Day 4 - Easter Lunch

It was a pretty quiet Easter Sunday.  Maddie and Bobby are not very religious, and we went over to her sister's house for an Easter Lunch.  Her sister lives about 10-15 minutes away in suburb right next to the school I was originally going to be placed in (Knox).  The lunch was very good.  I've noticed that the food here is not all that different from back home.  The lunch consisted of Maddie, Bobby, Maddie's sister Rosyln, her husband David and the two elder statement Ron (Maddies dad) who is 87 and Ruth (Davids mom) who is almost 95.  It was nice and fun to hear these two elder Australians outlook on things and the stories they told.  They were both extremely sharp for the age and it was very impressive listening to them. 

From there we went back to the house relaxing and just hanging out. Earlier in the day there was a kookaburra bird sitting on the ledge of the pool railing.  Maddie went out and fed it a small piece of meat, something that is not uncommon here and then I did as well.  It was a pretty cool thing to do, but unfortunately my camera died before I could get a picture.  A quiet day overall, but really enjoying things.

I'm beginning to grow a pretty strong bond with the dog of the house Leroy.  He is a Gordon Setter who is just over a year old.  Sometimes hes a bit shy with strangers but he has taken to me quite well, and is always jumping all over me and licking me.  Its nice to have a dog back in my life everyday, so I don't mind it at all!

-Andrew

Leroy the Gordon Setter taking a rest from usual hyper-self

Aussie Words:

Sunnies : Sunglasses

Zed: the letter z