St. Paul

I love my college! St. Paul is awesome. I moved my stuff in (two trips...) from Uni Hall. Kerri in the office was extremely helpful and Boyd, the Student Association President showed me to my room and gave me the grand tour. This place is so much better than Uni Hall. I am staying in St. Paul which starting this year is apart of the Catholic College along with St. Rafael. There are all of these beautiful paths and gardens between the buildings and my room is much larger than I was expecting.
Lunch was really unexpected as well. I have been eating cheese sandwiches with fruit for the past week at Uni Hall. You can understand my surprise when I was served prawns (shrimp), chips (french fries), sweet potato/eggplant curry, and fresh fruit. Clutch. I was so content it's unbelievable. I was unable to unpack my stuff which made me feel much more at home. Living out of a suitcase is no fun and as cheesy as it may sound, I love to unpack. Some would say organizing is sort of my thing. After all of the fun of unpacking wore off, I had a bunch of errands to run. Finally armed with a permanent address I was able to order my bank card, health insurance card, transit card and get my student ID. My debit card was not working today and because it was my first try here in Oz I am thinking my bank is thinking FRAUD. We're workin' on it.
Dinner was equally as fulfilling as lunch. If you know me you know how important meals are to me. After breakfast my main concern is what I am having for lunch, after lunch, I am thinking about dinner and after dinner, I am craving breakfast. So that being said, things are starting on the right foot here at St. Paul. I have been able to meet a lot of new, really dynamic people thus far today, especially upon my arrival and at dinner. Boyd and I chatted for a bit after dinner and I am going to join him and some of his friends to watch movies tonight.
Last thing, soccer doesn't start here until next semester. Curses. I was so excited about it here. I met the sports coordinator here and he was really stoked to hear I am interested in swimming and playing water polo for St. Paul. Apparently they are in a crunch for guy athletes. I think I might give rugby a go and depending on how I feel (and how much time I have), I might play basketball as well. Until next time, oi!