The first week I was able to Skype a couple times with someone close to my heart who I had not seen or talked to in a very long time. It was amazing having the chance to catch up and reconnect. Skype is seriously a God-send...
I made sure to put buying cards at the top of my priority list for the week considering May is a month full of special days in my family...it is Mother's Day as well as my dad's birthday. Cards were sent out to their respective addresses, along with a special Mother's Day surprise for my grandma. When she heard that I was going to Australia and that I would be staying in not one but TWO hotels while I was there, she promptly asked me if I could bring home their plastic laundry bags and their signature face wash clothes...don't ask...she has a thing for them and I just smile and love her for it :) I was able to confiscate one was cloth as well as a cloth laundry bag from both hotels! I put them all in a box along with the hotel slippers they put at the foot of your bed, attached a note, and sent them on their way. She was ecstatic when they came in the mail...it made me so happy that I could make her day.
Wednesday was Cinco de Mayo which called for a group celebration at the flats where I live. We all enjoyed a holiday that is so normal to celebrate in the states, and convince the Kiwis and other international students to celebrate with us, even though they didn't completely get the point! :) I also had a paper due earlier that day, which was nice to get out of the way before the celebration.
Thursday I had a group presentation due for my Politics class, and while I was not as prepared for it as I would have liked, our group still did really well. The other girl in my presentation group was so nervous to speak in front of the class. That morning I kept telling her that everything would be okay and that she would do a great job. Later on she told me over the computer how much I helped her and how she wanted to do something to thank me. So the next week in tutorial she showed up with a Starbucks mocha to say thank you. She is by far one of the sweetest friends I have met here thus far :)
On Saturday, Erin and I hurried down to Farmer's Market for some early morning shopping and then headed straight back home to get ready for her lifting competition. Erin has been training for Amherst volleyball season while in NZ, and decided to register for a lifting competition during training. She competed in the bench press, squat, and dead lift and did soooo well!! I was such a proud best friend sitting on the bleachers with her roommates cheering her on, and then going behind the scenes to take pictures to document the occasion. I've never been to a weight lifting competition before...it was pretty cool!
This week was a whole lot of fun, but just like every other week since I've been in NZ, it went by CRAZY fast!
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