Aussie Rules

After 20+ hours on a plane, I've made it to Australia and shockingly with all my luggage, despite having to disassemble my large suitcase in LA in front of a rather large group of future plane mates. My lovely friend Tanya was kind enough to pick me up and make me feel right at home in her place. She helped me sort out an Australian mobile and internet at her house in about 24 hours, and that helped with feeling a bit more settled. So no rest for the wicked apparently! I've been out all 3 nights I've been here, and we managed to score tickets to the Aussie Rules semi-final match at the very cool MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground). The Kangaroos took on Hawthorne and I learned that Aussie Rules is a tough game to watch, let alone to play. But it's such an exciting sport and after approximately 3,000 questions to Tanya's very patient brother and cousin, I seemed to be getting the hang of it. I believe the patience of the boys was mostly due to the fact that their team (the Kangaroos) stayed in the lead the whole game and ended up winning in the end, so this was followed by much celebration. This week is about getting over the jet lag, learning more slang, and looking for a job. For now, back to Australian Idol reruns....