Orange.
Purty flowers by the beach.
I am starting to feel like I know my way around me a little more, and feel less like I am going to die every time I ride my bike (weird, all the road rules are reversed.) I am not, however, any less homesick, but I am starting to find ways to reconcile with the fact that I am not meant to feel as though this is 'home', since my home includes so many things that are not here. But I'm getting used to the uprooted feeling, even starting to explore it in some writing and just thinking. I am getting used to it, and I think, once I am over the initial feelings of 'whine', that this will be very very good for me. getting back to the basic, doing the shit i did when i was 14, not much other than reading, biking around, writing and hopefully working soon. its good.
we start school on monday, which I am excited for, and which I am sure will yield many a funny aussie story. the new fun thing here; navigating the 'round-about' with a bike. danger danger, my friend. also, large pizzas here are only like, 8 slices, and they re basically the only size you can get. and bacon and egg is a very popular pizza, though i havent had one yet. the best thing so far has been the massive burgers at this little place called 'I'm Hooked' which is down the road from us, all fresh seafood and burger and stuff. mmm. on their burgers, they always put a slice of a beet on the bottom bun. tasty.
I am starting to feel like I know my way around me a little more, and feel less like I am going to die every time I ride my bike (weird, all the road rules are reversed.) I am not, however, any less homesick, but I am starting to find ways to reconcile with the fact that I am not meant to feel as though this is 'home', since my home includes so many things that are not here. But I'm getting used to the uprooted feeling, even starting to explore it in some writing and just thinking. I am getting used to it, and I think, once I am over the initial feelings of 'whine', that this will be very very good for me. getting back to the basic, doing the shit i did when i was 14, not much other than reading, biking around, writing and hopefully working soon. its good.
we start school on monday, which I am excited for, and which I am sure will yield many a funny aussie story. the new fun thing here; navigating the 'round-about' with a bike. danger danger, my friend. also, large pizzas here are only like, 8 slices, and they re basically the only size you can get. and bacon and egg is a very popular pizza, though i havent had one yet. the best thing so far has been the massive burgers at this little place called 'I'm Hooked' which is down the road from us, all fresh seafood and burger and stuff. mmm. on their burgers, they always put a slice of a beet on the bottom bun. tasty.