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Hi strangers!

Sorry I've been so lacking on the posts, I have no real excuse, so let's just leave it at: I'm terribly sorry, I missed you all and I am newly committed!

Soooo,, this morning I was supposed to partake on a Dolphin Cruise at Port Adelaide. It was organized by the university and I paid upfront. Instructions were only to meet at the train station at 10am, so there I was, not quite sure what I was looking for but searching for anything that looked remotely dolphin-cruise-group-y. I found my group, though we were really just a group of 15 or 20 students, no real direction or leader or instructor telling us what to do or where to go. Kind of strange but we eventually realized we were supposed to have caught the 10:10 train, but by then, we had missed it.

One of the girls' friends was already at the cruise ship that we were supposed to have gotten on. She said they would wait for us if we caught the next train at 11:10 but even at her end, there was no leader or guide or school rep with instructions. She called us back saying that she had shown her proof of purchase to the cruise ship guy and he had basically said "That means nothing to me".

So what did we pay $18 for?????? Super un-organized!

We all agreed to throw in the towel and went for pancakes instead. I met 3 really awesome girls from Colorado and we bonded over our maple syrup and chai lattes. We all hung out after, and went to one of their apartments. It's in a student lodge but OMG it's AWESOME! What really hurts is that it's th building I was obsessively applying to and calling when I first got to Adelaide but they were full. However, I just received an email from them saying they've had some rooms open up so.......I beleive this calls for a LEASE-BREAKING!!!!!!

But how???? Please, send me your ideas! I'm desperate!

This past week has had me kind of down in the dumps, and I've come to realize it has a lot to do with my living situation. I'm used to living with my best friends and, though I know nobody here can replace that role, I'm still yearning for some social life in my housing situation. Instead, my room is really depressing and I never see anyone in the halls and the building is so quiet! The management are ultra control freaks, there are new passive agressive notes pasted up in the common areas on a daily basis, if not slid under everyone's doors too for good measure. My screen window has been broken since I moved in and still nothing has been done. It's just NOT the place I want to live and now that I've seen a slice of what I COULD have all my energy is in getting out! So please, again, send me any ideas you may have!

Due to the mysterious skin rash (what I originally thought was eczema turned out to be a major strand of some 'dermatitis' thing, caused by coming into contact with something my body doesn't like, have yet to figure out what that contact was though) I got last week I missed Tuesday and Wednesday's classes so I'm excited to get in there this week and figure out what my other 3 classes will be like., Enviro law is back again tomorrow and I have a follow up doctor's appointment afterwards. (During which I'm going to beg my doctor to write me a note saying my housing situation caused the mysterious rash-worth a try lol). I'm going to hike over to UniLodge after and find out what's available and then come back here and try and reason with the landlords.

Wish me luck!