I SURVIVED!!

OH MY GOSH I TRIED TO POST THIS DAYS AGO!! SO SORRY I DIDN'T REALIZE UPLOAD FAILED!!

I finally made it to the end of the semester, and its about time I get back to blogging! I have missed communicating and felt so guilty I couldn't update more often, but I know I had to study and I wish I could have crammed more knowledge into my brain. My finals were pretty tough except biochemistry which I am so happy to be done with forever! haha Well I can't say I passed for sure until my grades come out on Friday (two weeks for grading is KILLING ME), but I know biochem is fine its anatomy that I am truly the most worried about. The exam and lab practical were a lot harder than I anticipated and I hope somehow I made it through. The cool thing Murdoch does, is that if you get a final grade of between 45-49% then you are offered a supplemental final exam in the hopes of getting you to that pass mark. Everyone should have been notified by now if they have to sit a supp, and I haven't gotten any emails; so, this means that I either passed all my classes OR I failed WORSE than 45%. I'm hopping for a pass! Also the veterinary program has higher standards for fails in that they only allow you to fail one class within a years grouping. That means only ONE class out of both semester 1 and semester 2 of year one and same for year two. Also if you fail one unit then your whole timetable for graduation gets thrown off and you have to join the graduation year below you. I REALLY do NOT want that to happen!! In the end this semester was tougher than expected, but a good challenge and now I know how much time and effort I need to put in, in the following semesters to conquer vet school. Brian and I are fitting in well with Australian life and trying to get a hang of the laid-back lifestyle when life in kenosha felt like a non-stop blur of commotion. Even my favorite Wisconsin farmer town of River Falls wasn't THIS laid back! :) 

Onto the next bit of news:

Sadly, Brian and I did NOT get to go see David Attenborough on June 14 because he had an emergency pacemaker put in a week before his Australian tour and his doctors advised against him flying for 27 hours a week after the procedure. However, THANKFULLY he will be grace us with his presence on Wednesday, July 24th!! I am so excited and here is the description of the show:

"Due to unprecedented demand, Sir David Attenborough is revisiting Australia to again appear live on stage in his not-to-be-missed tour of Sir David Attenborough - A Life on Earth.

Sir David Attenborough is arguably the world's best-known natural history film-maker, a much loved naturalist and broadcaster whose career has spanned nearly six decades. He is the quintessential intrepid traveller, sometimes changing continents mid-sentence.

Sir David Attenborough - A Life on Earth will again take audiences on an incredible journey through his extraordinary life, his untold stories, the evolution of filming techniques and his passion for bringing us closer to nature."

AHHHH I couldn't be more excited to see him! He even tops my new apartment (YES, thats how excited I am)

And that leads perfectly into how PERFECT our new place is! It is a cute little Hobbit Hole that is about 3/4 underground. According to our landlords Tim and Kimmie, it is the coolest place in summer and the warmest through their "winter". So this house is easily a 2 million dollar house that our landlords obtained just before it was condemned and they have put soooo much into it that I think it could sell for SOO much more now. I haven't seen it, but I can describe what Tim told me. The upstairs was like a crazy 6 bedroom house and he split it in half. He put up a hallway and now the front half is a three bedroom self contained apartment that now has a family of 4, I believe, and they are from Finland! Next Tim and Kimmie live in the back part of the top and from what I can see from where I do our laundry is that it is GORGEOUS!! Next we live in this little part of the basement, that had to be like a storage place or cellar type deal, but you would never be able to tell with how they renovated it! When you walk in the door you enter into our living room and then our kitchen is immediately next to that. Then there is a door off the kitchen to our bedroom, that has a queen size bed, a desk, two dressers and then our bathroom is off the bedroom. The shower is enclosed and so big compared to our dorm room shower! It has been so nice to cook and keep things clean! :) I have one week left on my contract at the dorms and I was going to go over today to clean, but instead did like 5 loads of laundry!!! Since the dorms cost 3 dollars to wash a load of laundry in the tiniest washing machine possible, we have been putting it off and I finally got it done! :) :) Nothing like clean clothes. Also on the plus side our landlord will be getting us our own washing machine off the driveway so we don't have to compete for the one in their backyard. AND we get two beagles to play with! Our landlord were watching Pixie and Punter for their friend Julie and now that the landlords are gone for 6 weeks on vacation visiting kimmie's parents in Japan and then Tim's parents in Ireland I believe, we get to walk the doggies on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays :) I love animal companionship! :D 

Well I think that is all I am going to endulge you with today! Enjoy some pictures! Including the Super Moon last night (July 23rd, 2013). It was the closest the moon will be to the earth for a few years and it was amazing to witness! I was so scared that with the storms yesterday that we would miss it, but NOPE I got to see it! :D

HEY MOMMY! Look how little my PJ drawer is! AND it has Brians PJs in there too!!!! HOW IMPRESSED ARE YOU???

SUPER MOON!!

Homemade pickled asparagus my mommy canned and shipped for me!! I couldn't leave them sealed anymore and they were DELICIOUS!! NUM NUM NUMS!

The table scarf my grandma cross-stitched for me and put the pretty lace on! It matches the pink flower picture above it. Seen in another photo! SOOO PRETTY!! THANKS GRANDMA!! 

Front door and living room with Fresh Fruit that Julie, the dogs' owner, brought for us as a surprise last night! THE BEST ORANGES EVER, also tiny limes, and a HUGE bag of lemons! :D 

 

 no bedroom or bathroom photos because all our laundry was sorted on the bed when I was taking photos! haha

The gate to the backyard

Miss Pixie greeting me with kisses and punter guarding from behind haha

The Jungle :)

washing machine, sink, freezers and dog food and treats hahah

This is just to the right of the washing machine

The pool and all my laundry besides the white towel! and you can see the bike the landlord says we can use :) just needs some air in tires and grease on the chain :)

Mr. Punter trying to get me to give him a treat, don't worry he got one earlier from me and Pixie is waiting to see if I give in!

The next few photos were how close I got to a quendas one day on campus. Normally they are nocturnal and don't let you get close unless you obviously have food (which I didn't cuz I was on my way to physio lab) These guys are THE cutest!! hahaha

 They are about the size of a 1 year old cat and remind me sooooo much of TingTing back home with their big bellies and how they run and hop are just like my baby kitty! :) Yes they look like a rat, but are WAAAAAY cuter! I swear! haha

one lone flower!

 I have more photos on my phone, but it doesn't want to sync with my ipad today so I will have to add them tomorrow and most likely have to hook phone up to Brians laptop and share them that way! 

And good job on surprising my parents for the birthdays!!! They really had NO idea!! hahaha :D