Ameriwhat?? Nope, not me

So there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that there are apparently gigantic earthworms of mass porportions lurking in the aussie soil that grow up to 3m long and you can hear them move under the soil if you step over where their tunnels are. I can deal with the snakes and lizards and waking up to giant cockroaches chilling on my bed and hanging out in the kitchen as well as the spiders larger than my fist.. not even a big deal.. the snails I've been able to manage aka Lachy carries me from the car to the door every night when they're out.. but giant earthworms... oh hells no. Not up in here. At first this was horrifying and devastating as it means that I could never sustain a permanent residence here, but the good news is that Lachy pointed out that we have them in the US as well and I somehow survived that so I guess coming back to Australia permanently isn't completely off the table.. as long as I stay as far away from the East Coast as possible.. which is coincidentally where Perth is located. Woman and children please shield your eyes as the image displayed below may be highly troublesome and invoke nightmares and profuse bedwetting.



 This past week was fortunately our "study" break in which we have zero classes and can prepare both mentally and physically for our exams to come over the next two weeks.  Naturally instead of studying I went on a last mintue trip down south by Margaret River. South of Perth is completely different from its cousins up North that we toured on our roadtrip.. for starters, it's green. Instead of the red dirt covered plains up North,  the Southern part of WA offers numerous vineyards and the livestock isn't just chilling in the middle of the road like up North but in contained fields where they look actually healthy. The drive done was absolutely stunning as was our resort we stayed at. We lucked out and Emma's aunt that lives here booked a room for Emma and her cousins but unfortunately they were unable to go so we made it a girl's fake-weekend and Sam, Lauren, and I made the journey.

 Def a lot different from my last roadtrip as this place had an actualy jacuzzi spa and two huge double beds, full kitchen, a tav less than 500m away and the beach within a 5 minute walking distant. We were able to just hang out and drink bottles of wine in the jacuzzi after playing/attemping pool in the tav the first night and were lucky enough to meet up with a group of our other international friends that went on a real roadtrip down south a week earlier. They hadn't showered in a few days so they were pretty happy to crash in our room. We were able to all catch up while playing a few games and it made for such a nice escape from the reality of finals approaching. The beach was amazing however it was a little chilly so only a few of us actually went in and attempted to surf, it also helps that someone got eaten by a shark down at Margaret River a few weeks ago so we all weren't overly keen on jumping right in. But now that we're back in good ol' Perth it's back to business.

  This week I have an exam Thurs, Fri, and my worst one next Tues. At first I was pretty stoked about my schedule since I had extra time to study but now that everyones finishing up by Wednesday for the most part I'm realizing the extent of how devastating my Tuesday 70% of my grade Bioenergetics exam could be. It's so sad because everyones starting to plan their summer trips or their going away parties so in less than two weeks everyone will be literally all over the world which means goodbye. I've started studying for the bioenergetics exam now (yes over a week in advance.. my life is in shambles this I know) so that I can try and make as many as the events as possible as it may be the last time I see so many of these amazing people. After calling the airlines there's a glimmer of hope that I may be able to stay until Dec 10th which would be amazing. I miss so many people back at home, especially my mum, Stevo, and other Sarah and so many more but I figure this will be the last time I'm here until I graduate so I might as well make the most of it. Lindsey and I have looked into maybe flying out to Melbourne on the 1st, getting a rental car and doing essentially what we did for the Northern Adventure and just making our way up to Sydney to fly out around the 9th. There's so many great things on the East Coast such as the Blue Mountains and the 12 Disciples rocks that would be amazing to see. Even if I can't make it to the East Coast it would be so worth the extra money just to spend an extra 10 days here in the warmth before returning to the frigid cold. However, all of this depends on the immunizations needed for India and whether or not I can just drug myself up in that short amount of time or if I can get what I need here.. hopefully I'll be able to figure that all out in a few days. Otherwise I have about two weeks left which will surely fly by especially with  Jordan and the fam to coming down and explore the little piece of heaven that is Australia for themselves which I'm super pumped about. But I should really stop procrastinating and do some actual work. I'm still waiting to hear back from Teach for America, I got pushed through to the final interview round which was exciting but I found out about it about 3 hours before the 2 hour exam that needed to be completed for it was due so we'll see how that works out.. hopefully the liquid courage pumping through my veins helped a little bit.. only time will tell. If not South Korea here I come!!

 Jordan-  I went down South to Margaret River where hopefully I'll be taking you and the fam when you come down :) Only about a weekish left, get excited!! Except there's giant worms here (refer to horrifying picture above) so please try and bring Sydneykins to sort that out. I have exams, they're gunna be rough but I'm still willing to bet that tattoo that I still get a better GPA than you this semester. BTW the minimum for a tattoo here is $120.. so hopefully I win this bet. But see ya in a week! Don't forget tomato soup, only 2 cans left!!