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.

Week 11 September 8th

Monday September 8^th: Today I woke up at 5:45am. I took a shower and got ready for class. I then read my bible and texted the family. I met Ryan and Liana at breakfast and then we walked to class. I had accounting theory from 8-9:30. Then I went to the library to print invitations off. After that I went to the gym and did p90x chest and back and ab ripper x. Then I aqua jogged for 30min. When I got done, it was dinner time. After dinner I showered and then worked on my ethics paper, but I fell asleep for 45min while working on it. I felt much better when I woke up and was more focused to work on my paper for the next 2.5hours. Then Ryan and I went to supper at 6 and Emma was there so we sat and talked with her for a long time. After supper I finished part A on my ethics paper and looked over part B. Around 9:30 Ryan came over and we hung out until 11:15.

Tuesday September 9^th: Today I woke up at 6:30am and read my bible. Then I headed to the gym and aqua jogged for 48min. Afterwards I came back to my room and set some things up for my isagenix presentation on Thursday and invited people over facebook. After that Ryan came over and we talked until dinner. After dinner I worked on my corporate accounting tutorial until 2. Then I went to the gym to aqua jog and do a leg/ plank routine. I also talked to Kaitlin (a trainer at the gym)  about making a workout for me next week. I got back to my room at 4:15pm and then showered and worked on my ethics paper until supper. After supper Ryan and I walked to IGA. We got back around 8:15pm and then I continued working on my ethics paper until dad and mom texted me and then I talked to them the rest of the night. I went to bed around 11:30pm.

Wednesday September 10^th: Today I woke up at 6:20am and got ready for the gym. I aqua jogged for a half hour and then went back to my room. I then read my bible and texted the family a little bit. Then I had my collaborate session online for auditing. There the professor gave us advice on our exam. The rest of the morning I worked on my ethics paper. After dinner I went back to the academic center to finish my ethics paper up. At 2:30 I went to the gym to do p90x shoulders and arms and ab ripper x. I got back to my room around 3:45 and then showered.  Then I finished up my ethics paper and submitted it. We then went to supper. After supper Ryan and I watched Transformers 2. When that got done, I came back to my room and looked at my northern classes and studied for my auditing test.

Thursday September 11^th: Today I woke up at 6:30am and went to the pool and aqua jogged for 48min. When I got back I showered and read my bible. Then I headed over to the academic study center to get things set up. The internet works way better there. Ryan and I then skyped Becky and talked about isagenix. Then we were looking at facebook and Tor was on so we decided to skype with her until dinner. After dinner I worked on my northern classes until 2:15. Then I headed to the gym to aqua jog for a half hour and do p90x core synergistics. When I got back I showered and got ready for class. I had corporate accounting. We had a new teacher so the class lasted from 5-7:45pm. It was really hard to concentrate that whole time. When I got back I made eggs and toast for supper. Then I went to Ryan’s room and we hung out for the rest of the night.

Friday September 12^th: Today I woke up at 5am and got ready for the gym. I did p90x legs and back and ab ripper x. Afterwards I showered and read my bible before breakfast. After breakfast we walked to the bus stop to go to Byfield for outdoor pursuits. Today we went on a canoe trip down the river. We got there around 9:30 and left around 2pm. It was a long day on the river but it was amazing because it was through a rainforest. We saw some dragons which are little gators. We made it all the way to the end where there was a little waterfall where we stopped for a little bit and then turned around to go back. On the way back Keiko and Lauren’s canoe got stuck on a tree that fell in the river and Ryan and I were behind them. So we were trying to get them unstuck but, it was just our luck, our canoe flipped and our back packs with all of our stuff was in it. So everything got soaked. Luckily we were able to get the canoe tipped back over and got the others unstuck, but we were pretty bummed after that. When we got back to the car we checked our stuff and praise the Lord my iphone and camera didn’t get wet; plus my clothes and other things didn’t get wet either. You have to love Under Armour back packs! We got back to Yeppoon around 2:30pm and then Ryan and I hung out at the beach and had supper at yeppon. We got back to the dorms around 7:15pm. We then tried watching a movie but the internet was really slow and it wouldn’t load. So we had to go to the academic center and it worked there.After the movie I came back to my room and went to bed around 12.

                                                             A look down Byfield River

                                             A small rapid at the end of our journey down

                                                One of the dragons we seen beachin.

Saturday September 13^th: Today I woke up at 5:30am and read my bible. I then cleaned my room and put laundry in. Then I started my northern classes homework. At 10:30am I went to the pool and aqua jogged for an hour. Then we went to dinner. After dinner I continued working on homework and took my auditing test. Ryan and I went to supper around 5:30pm and talked with Emma about her res school at the Keppel islands. After supper I finished my non -profit homework around 9pm. Then Ryan and I watched a movie. I went to bed around 12:30pm.

Sunday September 14^th: Today I woke up at 8:15am and texted the fam and talked to Tor on facebook. Then Ryan and I watched my church online. After church we skyped with Ryan’s sister Rachal. Afterwards we headed to dinner and talked with Emma. After dinner I fell asleep until 2:45pm. Then Ryan and I watched how to train your dragon 2.  After the movie we went and shot hoops until supper. After supper we watched transformers 3.

Week 10 September 1

Monday September 1: Today I woke up at 6:45am and got ready for class. Ryan, Liana, and I walked to our classes. I had accounting theory from 8-10am. We got out early today at 9:30, so I went to the library and made invitations for my isagenix launch party. Afterwards I went back to my room and read my bible and did some homework until dinner. After dinner I did some finishing touches on my ethics paper and handed it in. Then I went to the gym and did a half mile of aqua jogging, p90x chest and back, and ab ripper. I got back to my room around 4 and showered and did homework until supper. Ryan and I went to supper at 5:45 and then watched limitless. After the movie I handed out the invitations. Then we played idiot and Ryan taught me how to play poker. Carolina and Gustavo joined us and we played until 10:30pm. 

Tuesday September 2^nd: Today I woke up at 7:45am and read my bible. Then I headed to the pool and aqua jogged for 48min. When I got back to my room I checked my email, texted the family, put laundry in, and made an invitation on Facebook for my isagenix launch party. After dinner I walked with Ryan to get his student ID and then I went to the gym. I aqua jogged for 30min and then did a leg/plank routine. When I got back I showered and did some things around my room. Then Ryan and I took our last ethics quiz and when we got done it was time for supper. We sat there for a while talking with the others. Then I worked on my corporate accounting and outdoor pursuits and about got those finished. Around 8:45, Ryan and I went and shot hoops for a long time. Then we watched Hitch.  

Wednesday September 3^rd: Today I woke up to Ryan knocking on my door at 7am. So I jumped out of bed and got ready for the gym. I aqua jogged for 30min and then did p90x shoulders and arms and ab ripper. When I got back I read my bible, sent emails, texted the family, looked up things for isagenix, and did some homework. Then I headed to dinner. After dinner I did my corporate accounting tutorial and peer wise and finished my outdoor pursuits papers. Then I started on my ethics paper until Ryan came over. We then walked to IGA to get dryer sheets for Ryan. On our way back we stopped and got supper. Then we watched toy story 3 and life as we know it.

Thursday September 4^th: Today I got up at 6am and headed to the pool to aqua jog for 48min. When I got back I showered, read my bible, and went to breakfast to remind people about my presentation at 10am. Then I headed to the academic centre to get things set up and ready. There was six kids that showed up and Ryan and I. It was a lot of fun and people were very interested in isagenix. Becky did a great job of talking with them over skype too. We got done around 11:15. Then I went back to my room and facebooked Becky with the follow up and did some more things with isagenix until dinner. After dinner I worked some more on isagenix and wrote a thank you paper for my scholarship. After that, I headed to the gym to aqua jog and do p90x core synergistics. When I got back I showered and got ready for class. I had corporate accounting tonight from 5-6:45pm.  After supper I came back to my room and worked on my northern classes for the rest of the night.

Friday September 5^th: Today I woke up at 5am and got ready for the gym. Ryan and I got to the gym around 5:30. I did p90x legs and back and ab ripper x this morning. Afterwards, I got ready for our outdoor pursuits class, we did stand up paddle boarding! We went to breakfast and met up with everyone and then walked to catch the bus to Causeway Lake. We were free to do whatever and go where ever we wanted today on the paddle boards. So we just messed around as a group on them. It was fun. Ryan and I had to leave early at 10:15 to catch the bus back for our class. After dinner we had our ethics class from 1-3. When we got back, I read my bible and kept reading my textbook for my northern auditing class. But I fell asleep at 4 so I didn’t get much done in it. After supper I came back and worked on my northern auditing and non-profit class until 10:15pm. 

                                                     Paddle boarding at Causeway Lake

Saturday September 6^th: Today I woke up at 6:45am and headed to the gym. I aqua jogged for an hour and then came back and showered and got ready for the beach. Ryan and I took off at 9:45am for Roslyn Bay. I was so nice out. When we got there we laid out and tanned, searched for sea shells, hiked, and swam a little. We went to the marina around 4 and got chips and a piece of gluten free cake. We caught the 5:15 bus back to the Uni. We got back around 6:10 and then made brownies and popcorn and watched fast five. Ryan went back to his room around 10:30; we were exhausted from the beach. I then read my bible and wrote in my journal and went to bed. 

                                                                       Roslyn Bay

                                                            A cave we seen on our hike.

Sunday September 7^th: Today I woke up at 8:15am; it felt good to sleep in! I then showered and put my laundry in. Ryan came over at 9am and we listened to Jon’s sermon online. After that I uploaded pictures to my computer and Facebook. We then went to dinner; we talked with Emma for a long time. After dinner I came back to my room and read my auditing homework until 4pm. Then I watched some things on isagenix and talked to Tor! Then Ryan and I went to supper at 5:30 and everyone was there; we all talked with them for a while. After supper we watched transformers. After the movie I came back to my room and finished up my auditing reading and by then it was 10:30.