Oh Yeah...I am in Australia

I FINALLY got my computer in this past week from the post office. They have had it for about 4 weeks and could not deliver it to the address on the box until they received confirmation from the sender (me), permission from the receiver (Gustavo), AND permission from the sender (me) for the receiver (Gustavo) to receive the package. Well by the time all of these permissions and confirmations had been approved, Gustavo had moved, and I had arrived in Sydney- with a different address. As a result, I had to start the process all over and had to have it sent to another address, with Gustavo being the sender and me being the receiver of the package....

If you want a glimpse into Australian business, the post office is about as a perfect model as you can find. Processes for immigration, financial aid, enrolling at uni, getting a phone, opening a bank account and just about anything else uses the post office as the benchmark. And you thought the DMV was bad.

The first few weeks have been hectic, but things are starting to settle down. I am currently living with KK (a friend and teammate from Mobile) and his family, as well as Dingo, another guy from Mobile. Yes, it is a bit weird for 4 guys who all went to the same small college in Alabama together to be living in the same city in Australia. But hey, either things happen for a reason or it truly is a small world.

Today will be the first time that I have done anything that even remotely resembles being in Australia. There is a big rugby match tonight at Olympic Stadium. The plan is to go see Olympic park, have a dip at the aquatic center, eat some dinner, hit up the mach and perhaps a beer or two afterwords. I am really looking forward to it because it seems that I have been living on campus and sleeping on the subway since I have been here.