Last blog, Week 15 October 6th

Monday October 6^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am and read my bible, checked my emails and northern classes, and texted the family. Then Ryan and I brought Celest her birthday cake. After breakfast I studied for my auditing test until2pm. Then I fell asleep for an hour. When I woke up I studied one more hour before my auditing test. It took two hours to take my test. Afterwards I went and talked with Ryan for a little bit and then came back and studied accounting theory until 8:30pm. Then Ryan and I watched a movie.

Tuesday October 7^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am to shower and get ready for the day. I then read my bible and looked at my notifications until Ryan came over. We then went to Kristy’s room and talked with her until it was time to go to Celest’s birthday breakfast. We went to the Chat Room Café. It was a cute little café and good food and coffee. Quite a few people showed up for her birthday so it was fun! Then when we got back I went to the library to ask if they would buy back textbooks, but they don’t. So I went to the residence office and she said she will see what they can do and I’m to come back tomorrow. When I got to my room I updated and uploaded photos to my computer. Then I studied accounting theory until 1. I then tanned until 2, when I headed to the gym to bike and do plank routine. When I got back to my room I looked at my northern classes and studied non-profit accounting for a while. Then I wrote out all my accounting theory on note cards, so it’ll be easier to study and I did that until 10pm.

Wednesday October 8^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am and read my bible. Then I tried reconnecting my computer to the internet but couldn’t. After breakfast and asking around, I got my computer to reconnect to the internet in time to log into my collaborate session for non- profit. But I realized I calculated the time zones wrong and it wasn’t for another two hours. So then I went to the library to print off my non- profit notes and my flight itinery.  I then talked to Kristy and she said she would love to sell my textbooks for me. Then I got back to my room and logged on again for our collaborate session which lasedt an hour and 15 minutes. Then I studied non-profit for a little bit before I laid out to tan. AT 2, Ryan and I headed to the gym. I aqua jogged for a half hour and then did ball routine. On our way back we stopped at the JCR to sign all the international kids’ flags. Afterwards I showered and studied non- profit a little more and then took the test. When I got done with the test I went over to Ryan’s room and talked with him for a little bit. When I came back I studied accounting theory for the rest of the night.

Thursday October 9^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am and read my bible. Then I read over my accounting theory note cards before breakfast. After breakfast I kept studying my accounting theory. After a while I took a study break and started packing my stuff up. Then I went back to studying accounting theory until 2pm. At 2, I headed to the gym to bike and do an ab workout. Afterwards I showered and then did the last little bit of laundry I had and kept studying accounting theory. At 5:30, Ryan came to my room and had me come out to the kitchen. He had made me peanut butter, banana, chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, and sausage; it was so good. We did the dishes and then around 7pm I started studying accounting theory until 9pm.

Friday October 10^th: Today I woke up at 5am and headed to the gym to bike and do an ab workout. When I got back I showered, read my bible, and packed my things up. Then I said goodbye to Jazmin because she was leaving at 7 for Sydney. I then studied accounting theory until breakfast. After breakfast I studied accounting theory until 11:45. Then I went to Ryan’s room and we headed to dinner. They had a bbq outside for dinner today which was good! Then I got back to my room and looked over my accounting theory until 1:15. Then I started the hike to the gym for my test. When I got there I stood there for about 10min until people started lining up to be seated and realized I forgot to bring my student ID card and without it I can’t sit for my exam, so I sprinted back to my room which is a half mile away. So when I got back I was out of breathe and sweaty and the lady who checked my ID thought I was crazy. But then I went into the gym and I didn’t know where to sit so I had to go up in front of everyone and ask the lady where my seat was. We found my seat and I got through a three hour test in an hour and 20min. Then I went to the gym to say goodbye to Katelin and Hayden. Then I went back to my room and showered and then packed everything up and brought it to Ryan’s room. I then checked out of my room and Ryan and I went to supper. After supper I said goodbye to everyone and met Celest at the office. Celest dropped me off around 6:20pm and I checked in. My flight to Brisbane left at 8pm and we arrived in Brisbane around 9:15pm. I then camped out in the airport for the night.

Saturday October 10^th: Today I checked in at 4:30am and my plane left at 6:30am. I landed in Melbourne at 9:30am but they had a time change so it was actually 10:30 and my next flight to Los Angelos left at 12. This flight was for 13 hours and 45minutes. When I landed in LA at 8:30am I had to go through customs and recheck in my luggage. My next flight left at 10:45am to Minneapolis. I got to Minneapolis at 4:30pm. I then got my luggage and then looked for my family who were waiting for me at the other end of the airport. But I was so happy to see them, they had signs and everything. It was awesome to see them!!! Australia was a great experience but it feels great to be home!

                                                       Dad and mom in the airport
                           With the sisters in the picture below. (tory, me, briannna, and alissa)

Week 14 September 29th

Monday September 29^th: This morning Ryan and I boarded our plane at 5:30am and got back to the Uni at 8am. We ate breakfast and then went to our rooms. I unpacked, put things away, uploaded my blog, looked to see if my northern classes were updated, checked my email, and facebooked people.  I then went to the gym at 2pm to aqua jog for 40min and do plank routine. After the gym I came back to my room and fell asleep at 4pm. I then woke up to Ryan waking me up at 7pm and I had no idea where I was or what day it was. I then did my auditing homework until 10pm.

Tuesday September 30^th: Today I woke up at 6;15am and headed to the pool to aqua jog for 40min. When I got back I showered, read my bible, checked my email, and started my auditing homework.  After dinner I went and talked to Danielle and tried to talk to Tori about my textbook situation for selling them back. Then I headed to the gym to bike for 45min, myrtle, and core. Afterwards, I showered and kept working on my auditing but I fell asleep for 45min. Then when I woke up I started my laundry and tried finishing my auditing, but ended up having to email the professor. Then Ryan came over and we did some isagenix stuff and hung out until my laundry was done.

Wednesday October 1^st: today I woke up at 5:15am and went to the pool but every lane was being used so I went back to my room and read my bible, texted the family, and messaged some people on facebook. Then Ryan and I caught the 8:15am bus to Stocklands. There I cancelled my bank account with Commonwealth bank and we got a cake mix for Celest for her birthday. We got back around 10:30am and then I looked through all my transactions to make sure they were all right with Commonwealth. Then we skyped with Becky about isagenix from 11-12:30. After dinner I laid out and tanned from 1-2. Then Ryan and I headed to the gym, where I aqua jogged for 40min and did ball routine. After the gym, I showered and looked at some Isagenix stuff online. Then I went to Ryan’s room and we updated a playlist for Transformation Thursday. After that I worked on my non- profit accounting until 9pm.

Thursday October 2^nd: Today I woke up at 5:45am and read my bible. Then I started my non- profit accounting homework and worked on that until dinner. After dinner I came back to my room and worked some more on non- profit accounting for an hour and then headed to the gym. At the gym I aqua jogged for 20min and then did p90x core synergistics. After that I came back to my room and showered and finished my non-profit accounting homework, then started studying accounting theory. Around 7pm Ryan and I hung out, getting things ready for transformation Thursday, which we had at 9pm. After that I came back to my room and kept studying for accounting theory for the rest of the night.

Friday October 3^rd: Today I woke up at 6:45am and read my bible and then started studying accounting theory. I studied that until 1pm and then I went out to tan. At 2pm Ryan and I headed to the gym where I biked and did an ab workout. Afterwards, I showered and kept studying accounting theory. Around 7pm I couldn’t comprehend it any more so I looked at Isagenix stuff for a long time.  Then I went to Ryan’s room and we watched the movie Knight and Day.

Saturday October 4^th:  Today I woke up at 7am and read my bible, but then I fell back asleep until 8. I then headed to the pool to aqua jog for an hour. Afterwards, I came back and texted the family, checked Facebook and emails, checked my northern classes, and then studied accounting theory until 1pm. At 1 I went and tanned until 2. I then showered, did laundry, and kept studying accounting theory until supper. After supper I took my non- profit quiz and looked at Isagenix stuff. Then I went to Ryan’s room and we watched a movie.

Sunday October 5^th: Today I woke up at 7am and checked my email and northern classes, updated Facebook, and texted the family. Then at 10am Ryan and I listened to church online. Afterwards I studied accounting theory until 1pm. At 1 I tanned until 2. I then headed to the gym to aqua jog for a half hour and did ab blast. Then I came back and showered and looked at my northern classes some more. After supper, Ryan and I watched a movie and then baked Celest a birthday cake. 

                                       Another bright and sunny day in the land down under!

                                                        Tanning on the volleyball courts

                                                              The pool and the gym!

Week 13 September 22

Monday September 22^nd: Today I woke up at 6am and went to the pool to aqua jog for a half hour. I got back and showered and got ready for class. I had accounting theory from 8am until 9. Then Ryan and I went to talk with Tanya but she wasn’t there so we talked with another lady about our professor. She was super nice and understanding. After that we came back and updated things on facebook and did homework until dinner. After dinner I kept reviewing my corporate accounting power points. When I got done I headed to the gym to do p90x chest and back and ab ripper x. Afterwards I showered, read my bible, and finished my power points until supper. At supper we were talking with Emma and Dianna about back in the day what we watched and played with as little kids. The conversation came to easy bake ovens and as I was taking a drink of my hot chocolate, Emma says yeah I blew mine up and I instantly started laughing and spit my hot chocolate all over. It got all over Ryan, I felt so bad, but everyone was dying laughing!! Oops! After supper Ryan and I watched a movie. Then I started my auditing class. I read both chapter power points until 11:30pm. Then Ryan and I skyped Becky at 12.

Tuesday September 23^rd: Today I woke up at 8:30am and started in on my homework for northern. I also updated and messaged people on facebook, read my bible, did my laundry, and talked with the family. After dinner I checked my email and watched some videos on Isagenix. Then I went to the pool and aqua jogged for 45min. Afterwards Ryan and I walked to IGA and got some groceries. When we got back I did an ab workout and showered. After supper Ryan and I watched a video on Isagenix and then watched a movie. I got back to my room around 10:15.

Wednesday September 24^th: Today I woke up at 7am and went to breakfast. After breakfast I read my bible and got online for my auditing collaborate session. After auditing I went to the library to print some isagenix stuff off and our flight details for the weekend. Then I came back to my room and studied corporate accounting until 2pm. I then headed to the gym to do p90x shoulders and arms and ab ripper. Afterwards I came back and showered and finished studying coroporate accounting. Then I went to Ryan’s room and we watched some movies.

Thursday September 25^th: Today I woke up at 8:30am and read my bible. Then I checked my email, cqu classes, northern classes, and facebook. I then talked to some people about isagenix. Ryan and I skyped with two of his friends and then went to dinner. After dinner we skyped another one of Ryan’s friends and then headed to the gym. At the gym I aqua jogged for 30min and then did p90x core synergistics. After the gym I got my isagenix pak from the office! Then we went to supper. After supper I wrote up what I was going to do for Transformation Thursday. Afterwards Ryan and I watched a movie until 8. Then we went and sat things up for Transformation Thursday at nine. We had two people come. Becky did a good job of presenting. Afterwards I came back to my room and put things away and then wrote in my journal and went to bed around 1:30pm.

Friday September 26^th: Today I woke up at 5am and went to the gym where I aqua jogged for a half hour and did an ab routine. Then I came back and showered, read my bible, checked my email, checked my classes, and then went to the library. After the library I went back to the gym at 11am to do p90x legs and back and ab ripper x. After dinner I packed and got ready for the weekend. Ryan and I then skyped his friends about isagenix. Celest then brought us to the airport. We boarded our plane at 4:30pm and got to Brisbane at 5:50pm. A guy from our hostel was supposed to be there to pick us up but we couldn’t find him. We asked a lady who sent us right where he should of been, but he wasn’t there. I finally got wifi on my phone and seen I got an email from the hostel with the guy’s number we were to meet. So we tried calling him on the pay phone but it didn’t work so Ryan asked a random lady who was nice enough to let us use her phone. We finally found the guy. When we got to our hostel we checked in and went to eat. We ate at Burger Urge. It was delicious! I got a chicken and pineapple sandwich on gluten free bread with onion rings. After supper we came back and I worked on my corporate accounting test. I got done around 1am.

Saturday September 27^th: Today I woke up at 5:30am to a very loud motorcycle driving by. So I got up and read my bible and enrolled Kaleb in Isagenix. I then showered and got ready for the day. We got to the conference around 8am to check in. We then sat around and waited until 8:45am when they opened the doors. They had a ton of speakers talk today at the IsaUni. The best ones were Natalie Cook who was super funny and pumped up, Anna Ogliva who is a friend of Peta Kelly who talked about our why, she is Awesome!! And Suzanne who talked on the launch party, she was great too! Everyone did a great job, it was crazy and a lot of fun! Best part of the conference though was getting a picture with Peta Kelly!!! We got out of the conference at 5:15pm and then walked to the Reserve Restaurant Milton. It was super fancy and the quality of the food was amazing!! After supper we walked around downtown Brisbane, taking pictures of all the cool lights. On our walk back it started down pouring so we got stuck under a bridge for a while. We got back to the hostel at 10pm. I then showered and got ready for bed. 

                              Ryan and I with the awesome Brisbane lights of the city and
                             our dessert on the left side, which was apple, date, banana, crumble 
                                      with white chocolate sorbet and apricot jam.

                                                  Peta Kelly and I, she is so awesome!!

Sunday September 28^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am and got ready. We headed to the conference around 8am. They started at 8:30am today with the start your life group. Then the main event started at 9am. They had a bunch of speakers again today! So much fun and crazy! Peta Kelly ended the conference with her speech about being a revolutionary leader; she did a great job on it. The conference ended around 4:45pm and then we took off for the Hillsong church which started at 5:30pm. But unfortunately our cab driver didn’t know where that was and my google map brought us to the wrong place. We walked around looking for the church for about an hour and a half, but could never find it. So around 6:30pm we gave up looking for it and sat down to eat at a sausage place. It was super good! Then we changed and took off walking for the airport. We walked along the river, which had amazing views and we also stopped at this super good ice cream shop. I got a swiss chocolate ice cream in a waffle cone. Then we kept walking to the airport but decided to get a cab because it turned into highway for the next 4miles. We arrived at the airport around 9:30pm and then hung out for the night until our flight left at 5am.

Week 12 September 15

Monday September 15^th: Today I woke up at 5:45am and went to the pool to aqua jog for a half hour. When I got back I showered and got ready for class and read my bible. I had accounting theory today. After class Ryan and I went to Stocklands until 12. When we got back I did some things in my room and then headed to the gym to do a workout with Katelin. She had me do a leg strength circuit. She taught me a lot on form, which was very helpful. We got done around 2:30pm. Then I went to the library to print off invitations. On my walk back, I stopped and picked up my parcels from the office. I had an isagenix one and one from the Gerlach family. They sent me a care package!! I was so surprised, it was awesome. So thankful for my loving church family! Then I did an ab workout and showered. We then went to supper. After supper Ryan and I watched Godzilla. Then I came back to my room and looked at my northern classes.

Tuesday September 16^th: Today I woke up at 6:30am and went to the pool to aqua jog for a half hour. Then I came back and read my bible. Then I read my auditing all morning and texted the family. After dinner I worked on my corporate accounting and non- profit accounting until 3 because I fell asleep until 4. I then headed to the gym to do a cardio workout with Katelin. She gave me a pretty hard body resistance workout to do and then added on an ab workout too. It was intense! When I got done I went to supper and I could barely lift my fork to my mouth, I was so exhausted. After supper I showered and then Ryan and I hung out and watched the Croods until 12:30pm.

Wednesday September 17^th: Today I woke up at 7am and read my bible. After breakfast I read the next chapter in auditing until 11:15. I then headed to the gym to do an arm workout with Hayden. It was intense; I was struggling by the end of it. After I was done I could barely text back to the family because my arms were shaking so badly. I then did 10min of aqua jogging then came back and showered. I then put my laundry in and went to Ryan’s room to sign him up for Isagenix. Then I came back and worked on my non- profit accounting until supper. After supper I worked on my non-profit accounting some more.  Ryan came over around 10pm and then we hung out until 11:30.

Thursday September 18^th: Today I woke up at 7am and read my bible. After breakfast I messaged Tor on facebook and talked to the family and checked homework. At 11am I headed to the gym to do a cardio workout with Grant. He had me go from the row to the cycle to the elipitical and end with inclines on the treadmill. Then I hurried back to my room to get ready for graduation. We had our international graduation ceremony from 1-3. Then Ryan and I came back to my room and I worked on putting my pictures into a power point.  After supper I finished the power point up and got things ready for Isagenix. We had Transformation Thursday at 8pm tonight. There were 4 kids and they all were very interested but needed to talk with their parents about signing up. So afterwards I sent them a facebook message like they wanted and then Ryan and I watched the movie New Years Eve. 

                                    The whole group of international students for graduation

                                                        Ryan and I before graduation

Friday September 19^th: Today I woke up at 5:20am and headed to the gym where I did p90x core synergistics. Then I came back and got things ready for our sailing trip and read my bible. Then I went to breakfast to meet up with the others and walked to the bus stop. We went to Roslyn Bay Harbour where we got on our sail boat (Funtastic) to sail to the Great Keppel Islands. The people who owned the boat were friends of our professors, so they were very nice! We made three different stops around the Great Keppel Island. The first stop we had a tea, coffee, fruit, cake, and cookie snack. Then they gave us snorkel gear to check out part of the great barrier reef. We then loaded up and headed to the main beach where we ate dinner. The food and the view at the restaurant were amazing! We stayed there for two hours to eat and swim. Then we loaded up and headed to another spot on the island. At this spot the water was amazingly clear and we got to snorkel again. After snorkeling for a long time, they called us in for a tea and coffee snack again and then we made the trip back to Roslyn Bay. We got to the bay around 5:15 and waited for the bus. We got back for supper at 6:30pm. After supper I showered and then went to Ryan’s room where we started the movie Takers, but we got interrupted for Saki’s goodbye video. That was really fun but sad at the same time. Then we went and talked with Courtney about isagenix! I went to my room around 10:30pm and sent Courtney some isagenix information on facebook and checked my northern classes and talked with the family. 

                                                                   Great Keppel Island

                                                                Tea break on the boat

                                                            Ryan and I on the beach

                                                     Swimming under the boat

Saturday September 20^th: Today I woke up at 8am and checked my messages from tor and the family. Then I headed to the pool and agua jogged for an hour. Then I showered, read my bible, and uploaded photos to my computer and facebook. When I got done it was dinner time. After dinner I came back and Ryan and I facetimed mom and dad and ali. Then I worked on my non-profit accounting until supper. After supper Ryan and I talked with Will about isagenix. He was pretty excited but had to get going so he said he is going to look at it more and sign up tomorrow. Then Ryan and I finished the movie takers and watched Colombiana. When that got done I came back to my room and wrote in my journal and uploaded my power point.

Sunday September 21^st: Today I woke up at 6:30am and went to breakfast. After breakfast I showered and did some accounting theory homework. Then Ryan came over at 10am and we watched church online. Then we went to dinner. After dinner we watched home on the range. At 2:45 we headed to the gym to do ab blast with Hayden. It was a pretty good one. When we got done it was down pouring so we got soaked on our walk back to the dorms. I then showered and went over to Ryan’s room and we started the movie open season. After supper we watched the rest of the movie. Then we uploaded our blogs.