September 2

Felt kinda blue this morning (don't know why), so I moped around the house for a while. Then made some breakfast and headed to Paddington to pick up a package. It was my sweatshirt! Yay. I talked to the woman at the post office. She was from Glasgow, Scotland! I asked her when and why she moved here. She said she moved here 28 years ago and her husband and her were deciding between South Africa and here, but chose here because they didn't like the apartheid. They thought the discrimination and segregation was wrong. I challenged her and asked how she felt about the treatment of aboriginals here in Australia. She said that it's a shame what the government did, some have been able to overcome it, some deserve the treatment because they are not trying to overcome it.. She raised her son to treat everyone equally, but ultimately it's up to the individual if they rise above discrimination.

By then, she was getting a line, so I went on my merry way and waited for the next bus. Just then I saw a little toddler run into the middle of the street. At first I was in shock, then I took action and ran after her. I could hear her mom running and calling her, but she was already IN the street. Luckily no cars were around, but I reached her and then the mom came right after me. Pretty scary!!

On campus, I went to the library and returned some books, then headed to class. We learned about how tourism can decrease poverty in places like Cambodia. It was pretty boring. Then I went straight to the library and tried to study for a few hours. I say tried because I was distracted by a couple of friends and then wasn't very successful in my search for statistics. I left around 6pm, as it was getting dark, but then realized I had left my purse in class!!! So, I went back to the lecture hall and luckily there was no lecture going on, and my purse was right where I had left it! Phew!! I lucked out big time.  Went home and cooked some dinner and then discussed our Thailand trip with the girls until late. We are still undecided about it, but are currently thinking of splitting it up so we don't have to try to cram everything in at once. That means less time in the states, though, which makes a few of my friends unhappy.