I realized today that my posts are becoming more infrequent. Although, I think that has to do a lot with the fact that I'm becoming more comfortable with my surroundings and a lot of things aren't so new anymore. I'm beginning to feel quite settled at the house and with the family. Church has certainly become the norm for my weekend activities and coffee in Freo is a must during the week. Feeling comfortable where I am is a great feeling.
My new found comfort level has brought me a lot more confidence especially in trying to meet people and do things. On Friday evening I decided to tag along on the church's youth excursion to the beach. It was actually really great meeting the younger people in the congregation. And now I am the female youth leader in addition to all the other male leaders of the youth group. I think this will be a great thing for me and will hopefully be a great help to all the girls in the youth group. At the beach I also got to talk a lot with a German seminary candidate named Hanns. He's here for four weeks shadowing the pastors at church and is also playing guitar in the praise band. It was certainly refreshing to chat with someone who is going through a similar experience as me as far as being in a different country for an extended period of time.
On Saturday I took my first trip to Rottnest Island. I was invited to go along with the family on a friend's boat. Of course I didn't want to pass that up! The boat was absolutely huge (biggest personal boat I've been on!) and it was a fabulous time. Barbecue on the back of the boat, swimming in the water, drinking wine and just enjoying the ocean air! I was pretty quiet most of the day, but I had fun just soaking everything in. Today I had another little adventure with a new friend from church. We sat and talked for hours at Dome over coffee. Fantastic time! He also showed me around downtown Perth a little bit while we looked for new running shoes (these shoes will come into play in the next paragraph). We talked about school, work, and traveling. By the end of the day, we planned out a 29 day trip across Western Europe with an extension for a week in London and five days in Greece. I so wish we that could actually happen! :)
Now some of you might be wondering why I have entitled this post as such - "Try-athlete...or...Tri-athlete?!" Well, here's where the running shoes come into the picture. After riding my bike around the riverfront for the past few weeks, I decided to start looking into cycling races. I mentioned this to my host mom and she pointed me in the direction of 2XU Women's Triathlon. This triathlon has four segments for varying levels of athleticism. If you go to the link, you will be able to view each available segment. I am going to do the Mini-Triathlon to get myself acquainted with the sport. However, if I'm feeling really adventurous, I might go for the Short-course Triathlon. Either way, I wanted to try something different and extremely outside my comfort zone. In addition, this triathlon is in two weeks on March 6 - so soon!!! And to top it off - I don't have running shoes with me! I asked my mom to check into how much it would cost to ship my running shoes to me...cheap right?? No way! Over $100 to ship my little running shoes half way across the world. I guess I will be shopping for new runners! :) Needless to say, I'm getting very excited about trying something different, but my nerves are starting to catch up with me. Let's hope they don't get the better of me! Wish me luck!
It's time for me to sign off and get back to my homework for the night. It's been great friends and I'll be back soon with another update! Miss you all!!!
~A
Good for you!
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