understand that he is busy but I am working on two graduate degrees and trying to settle into a new country 16 hours away from home while still dealing with the stresses of everyday life. He didn't help me the week that I was on an airplane for 25 hours and then had jet lag. My answer is: man up and do your work!Anyway I guess I have to write the entire thing by myself tonight and he will decide if he wants to turn it in or not. This is slightly more work than I was anticipating because I am now responsible for both parts not just mine and if it had been a collaborative effort I would have had until Wednesday to finish. Sigh. I actually might be a good thing, I have intense anatomy tomorrow(shoulder, elbow and wrist) and will probably want to study that instead of writing a case study tomorrow. I hope my stress isn't rubbing off on anyone else. I really did have a good day:)
Fun stuff: I got a facebook invite for pie day 3 years from now because it will be 3/14/15. I'm excited too but really 3 years before the fact?
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