Conception Day!

Yesterday was probably the most anticipated event of the entire semester...CONCEPTION DAY! It's a huge event put on by the school to basically celebrate the day the school was founded. This year happened to be the 40th anniversary so it was big! My aussie roommate and friends have been talking about it for awhile. I was so excited the night before it almost felt like Christmas! I was woken up at 5:55am with pounding on my door (again, my aussie roommate), then at 6am the chaos started. They drove throughout the village, music blasting, honking horns, waking everyone up bright and early. By 7am everyone was out on the grass field with a drink in hand! My friend Kristen and I started out the morning with mamosas! The Village put on a breakfast bbq and gave out free t-shirts that said "If found, please return to Macquarie Uni Village." I met heaps of new aussies that came out for the event (notice my use of aussie lingo). It was such a fun day! Later on we walked over the lake where the main event was held...bbq, drinks, ferris wheel and concert stages where we got to see Wolfmother play...it was a great concert! I was so exhausted by the end of the day but probably one of the best days yet, meeting new people and having fun...not to mention it was a beautiful 85 degrees out!

Oh, and did I mention that it is SPRING BREAK!? Tomorrow morning I am flying to Adelaide to see some really great friends (Heather & Daniel's fam). I'll be there for about a week and am looking forward to Kathy's wedding on Saturday! Then flying out to the Gold Coast and Brisbane where I get to meet some of my buddy Jay's friends and family. Should be a relaxing two weeks with alot of time spent at the beach. Cannot wait!