Fists With Your Toes

The American electrical outlet looks something like this    |  |

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The Australian electrical outlet looks like this                  / \

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...so this will a shorter post.  

I just finished lunch with my Aussie family.  We had toast with cheese and beans.  It was quite good.  I also had a piece of toast with Vegemite which was much saltier than I anticipated.  It wasn't bad, but I understand it to be an acquired taste.  Only time will tell if I decide to acquire it. 

I went for a walk today. I took the dog Saathi with me (Saathi means friend in another language, I forget which one.)  I didn't get lost... but I took a wrong turn and ended up back at the start.  A chute instead of a ladder.  I'll try again tomorrow. 

So, I am getting along extremely well with my Australian family.  The accent isn't too difficult to adjust to and I am already thinking in it a little bit.  I'm sure I'll soon be dreaming in Australian and then will before I know it I can put down on my resume that I speak two languages!

Jetlag is better than Nicki Minaj.  Though I will say yesterday was the only day I had to deal with it.  I stayed up from 2 AM to 8:30 PM.  Then I slept until 9 AM this morning and voila!  Fists with your toes...

My room is quite nice.  I have a closet a bed and a desk.  I toured the school the other day and am very excited to get in the classroom.  Still though, Spring Arbor University School of Education Assignments have always been worse than Nicki Minaj.  Maybe this time it will be different.

Regards,
Melmoth

P.S.

Thanks Matt

P.P.S.

I was introduced to a book series by John Marsden.  The first is called Tomorrow, When the Way Began.  It is about a group of young hikers who find themselves stuck in the woods when the Japanese invade Australia, they end up fighting back I think.  I haven't read it yet, but I think I will read them while watching the movie RED DAWN over and over again.