Only 16,263 kms Away

Rachel:

I got quite a shock today when I checked our bank balance! We had about $2000 less than I thought we did.  I did our budget as soon as we got home and it looks like everything is in order, it’s just a shock to have spent so much money setting up a house, rent, utilities, school tuition and then we paid out $2000 for our trip to Uluru (which I am super excited for).

   I was really home sick yesterday.  Its entertaining/distracting for a little while to move to a new country, learn how weird/fun/hot it is, go to Ikea for new furniture and eat Tim Tams. Then reality sets in, school starts, cleaning, grocery shopping etc etc etc and you kind of realize that you are thousands of miles away from home and you aren’t going to see any of your friends or family for like 5 months and Tim Tams cost a lot more when you are trying to fit it in your $100/week shopping budget.  REALITY CHECK!

   We have yet to eat the kangaroo that is in our freezer.  I really think Kurtis is creeped out to the max about it, and since he is the chef, I am going to bet that it stays in the freezer for a lot longer.

   I haven’t seen the possum that comes to our courtyard for a while so I’ve shut off the lights in the apartment to see him better outside tonight.  Alexis and I have decided (via an expensive phone call) that his name is Trudeau.

    Kurtis is out at a concert with his friend Geir so I’m at home watching a whole season of Kath and Kim (which is hilarious by the by) that I rented from a Blockbuster for $3. It’s funny the odd combination of familiar (Blockbuster) and foreign (Kath and Kim) things that I come across everyday.  

                                                     

     Speaking of familiar, I found a Peek-A-Pooh machine downtown yesterday and it was selling the “winter collection” which is hilarious because it’s a bunch of stuff that Aussies have no clue about: ice, igloos, parkas etc. 

    We’re getting internet on the 23^rd. FINALLY! I have never realized how much I rely on it for everything: weather, directions, shopping, socializing, finding work, doing school work, everything! Okay time for another episode of Kath and Kim!

 

Aussie word of the day: Right-O! (Said by Malcolm the bushman nine million times an episode of “Going Bush”)