Magnetic Island

To answer your question, I was good enough after Fresher Keg to wake up at 6:00am Saturday morning and do the bins. It only took me an hour and a half but I was so, so tired. The week was really beginning to catch up with me. We left for Magnetic Island at around 9:30am, taking the bus to the ferry and then a ferry 20 minutes to Magnetic Island. We spent the rest of our morning and early afternoon at this resort-ish/hotel/hostel thing sitting under the shade eating lunch and talking. We caught a bus to Horseshoe Bay which has a beach, some stores and bars, and overall some nice scenery. Swimming was allowed here because the beach had a net to keep the stingers and jellies out. I was quite surprised because the water was warm and their were no waves and it was very murky. I felt very much like I was swimming in a lake. People say the nicer beaches are farther south in Australia or up north around Cairns. I will have to see these beaches for myself. Anyways, we practically just laid under some trees on the beach all day and were very lazy. We caught the ferry back and got back to campus maybe around six.
Earlier in the morning, while I was signing the sheets for doing the bins, I noticed that the "chef" man put me on to work Saturday (same day as Maggie Island), Sunday and Monday. I was not happy with this because I had (1) said I don't want to/will not work weekends because I am an international student and want to see the country on the weekends and (2) had paid for a day at Maggie Island and was not going to miss out on that experience. Long story short, I did not go to work on Saturday (I told somebody of course) and am going to have to get a few things straight with my boss (not the "chef" man but a nicer guy who actually is a chef named Geoff). Whatever, I am over it. Because I was scared to eat dinner in the kitchen on Saturday night, Boyd, Maddie, Kirsty and I got Chinese take out and watched Mean Girls. It was a good night and I finally did laundry. Pluses all around.
Both Sunday and today have been equally lazy. I did work yesterday in the kitchen and did the bins and am working tonight in the kitchen. I am lucky and don't have any class on Monday but will have my first class tomorrow. Wish me luck; I haven't had to do this since December 9th!