Adventures in Australia

Today I am writing from lovely Melbourne, Australia, where it is WINTER and 14 hours earlier than Boston time. I've been on the other side of the world for 12 days now, and it is quite a good time. I started out at the wedding of my best childhood friend, Jessica, in Perth (western Australia). I've been in Melbourne (in the southeast) for a full week, just hanging out on my own and staying in a hostel. You meet a lot of interesting people in hostels; I'm tempted to find one in Boston to stay in just to see what kind of people come through our city! I'll be headed to Brisbane to hang out with my little brother Nate in two days; that will be awesome. While vacation has been quite lovely, I'll admit that I don't know how people put up with this much free time on a regular basis. Every day I wake up and I could do ANYTHING. I'm used to having a thousand things to do and only barely enough hours to squeeze it all into. I've been writing a lot, reading a lot, and sleeping a lot. It is a blast, but I'll be ready for it to be over soon.

Summer is sweeeeet!

This has been the craziest summer of my life thus far, but very fun! A lot of students have e-mailed me asking what I've been up to, so here goes:

1. Went down to Pennsylvania for my little bro's college graduation/Father's day.
2. Moved from Ipswich to Salem.
3. Went down to Pennsylvania (again!) to be in a family wedding (the very next weekend, actually).
4. Taught 2 awesome theater workshops - "Scenes from Annie" & "Cheaper by the Dozen". Very fun!
5. This week I am "off" and unpacking at the new apartment.

Coming up . . .

1. Next week I'll teach two more theater workshops. (Meredith S is helping; she rocks!)
2. The week after that, I leave for Australia!!!! I'll be there for 3 weeks. I get to be in the wedding of my best childhood friend in Perth, then I'll explore Melbourne & Sydney before heading to Brisbane for my other little bro's graduation from a missions program he's been working in for 2 years. Australia will be amazing; I can't wait!

Hopefully coming up . . .

Finding my next job!!

How's everyone else doing??