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i went driving today for an hour. i've now logged 11 hours. YAY. only 14 more to go! by the end of next week i will only have 11 more to go! oh that sounds so great. everyone says "just lie" or "you arent REALLY PHSYICALLY logging ALL your 25 hours are you?" fact is, i dont want to lie. i want to do this properly and honestly. as much as logging 25 hours is a complete pain in the butt i can understand and appreciate the reasons for it. im so much more confident when i drive now and ive had some real good experiences.

im @ uni atm. been doing some research for my science experiment, looking for journal articles on australian families and also looking for articles on the process of adding meaning to a childs learning. the first two were very successful but the third is very difficult and ive given up and come here!

last nite i had culture group at my house. despite being exhausted i really enjoyed it. it was interesting to see what my spiritual giftings were (we did a little survey to find out wot they were) it was even more interesting to see what my spiritual giftings WEREN'T!!! mercy was right down the bottom! :-o haha. but helping was at the top. so i guess thats ok! hehe

my first week of uni was great and inspiring. this week has been just plain overwhelming. all of a sudden we are working on assignments, getting behind in readings and feeling confused in lectures. but i know this will pass when i fall into a routine. for now its taking everything in me not to freak out. some of the research i did today did lift some pressure off my shoulders tho which is great.

but yeh, back to culture group. people were all leaving and i walked them out to the carpark where they all were and there was a bunch of us standing around, talking about uni, about china (ruth and i) and just wots been happening in our lives. ruth was the last to leave and we had a nice big hug. as i was walking back up the driveway i thought "wow, i have some great friends". often i reflect on my life how it is now and how it was years ago. im always fascinated about how we just never know how things are gonna turn out. and as i walked up to my beautiful two storey villa i felt so excited. 5 years ago i would never have thought that id be living in perth, near a resort, in a beautiful villa, working for jeans west and going to uni.
makes u wonder where u'll be in another 5 years time! and i wonder how ill look back on my first year at uni?