I'll Be Home Soon

I just wanted to let everyone back in the States that I will be coming back around the end of January for about 3 and a half weeks for a little holiday. Just in time for the Superbowl.

My flight arrives on the 23rd of January and I leave on the 18th of February. Hopefully I'll get to see everyone before I head back down here to finish. I am thinking about planning a long weekend and heading to Vegas if anyone would like to join me. Any time between then is cool with me.

Sorry for the lack of updates the past month or so. I finished with my last exam last Monday so I'm done for this semester but I still have my on-going research project which will go until about the new year. I would have loved to come back for the holidays but unfortunately the turtles didn't come out earlier.

It's been a nice and relaxing week, except for Monday morning, but I still have the feeling like I have another assessment due or a paper to write. I'm sure it will take a while to get used to it.

My housemates and I went up to Coollum Beach Sat. night and yesterday which was a great time. It was the first time I went in the ocean since I've been here. So you kind of get the idea of how much work I've had so far. It was raining for most of the day so I didn't get any pictures but the surf and the water were amazing. I might have to take up surfing if I stay down here.

Hope everyone is doing well back home. I'll slowly be emailing everyone I can in the next few weeks as I've been lacking at communication for a while. Thanks for all the comments as well on my blog. I'm off to watch the Sunday night Football game online.

Later,
B.

A Few More Days

Sorry to everyone who checks on a regular basis for the lack of updates. It's been a rough past month here down under. Papers, assessments, papers, projects for about 3 weeks straight. But I have one final on Monday and will be done for the semester...except for my research project which will go until about the middle of January.

I'm planning on coming back to Cleveland around the end of Jan. for a few weeks so hopefully I'll be able to meet up with everyone.

Lots of stuff has been going on the past month. One of our housemates moved out and another one moved in, had a Halloween party and I started my research. Here are some pictures for everyone.

Erin, Nina and Julian

Jen with some nice hair

Erin & Emma (new housemate)

Everyone dancing as usual.

Tri and John in the pool

John the Executioner

White trash and zombie

Papa Smurf, witch and Pippy

Me and Hil (crash-test dummy and white trash)

As usual it was a great party with everyone getting dressed up and getting pretty drunk. I'll have to find someone who got a good picture of the decorations on our wall and put it up.

My lab. I'll get one of the eggs today when I go and measure them.

Brisbane River Turtle

Don't worry I'm not killing them like the mice. I just take their eggs and measure them. For now.

Cool little spider I saw while chilling on the hammock.

Spiny caterpillar

Tawny Frogmouth that flew in the house a few weeks ago.

I'll post more on Tuesday after my final with some more stuff. I'm off to measure some eggs now. Not sure why this is underlined but it must be important.

Later,
B.