Day 10- Monday, Monday

Today was a rather "blah" sort of day. Nothing to thrilling but perhaps you all will find it intriguing! After waking up to a rather cool morning (I even slept with a blanket and sweatshirt, wahoo!!) I began my day. One thing I despise about Australia is the constant cawing of the ravens, especially around 5 AM. They startle me every morning because they sound like crying infants. Oh well, at least I have a natural alarm clock...

After getting to school, I began to work more with my Year 8's. Did I mention that it was even cool enough to wear a cardigan to school? Can you believe it? Unfortunately, the nice weather didn't last too long with an afternoon high of about 97 degrees. Both my teacher and supervisor suggested me working with another student rather than Frank. Currently, I am working with a twelve year old boy who we will call "Michael." Michael is not a native to Australia and very little is known about his background. However, he is very positive to learning knew things and I am looking forward to working with him more and more. One interesting thing we did today in school was watch a segment of "Behind The News" which gives three minute scoops of what is going on in the world today. The bit we watched today was on NASA and various space centers. I was able to really get involved with the lesson because the teacher was familiar with the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center. The kids began asking if I could get them some astronaut ice cream shipped over, haha!

After school I ran a couple of errands and went for a quick run. My school work is beginning to become a little bit more intense than last week's work so my apologies if I don't get to update quite as frequently. Other than that, everything is quite well in WA. Oh and I was even able to watch a couple of highlights from the Super Bowl! It is amazing how well technology can keep you connected to the environment you're accustomed to! Cheers!