where has time gone?

so... i've been very busy the last few weeks. VERY busy. hence the lack of postage...
so here's a bullet point version of what i've been up to recently:

• the wesley choir (which includes ALL the musos) put on mozart's requiem. it was long... but good!
• a new lady came to the nursing home... evelyn. she is absolutely wonderful. she has all kinds of great stories, and she loves to talk :)
• i found out that oomera, my aborigine teacher, is even cooler than i thought!
• i went and watched a soccer game at a pub with kieran and friends :)
• i went to elle's service with her at a place called newtown mission. it's in this old church that has the largest painting in the southern hemisphere on the ceiling. basically they do a short church service, then serve food to the homeless. i got to help out, and i also got to just sit and talk to people. it was absolutely wonderful, and i met some phenomenal people. i'm going back tonight :)
• i went on the coast walk from bondi to coogee beach with a bunch of the asc girls. it was a lot longer than i expected. but it was fun.
• i went back up to alex's last weekend. it was way different than last time, but SUPER fun. we went fishing and i learned how to kneeboard! it was sweet :)
• monday was my last official day of service :( i'm going back next week, though. i'm really sad about leaving st. mary's! it has turned out to be so much more of a blessing than i ever thought it would.
• i have written 4 papers in the last 3 weeks. i have 2 more papers, 2 presentations, and 1 exam left. eek!
• GRAND FINALE: last night i went and saw la boheme at the sydney opera house!!! it was so awesome! seriously... going to an opera at the opera house was at the top of my list of things i wanted to do while i was here. and the fact that it was la boheme just made it even better!

it's been a busy, exciting, ridiculously up and down last few weeks. my emotions are going nuts... i'm not really sure how i feel about the fact that i'm leaving in just 17 DAYS...