February 19

**This is a picture of most of the people I live with from last Friday night. It's pretty surprising, but there's no one in the group that I don't like. We have Canada, USA, France, Japan, Turkey, Britain, India, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Vietnam, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia**
Last Sunday night at the Vinnies volunteer thing, I had a surprisingly nice time. We went to a couple of different locations where a lot of homeless people are and set up a table and just waited for them to come to us. It actually got really busy, but when it was quieter, we had the chance to talk to people. It was an enlightening experience. I could tell that most of them had some sort of mental issue, but they were all very kind and appreciative to us. The other people that I volunteer with are also very nice. I'm invited to a Vinnies Ball in April in a city called Wagga Wagga, about 5 hours drive. If we get enough people to go, we get to go on a bus and have free accommodation. This Saturday I'm going to a BBQ where I'll be helping to cook and serve some less fortunate people. Busy, busy, busy.
Work is still amazing. Today I had a meeting with my boss because I've been there for a week & we needed to go over my contract (and basically decide whether or not I was going to work there for a while). My boss told me that he's loving having me there and the progress that I've made in this past week is phenomenal. He said he can tell that I learn very quickly and him & the rest of the staff are really glad to have me on the team. How good is that??!? It's so nice to hear. I keep thinking that they might think of me as too new to the business or something, but I'm starting to realize that I'm MADE for this job. I had no idea it could be so good. Hhaha, Have I said that already? ok, sometime soon I'll quit gushing about work!!
I sent an e-mail to my old teacher, Rob, at Fanshawe. I just wanted to update him about my new job & what I've been doing since school. I got an e-mail from one of my old friends that's in his 3rd year now, saying that Rob read the e-mail to the class as a positive outlook for some nervous students. I hope it's an inspiration for some of them to travel.
Other than that, I've been spending my free evenings with my flat-mates. I really like them all, I totally love Sydney.