Thirsty Tuesdays

I am having a really great time at St. Paul. The people are so nice and welcoming. It just so happens that the only people back right now are either RA's, members of the executive committee planning "O" Week, and international students (all four of us). Needless, to say, I have been hanging out with RA's for the past two days; ironic, I know. I can't seem to escape. But they are so awesome. My first night here, I went to the Strand, the equivalent of a boardwalk, in Townsville. It is a really nice area right on the beach with some great nightlife and cool little coffee shops and stores. Anyways, I went with Boyd, Maddie, Sean, and Chris. We met up with this girl Leslie who was with here mom at their favorite cafe called Juliette's. I had some awesome rasberry and vanilla gelato. After, we walked up and down the strand, enjoying the evening and the cool, Pacific breeze. Leslie and her mom were staying in a nice hotel and they invited us up to their room for a glass of Australian wine. I was all over that. It was red, though, I forget the name of it. I liked it, not being such a fan of red wines, I was surprised. I love just sitting back drinking wine with a fun group, just living life.

Yesterday, I had some more banking issues. I won't get into details but lets just say I finally got things worked out (thanks to mom). Boyd, Maddie, Chris and myself went into Stockland to get snacks for them and a phone for me. I was unable to get one though because I needed my passport...something about anti-terrorism. I thought that was just George Bush in America doing that kind of stuff. We were so lazy in the afternoon, watching The Ship that Rocks, Greek, and some comedian in Boyd's air con room. It was fun. Boyd, myself, and Jess went to the gym in Pauls. I think I burned more calories sweating than I did from working out. It was a good time though. Around 8, a small group of us ran out to the Bottle-o to get some alcohol for the evening. Apparently, Tuesdays are crazy here, two dollar drinks, hence the thirsty Tuesday. I bought my first six pack of an Australian beer called Barefoot. There were about thirty people drinking in the common room before caught the bus into Townsville. It was a really fun night. Boyd knows the manager of this one club, so we got this $500 VIP room and a bunch of free drinks for all of the RA's and myself to have. We probably had 20+ people there. We got back around 1:30 (we took a maxi-taxi back) and I was in bed by 2:00am.
I was up bright and early for breakfast which was practically empty. People went crazy last night and some didn't get back until 3, 4, 7am. I will not be doing that; Shane needs his beauty sleep. I was able to get to know this girl, Kirsty, and guy, Chris, a lot better last night. I flew solo for the first on the bus today. I made it to Stockland, got a phone and went shopping at Crazy Clarks. Love that store. It's basically like a Big Lots. I got all of my school supplies and stuff I needed for my room for under $30...MUCH better than what I payed the other day at WoolWorths. Okay, I have to go work on Udall stuff and election stuff. ASG primary elections are Wednesday and Thursday!