September. October. November....and now DECEMBER. I can't really grasp that I've now lived in Melbourne for over 4 months....some days it feels like I just got here, other days it feels like I've been here for ages. The weather doesn't really make it easy to tell how much time has passed either. I've now experienced my hottest day in Australia - 32 degrees c
elsius (97 degrees F), but all too quickly it was raining and back to 16 degrees (60 degrees F) by the end of the week. I travel across the world and I STILL live in the
unpredictable weather of Columbus, Ohio.
Haha typical.
The holiday season snuck up on me this year - most likely because it's warm outside and Melbourne's Christmas decorations look to me more like 4
th of July has taken over the city rather than Santa Claus is coming to town. I just finished my Christmas shopping last week in the city; I was walking in the rain and looking at the palm trees decorated with red and silver stars....and that's when it really hit me on all the traditions I'll be missing out on this year.
Upper Arlington's night out before Thanksgiving. My dad's initiation into the drunken
santa club. Black Friday with my mom and sisters. Christmas cookies - fighting over the fact that I want to make more this year, then never actually having time. Rudy getting lost in the snow trails.
Falala lifetime with my mom. Scarfs. Mittens. Cold weather. Spiked hot chocolate by the fire. Picking out the Christmas tree. Four Families Christmas Party. Secret Santa. My mom's cooking. Looking for Christmas lights with
Kel. My Ipod filled with 108 Christmas songs. Christmas Eve Party. Sneaking more baileys in Grandma Rita's drink. Family.
The Night Before Christmas. Mimosas. Board games all day. Crying that the day is already over...
There are endless traditions that we create each year, some we keep close by for the years to come and some are just there to make funny stories. I've had my mopey moment, so now it's time to embrace the new traditions and memories I have yet to create. Christmas in Australia -
santa hats and red "swimmies" on the beach, good friends (one flying all the way from Ohio to see us...can't wait to see you, Kyle
Melling!!!), drinks and cooking a Christmas dinner full of American/Canadian/English traditions...
yorkshire pudding with roast turkey this year??? Should be interesting!
My holiday season started out with an American gathering for Thanksgiving. Six of us got together to drink, listen to Christmas music all day and make our first Thanksgiving meal without adult supervision. Well, the stuffing of the turkey and taking out it's "giblets" was pretty
disgusting...but I survived! Considering what Megan and I thought was going to be a disaster as we desperately searched the isles of 3 grocery stores the previous day (Aussies don't believe in canned
pumpkin or cranberries).....Thanksgiving this year turned out to be one of the most fun I've celebrated so far! A pounding headache at work the next day and a pretty bad burn from the oven (warning - don't try to balance red wine and a hot pan at the same time) were basically my only regrets.
Sooooo...as I've continued to be lacking with communication and many of you have been asking...what have I been up to this past month?? Working, aussie rap concerts, working more, music festivals, still trying to get my mom to figure out the time change, making good friends and better friendships, reuniting with old friends (Shout out, Megan Ware), discovering scary spiders, coping with Melbourne weather and embracing new traditions.
Tomorrow Megan leaves to go back to the states, which not only makes me really sad but nervous for the two new roommates we will have to meet. On the bright side - one of my favorite people in the world comes to visit next week for Christmas!! Two more weeks of
Carlisle street, then off to a New Year's vacation up the coast with Emily, Kyle and Chris!! So cheers to the holiday season and to whatever new or old tradition this year may bring you :)
Missing everyone back home, xoxo
September. October. November....and now DECEMBER. I can't really grasp that I've now lived in Melbourne for over 4 months....some days it feels like I just got here, other days it feels like I've been here for ages. The weather doesn't really make it easy to tell how much time has passed either. I've now experienced my hottest day in Australia - 32 degrees celsius (97 degrees F), but all too quickly it was raining and back to 16 degrees (60 degrees F) by the end of the week. I travel across the world and I STILL live in the unpredictable weather of Columbus, Ohio. Haha typical.
The holiday season snuck up on me this year - most likely because it's warm outside and Melbourne's Christmas decorations look to me more like 4th of July has taken over the city rather than Santa Claus is coming to town. I just finished my Christmas shopping last week in the city; I was walking in the rain and looking at the palm trees decorated with red and silver stars....and that's when it really hit me on all the traditions I'll be missing out on this year.
Upper Arlington's night out before Thanksgiving. My dad's initiation into the drunken santa club. Black Friday with my mom and sisters. Christmas cookies - fighting over the fact that I want to make more this year, then never actually having time. Rudy getting lost in the snow trails. Falala lifetime with my mom. Scarfs. Mittens. Cold weather. Spiked hot chocolate by the fire. Picking out the Christmas tree. Four Families Christmas Party. Secret Santa. My mom's cooking. Looking for Christmas lights with Kel. My Ipod filled with 108 Christmas songs. Christmas Eve Party. Sneaking more baileys in Grandma Rita's drink. Family. The Night Before Christmas. Mimosas. Board games all day. Crying that the day is already over...
There are endless traditions that we create each year, some we keep close by for the years to come and some are just there to make funny stories. I've had my mopey moment, so now it's time to embrace the new traditions and memories I have yet to create. Christmas in Australia - santa hats and red "swimmies" on the beach, good friends (one flying all the way from Ohio to see us...can't wait to see you, Kyle Melling!!!), drinks and cooking a Christmas dinner full of American/Canadian/English traditions...yorkshire pudding with roast turkey this year??? Should be interesting!
My holiday season started out with an American gathering for Thanksgiving. Six of us got together to drink, listen to Christmas music all day and make our first Thanksgiving meal without adult supervision. Well, the stuffing of the turkey and taking out it's "giblets" was pretty disgusting...but I survived! Considering what Megan and I thought was going to be a disaster as we desperately searched the isles of 3 grocery stores the previous day (Aussies don't believe in canned pumpkin or cranberries).....Thanksgiving this year turned out to be one of the most fun I've celebrated so far! A pounding headache at work the next day and a pretty bad burn from the oven (warning - don't try to balance red wine and a hot pan at the same time) were basically my only regrets.
Sooooo...as I've continued to be lacking with communication and many of you have been asking...what have I been up to this past month?? Working, aussie rap concerts, working more, music festivals, still trying to get my mom to figure out the time change, making good friends and better friendships, reuniting with old friends (Shout out, Megan Ware), discovering scary spiders, coping with Melbourne weather and embracing new traditions.
Tomorrow Megan leaves to go back to the states, which not only makes me really sad but nervous for the two new roommates we will have to meet. On the bright side - one of my favorite people in the world comes to visit next week for Christmas!! Two more weeks of Carlisle street, then off to a New Year's vacation up the coast with Emily, Kyle and Chris!! So cheers to the holiday season and to whatever new or old tradition this year may bring you :)
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