ARRR Mateyy

This week was a footy filled week. If I didn't have footy one day, I was working out/ running. At one practice this week, one girl fractured her foot. She has to hobble around on crutches for 6 weeks! That's awful with all the upcoming activities. I also got elbowed in the face yesterday during practice and got a mouthful of blood. Footy is pretty brutal, especially without anyone wearing any pads when it comes to tackling. Also yesterday at practice, there was a 2002 graduate of St. John's there. He plays footy in the States for a boys team in Minnesota. They won a national title and he started in the program I am in now. He came back to Fremantle to coach footy here for a while. It was sweet seeing a former Johnny coming back to Fremantle later on in his lifetime. He wants us to get involved with the teams back in Minnesota. He said they have a girls team that needs more players. 

Today we proclaimed as Joe Smith day. We went out on a ship that looked like a pirate ship. It was pretty sweet. Aric brought us all out on this pirate ship for 3 hours as we sailed the sea. We got to climb the masts and even take control over the wheel. I got to learn what it takes to become a captain of a ship. Sweeeeeet. We Heeved and Hooed as we pulled the ropes to make the sails go up

 I am going to be busy this week with my research paper due on Thursday and then next week we head to Broome already. We got this big speech about Broome and it makes me excited to go now, but nervous at the same time.

This photo was on our informative sheet about Broome. I thought it was pretty funny. They warned us about crocodiles, deadly snakes, spiders, and ants. They also said that the most dangerous thing in Broome is the sun because it is extremely hot and everyone forgets about it. It is a lot hotter there than where I am now and it is also really humid there. Those are the parts I am not looking forward to, otherwise, it is going to be an experience of a lifetime.

. If you can see on this map, I am flying out of Perth into Broome. Then we are taking vans into the kimberly which is anywhere between a 4-7 hour drive depending on how much it is raining. Broome is just a town with aboriginal people and the kimberly is a separate community where we will have no electricity, and staying in tents in the outback. The sand is like a redish color and everyone there dresses very modest. The girls are not allowed to show their shoulders and are supposed to wear shots that go down to their knees. I will not be used to this especially with how hot it is going to be. We were also informed to get ready to be up at about 5:30 am because as soon as the sun comes up, we will want to be up--that is how hot it will be. Also, the climate here is extremes. Since it is the desert, it can get fairly cold at night, but extremely hot during the day.