That Lizard is Planning Something...

Well this week has been a very laid back week but has kept us all busy with school. I'm still preparing my presentation with my super smart doctor partner and trying to figure out my politics class. But this weekend was a fun one. It officially really started on Friday when Matt and Nanae headed about 20 minutes south of Burleigh to Coolengatta where there are amazing waves to go surfing on. After taking our time to get ready, and baking under the sun at the bus stop, Jen and I finally met up with them at the huge beach. Nanae had gotten stung by a jellyfish on the arm while she was paddling out (I am the only girl left out of us 3 to get stung, I'm crossing my fingers it won't happen!) so she was just chilling on the beach while Matt caught some waves. Jen and I took the easiest of hikes up a hill (easy because they so politely put in stairs to use) where you could see all of Coolengatta, Burleigh in the distance and even Surfer's Paradise all the way across the water. It was beautiful. We just stood up there and looked out over the waves while discussing the plan of the lizard what was looking up at us while standing a few feet away. Apparently Jen is frightened of lizards because one ran across her bare feet as a child so now she freaks out whenever she sees one. She was convinced that the lizard was planning on attacking her and it was holding eye contact with her. I convinced her to not be so vain and think that the lizard was staring at her but was just planning on having his family of lizards come attack her from behind. It was a ridiculous dialogue that we shared over this lizard for about 20 minutes and if you want to know all of it, check Jen's blog soon. We than walked down and all four of us headed over to Nando's chicken again! We enjoyed our time at the amazing chicken restaurant and than finally took the bus home. When we got home Jen wasn't feeling well at all so she napped while the rest of us examined the game of Cricket for a few hours. We are determined to learn the rules of this game so we tried to figure it out by watching it for awhile. We now finally have a basic understanding but are still in search of a little clarification on some parts of this popular pass time activity.

The next morning I woke up to go to the grocery store looking for a thermometer for Jen because when she is sick, it is apparently a necessity to be aware of her temperature the entire time. I had no such luck finding one but I did buy a lot of snack food for the sick roommate to chomp on while she is all sniffles. Later on our friends Jamie and Scott came down from Brisbane to visit because they were surfing in Burleigh. Matt joined the two in going surfing and while they were gone Jen and I decided to watch our classic show that we love making fun of, Laguna Beach on her computer. Nanae came in and commented on how stupid the show was but we knew that once she started watching it, we totally would get her hooked on it. So for about three hours we all laid on our bed and watched the completely realistic high school drama show. It was some classic girl roommate bonding time. When the others got back from getting rocked by the waves, we all went out for some Thai food. I never had any before so I had no idea what I was getting myself into but it turned out to be quite delicious. It was a nice chill evening until it started storming and raining really hard. We went out in the rain and it was raining so hard my umbrella collapsed under all the pressure or something. It was slightly ridiculous. So now it is Sunday and I have a Spanish test tomorrow that I am not looking forward to considering the only phrase I can remember is "A que se dedica?" Overall a good weekend in the Down Under

I'll post pictures of Coolengatta once I upload them to my computer :)