Study week... wait who studies?

This past week was the official second to last week in the beautiful land of Australia. It is also study week at Bond Uni. Yup, study week. Now, I can personally say I did not study, unless if studying comes in the form of studying price tags because I did a lot of shopping. Anyway, so this past week the weather was cold, rainy, and a little on the icky side, so soaking up the sun was not an option. However, Steffan, Jacqueline, Lacey, and I managed to get some frisbee in earlier in the week.

The Jellyfish we found on the beach

playing frisbee-ball with a palm leaf

Jacqueline and the giant palm leaf

Lately everyone in my apartment has been in the Christmas spirit (hence our wonderful Christmas decorations) and this past week Jacqueline, Lacey, and I made Christmas cookies! However, our frosting didn't really turn out the greatest, but it still worked. By the end of cookie decorating we were all rolling on the floor laughing from some of the things said while decorating the cookies. It made for some very good entertainment :) Later that night we had people over in our room to watch Santa Claus 3 to keep the Christmas spirit going.

As you could probably imagine when it isn't sunny there really is not much to do around here. I mean you can only watch so many TV shows and movies before you get sick of it all. However, they do play 7th Heaven re-runs here and that is one show everyone in the apartment can't get sick of. In order to keep ourselves busy during the crappy weather week Brenna, Lacey, Jacqueline, and I took a trip to the Harbor Town shopping center. There are so many outlets here it was kind of like going to the Medford Outlets. One of the highlights of this trip was seeing Santa drive around in a decked out golf cart.
 

 This week was also the TEAN Bond University farewell dinner. Honestly, I cannot believe that part of the semester has come and passed. It feels like just yesterday everyone was moving into their apartments here in the Gold Coast, and now in 1 week we all pack up to head our separate ways. It is very bitter sweet. Here are a few pictures from the dinner.

Roomies <3

So delicious!!!

Matt, our orientation leader, came for a surprise visit!

That about wraps it up for this weeks update. Sorry it is not more interesting.
Only one week left in the OZ and I'm going to soak up as much sun as possible :)
Later Gators!
<3 Melissa