Random Update :)

Hello! Well, I am on break! It’s my mid-semester break and I’m so excited to have some time off. I was planning on going on a roadtrip but I am not sure if I am anymore. I have a lot of assessments due right after break, so I think I’m going to take some time to get those done and visit the city and some other fun places around here. I may go up north a bit and visit for a day or two to a theme park, but I’m not sure yet. I think I’m going to get a job soon. I posted my resume online for babysitting jobs, and I have enquired about one family already but no answer yet. We’ll see what happens with that. If I don’t get any offers soon I’ll probably just go searching for another job somewhere else.

Well, I’m really loving my car! It’s quite scary at times, because for some reason the roads feel narrower here and cars feel like they are really close to me. My perception is a bit off when it comes to knowing how close I am to someone on my passenger side, which makes parking a bit difficult too. Okay, I’ll be honest…I am TERRIBLE at parking here. Oh well, I guess I’ll get the hang of it here someday. I suppose after doing it enough I’ll just get better at it.

I think I have found a place to live next semester! It’s outside of college housing, which is a plus! It will be cheaper rent, but it is further away. It doesn’t matter that much since I do have a car now, but at the same time, if I have an hour break or something, it won’t take me two minutes to get home. It’s about 10 to 15 minutes away. The girls that live there aren’t college girls, but they do go to the church. One of them goes to the Conservatorium of Music in the city and nannies as her job. I’m not sure what the other one does, because I honestly don’t know her well yet. The one girl that I do know is named Katrina and she’s super sweet. She’s 21 I think, and anyways, we get along really well and we hang out a good bit. I’ve started having TV show marathons with her. :)

My housemates and I have started having a Gilmore Girls marathon as well. Hehe. So that complete series of Gilmore Girls is really coming in handy! They’re all obsessed now. I seem to do that to people a lot. I always get people hooked on things for some reason – especially food. Haha.

Speaking of food - I’ve gone on a no-sugar diet. Well, that’s what I’m supposed to do, but when I went to look for foods with no sugar, I discovered there is hardly such a thing. Ha! I try to get things with no more than 3grams of sugar. I am getting used to drinking all natural teas with nothing in it. I’ll tell you what though, that is really hard, especially when it’s green tea…yuckkk! Oh well, you just get used to the “yuck”! But you also get creative. I bought all kinds of veggies and some fruit, and I can whip up a mean lunch or dinner!! It seems like anytime I try to follow a recipe, it just doesn’t work out, but every time I just try something new and creative, it’s AMAZING!! Through this no-sugar diet I think I’ve tapped into some kind of chef side of me….I mean, come on, it’s gotta be in there somewhere – the Bessinger side owns a frickin’ successful BBQ restaurant and the Brownlee side just KNOWS how to whip up a mean southern meal! So yeah, there’s gotta be some kind of food creativity genius inside of me, and that is what’s coming out of this new eating habit/lifestyle! :)

Well, that was a bunch of randomness! Just wanted to update everyone on what’s been going on with me lately. I haven’t written on here in a while and last night I helped a couple housemates get a blog and it reminded me to write on my own!

Hope everyone’s doing well! I had a really bad case of “Missing Home” today. :) I really do miss everyone and wish that I could just have a private jet to go back and forth, but unfortunately, that’s not reality. This is life. And don’t get my wrong, I AM LOVING IT! But I love all of you more than I love Australia or any other country in the world, so always know that! Can’t wait to see everyone in December, besides dad and Drew, who are coming in July (I’M SOOOOO EXCITED!!)! Love y’all!