Wow, it's been a while.

So it's been some time since I've written in here. Sorry guys!

the past few weeks have been full of adventure and excitement. We had our Farewell dinner with Butler the last week of October which meant the beginning of the end. Swotvac was spent in rainy Brisbane, but it was a great week with Halloween and a dive trip on Moreton Bay! Okay, so they really don't celebrate Halloween here, but of course, we as Americans needed to show them how it should be done. Halloween night was spent at the Regatta with a mix of Butler and Frisbee kids. The night was full of dancing, laughing, and walking.

Diving the first Saturday of November was AMAZING. Best diving I've seen in a while. And I was the only American on the boat for a change! It was a large boat, small dive group, great crew, and beautiful scenery. The water was "Australia Blue" as I call it. There's Caribbean Blue, but that's a totally different shade and tint. I'm telling you, it's all on its own. Anywho, the first dive location was a reef dive off the coast of Moreton Island where we dove with HUGE sea turtles! They swam right by us and they were the biggest I'd ever seen. beautiful. The visability was great on there and the coral had amazing color. The second dive was a 4 boat wreck. I love diving wrecks and my dive buddy was very enthusiastic which made for a great 40 minutes in the water. The vis wasn't as great, but the wreck was awesome; the fish used the railings as underwater road ways which was quite funny, and the fish that hung out beneath the boats were lined with a glow-in-the-dark purple colour. that was a great day.

This past week I spent alot of time in the city wandering around and slowly studying for my one final on Friday. Thank goodness that's all done and I can properly enjoy my last week! Debbie left Saturday morning, so we went out Friday night in celebration of finishing uni and as a good bye party. Saturday I went shopping in Brisbane with Jess then over to my friend, Jonathan Potts's, house. He's moving to Sydney in the next week and threw a good bye party. Let's just sum it up with 1AM tennis, push ups, hiding in the bushes, and getting to bed at 6AM. Good times. Sunday I spent sleeping in the afternoon and then Johnny came over that evening to play some guitar and chill. We shared Christmas Traditions and swapped crazy stories till the early morning.

Man, I'm gonna miss this place. This time next week I'll be in New Zealand? Far out.
I'll get in atleast one more post before I get there, and then maybe one after New Zealand before I get home.

Peace out friends!