Mayyyy

I just wanted to update about life these days, but I have no new pictures since last time. I'll just add a few random ones I didn't post from Sydney. All is well with me. I spent most of my last couple days in Sydney at the state library, because I had to take advantage of being in civilization before I came back up here to nature. It was a very successful idea, and now I am at a really good point with my project (already 35 pgs written!) I also wrapped up Sydney time with a second-to-last-night cooking dinner & and a movie with Meg, and actual last night dinner out with Meg and Jenni. I walked around the city and went to the harbor one last time, and was overall just totally satisfied and happy with my two weeks in Sydney- two of the best this semester!

I left Sydney Sunday morning at 7am, and took a 12 hour train ride up to Casino. I made it to Lismore that night, where I met back up with Michelle and went to Margaret's house. It is so nice being back here, I'm really glad I decided to do this. It's almost like my house in Australia, and there is a comfortable bed and Internet and I am happy. Yesterday, we had a celebration breakfast at Mecca cafe, and played at Pacific Bulk Food Store, before spending a couple of hours trying to be productive at the library. We had dinner at Erica and Kendall's motel room (two girls on the program) and it was so great seeing them, and seeing how incredibly different everyone's experiences have been this month, and how totally satisfied that my experience was exactly what it was.

This morning we went to the car boot market with Margaret (a farmer's market where they just pull up their pick up trucks and sell out of the back of them). I had my last phone interview for the project, we had a fun lunch attempting to celebrate cinco de mayo (turns out the Magic Mexican restaurant closed last year...so we just had nachos at a cafe) spent another couple of hours at the library, and now are back home, about to cook dinner and hang around here for the night.

Tomorrow we head to Holy Goat, an intentional community in the hills nearby where Michelle stayed the last few weeks. There is a community dinner tomorrow night, and in the morning we'll get a ride to Bangalow, where we will be staying the final week of ISP, to finish up our reports.

The campervans have been booked for New Zealand, and so me and 3 others from the program -Alex, Kendall, and other Michelle- are on for driving around for 2 weeks in the south island! I am starting to get very excited for the plans of the future! I hope everyone is doing well, and talk to you soon.