August 8
Today was wonderfully filled with classes, a break for lunch, and then finally a run around lake G (34 minutes) and supper. Tomorrow morning I have a field trip 9-12:30, then classes the rest of the day until 7:30pm. Yikes. I'm not a huge fan of Wednesdays. I might not get to go running tomorrow, but that's ok if I don't. If I do, I'll just do an easy run. My plan is to then run around the lake on Thursday, then run for about a half hour on Friday in Sydney and then about 15-20 minutes on Saturday. I'm starting to get excited about the City to Surf. I hope I feel good and can run a reasonably fast (by my standards) time. It'll be fun no matter what though.
This afternoon on my walk back from class I saw a new bird in the trees. I heard a harsh, grating, squeak-type noise and looked up to see three gang-gang cockatoos in the tree top. There was a male, a female, and an immature male. Gang-gangs are gray parrots with a curly, wispy crest. The male had a red head, and the immature male had a red crest; the female was all gray. They're pretty cool birds. Bigger than I imagined they would be though. Not much smaller than a Galah.
Tonight I took my medicine for the PhD study for the second time. It's still just as nasty as it was yesterday. I'm not sure if it's because it's an alcohol base (most likely? probably an extract of sorts), but it definitely has a very bitter taste, and it kinda burns when I take it. I always have to quickly follow it with something (some water and a cookie tonight. :)). It's just like when you're a kid and sick and have to take some nasty-tasting medicine. Only I volunteered to do this. haha. It's cool though, I'll get free stuff after I complete the study. :)
So it's almost mid-August here in Australia. As of Thursday I only have 3 weeks until the beginning of my mid-semester break! Craziness. I'll have 17 days of free time to kill, and so far I only planned an 8-day trip. I'm going to have to find another destination to fill up some of those other 10 days! I need to get the most out of my spring break. :)
Next week I have my first exam of the semester. It is in my intro to exercise science class. The lecturer is not a very good teacher, and since I miss one class per week (due to a scheduling conflict), I only know about half of what is going to be on the test. I guess I should open my book and start studying/reading, since I haven't done that at all yet.
This afternoon on my walk back from class I saw a new bird in the trees. I heard a harsh, grating, squeak-type noise and looked up to see three gang-gang cockatoos in the tree top. There was a male, a female, and an immature male. Gang-gangs are gray parrots with a curly, wispy crest. The male had a red head, and the immature male had a red crest; the female was all gray. They're pretty cool birds. Bigger than I imagined they would be though. Not much smaller than a Galah.
Tonight I took my medicine for the PhD study for the second time. It's still just as nasty as it was yesterday. I'm not sure if it's because it's an alcohol base (most likely? probably an extract of sorts), but it definitely has a very bitter taste, and it kinda burns when I take it. I always have to quickly follow it with something (some water and a cookie tonight. :)). It's just like when you're a kid and sick and have to take some nasty-tasting medicine. Only I volunteered to do this. haha. It's cool though, I'll get free stuff after I complete the study. :)
So it's almost mid-August here in Australia. As of Thursday I only have 3 weeks until the beginning of my mid-semester break! Craziness. I'll have 17 days of free time to kill, and so far I only planned an 8-day trip. I'm going to have to find another destination to fill up some of those other 10 days! I need to get the most out of my spring break. :)
Next week I have my first exam of the semester. It is in my intro to exercise science class. The lecturer is not a very good teacher, and since I miss one class per week (due to a scheduling conflict), I only know about half of what is going to be on the test. I guess I should open my book and start studying/reading, since I haven't done that at all yet.
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