I want my Feburary 19th back...but at least I have Reeses

Waking up on February 18th, 2010, I lazily got out of bed at half past noon and got dressed. I went to bed at 6AM, purposely depriving myself of sleep for the long plane ride. And man was it long. I got to the airport and went to get my tickets, but there was a problem. The airline didn't have my visa in their system...hmm. The lady called the Australian embassy and they didn't have it either. I printed out a copy of my visa and handed it to her. At this point I'm waiting for 10-15 minutes worrying about the status of my trip but luckily her last phone call came through for me and I boarded. I left at 5:30PM EST...and here is where the time zones get weird. Six hour flight (I believe) to San Francisco. I arrived at 8:30PST, and waited two hours to board. I snuck up behind few other Colgate people and caught them by surprise. We walk to the gate and wonder where the two other students who were supposed to be on our flight are. They literally arrived at the last minute before we had to board the plane. Left at 10:30PST and 14 hours later, I arrived at Sydney at 8AM, February 20 2010. I never have and will never see 19/2/10. Customs didn't allow peanuts but they let me pass with Reeses. I have a huge bag from Price Chopper and I was going to damn hell eat all of them before customs if I had to.

At like 11 I arrive at Wollongong and catch up with another Colgate student as he got off his taxi ride to the same dorm (what timing). Apparently there was some Weerona College tradition that involved getting very messy, so I skipped that and instead went shopping with Kevin Kurkul and Emily Weyburne. Went to the beach (GORGEOUS beach) and walked around and finally came home. Settled in for a bit and I went to meet my floormates, who are pretty chill guys. We went out to a pub and man is the beer good. It also feels really weird to be legal. Also grrr at paying for internet. $30 for 16GB for a month. Gaming here is bad but I need to get out anyway.
Here's a picture of a beach I caught as we landed.















Dangerous animals encountered: 0