It's hard to believe that M has already been in Australia for more than a week. In some ways it seems like she just got on the plane for San Francisco and in others, it seems as if she's been gone for much longer.
I wonder how the passage of time feels to her.
This Thursday I'm thankful that M has adjusted so well to life and her class and internship routine in Sydney. M has mastered the website that helps her figure out what bus she needs to take to get to and from her internship and also to and from her class on Wednesdays at Australian Catholic University.
I'm also thankful that M seems to be off to a good start at Wairoa School. She's only been with the students two days, but her blog post was very upbeat.
M is becoming well-acquainted with the groceries near her apartment -- Coles and Aldi's. She is finding thrifty ways to fix her meals rather than defaulting to eating out all the time.
M seems like she is making an effort to make friends with the other students in the program instead of spending all of her free time on her laptop. I'm sure that she's skyped with J and probably has even talked with him on the phone, but she doesn't seem to be horribly homesick.
In just a few hours M will leave for a weekend surfing trip to a beach area north of Sydney. I'm thankful that M has this opportunity to learn how to surf and to see more of Australia than just the streets and neighborhoods of Sydney. I hope she has a great time and turns into a 21st century Gidget!
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