Yesterday, despite weather.com claiming it was going to be storming all that day - and in fact saying it was raining at the time - it was beautiful out. It's funny, it was rainy and cloudy only for the school week, but it felt like forever. Like it's so beautiful here and normally really sunny that once it's cloudy it seems so out of place. I guess that's not entirely true though, the rain can be nice - plus it basically feels like a rainforest here, so it fits.
Anyway. Amy is gone on a trip to Jervis Bay this weekend, so the rest of us went to the beach for a few hours. We played in the huge crashing waves for a while which was fun but tiring. They can be quite strong and if you catch them wrong I can totally see being thrashed around by it. Even in knee-deep water it's hard to keep your footing sometimes since it's like someone is kicking in your knees almost. The key is to dive under the bigger waves and therefore more or less avoid them altogether. I looked really dorky I'm sure, but I wore my goggles which took out the clear-your-eyes-every-time-you-come-up factor. Everyone learned how blind I am too when I was out in the water and couldn't see where they were. Surfing next weekend will be interesting lol.
And of course, despite the fact that I was only out for a couple hours and reapplied sunscreen, I still got nice and burnt. Stupid hole in the ozone layer. While I haven't gotten any bad burns, it seems like I've more or less been red or peeling ever since I got here lol. I ran out of my US sunblock yesterday though, so I bought some more yesterday at the store. Aussie sunblock is supposed to be extra-strength since they have such intense sun. You can't really find much less than 30, which I've been told is much more than the US 30spf somehow. So hopefully that'll help. Until then I'll just keep chugging water and dousing myself in aloe haha.
In other news, I think I'm dropping that play in education class, and picking up Intro to Sociology. While I was really excited about it before I went, I don't think it's going to be worth it. There are two major assignments - a 3000 word essay and a group 4000 word essay with an hour presentation... plus everyone else is planning to travel over their 3-day weekends and I don't really want to be stuck in class while everyone is gallavanting around australia. Basically it honestly comes down to the fact that academics, for this one semester, are not my absolute priority. Important, yes, but really, how many times do you get to go to Australia?
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