"My time is running...out." - Eleventh Doctor. 

Wow. Time flies when you're having fun and I feel like my time here has been rushing past me so fast that I can't quite keep up. What happened? Was it really almost three months ago since I started? Was it really nearly three months ago when I rocked up to my apartment with Dad and was like "wow, well, this is big." And then proceeded to wait three days for anyone else to move in and make an appearance. 

It is weird to think how wrong first impressions can be. I thought my apartment might end up the quiet one, as no one had yet moved it and I thought they must just desperately want to stay at home (for a while I thought I might be living solo). 

So lets see, what have I done since being here which I hoped I would do. 

a) Surfing - Yes, I started surfing. It was so much fun and I am going to do it next year again, with Andy and Catalina. It is so much fun and I can't wait to get started again. 

b) Tanning - My friend called me 'Indian' the other day whilst on Skype. I do think half of that was just my poor lighting on Skype but it still made me very happy all the same. The sharp tan line fron my swimming costume as well tells a different story. 

c) Blonde - yes, I wanted to be blonde. I wanted to come back super blonde was thinking I would need a product of some sort to do that. Alas, no. Beautiful San Diego Sun turned my dull dark blonde into a bright one - to the extent everyone back at home thinks I have dyed it and Mum keeps telling me 'don't worry, we'll fix that problem.'

d) Warm - I have been warm since being here. Thank god. I hate the cold. It makes me so miserable - so, so, so miserable. Thank godness it is warm. 

e) Editing - yes, I managed to enrol on an editing course! And I have been part of Triton TV. These two things make me so  happy. 

f) Most importantly, Friends. I have made lots of friends. All wonderful and different in their unique and special ways and I am so grateful for the fact that I have been allowed to meet these people. 

SO thinks I didn't do (Just wait till next quarter). 

a) Didn't work in Seaworld - alas, I can not unless I relate it to my degree - any suggestions? 

b) Didn't visit In-n-Out, Taco Bell, Dennys or Wendys (typical American chains) but I WILL DO. 

c) Scuba Dive - There just seemed to be no opportunities to, but I have finally found a company and will be scuba diving next quarter for sure...or maybe this weekend. 

d) Didn't fall in love with an American - yes, Mum, jump around with glee. Sorry friends, no American jocks will be making an appearance soon. 

e) Didn't find a boyfriend - ok, Mum, stop sobbing. Betty and I have promised ourselves that clearly next year is our year. 

f) Didn't work my socks off like last year so that I didn't have any fun - no, that can wait till next year. For now, I am having FUN!

g) Develop an American accent - or develop a speech disorder as my Dad would jokingly say. 

h) Didn't change - I don't think I did anyway. Not personality wise. 

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