Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Well as it turns out, we arrived just in time for the end of summer rainstorms here in Sydney. As soon as we thought we might be hading to the beach every day, the beautiful sunny weather turns into gloomy rain showers. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my Dad warned me about the funny weather here. While the rain may not be as crazy and intense as it was in Cairns, it’s still not the perfect weather I had pictured Sydney to have. You wake up and it looks like it might be a nice day, get dressed in a summer outfit and then head out to a freak rainstorm. Or it could be the complete opposite. I’ve been wanting to take pictures of the beautiful scenery around me - there’s a beautiful Catholic church I can see form my window and also some pictures of my school to show you guys back home, but the weather just has not been cooperating with us every since that first Sunday when we went to the beach. Weather forecasts say it is going to be like this for a few days and into the weekend – bummer! We were planning on taking a trip somewhere before school starts. We have two weeks, enough time to get settled in and go somewhere for a few days. The Blue Mountains seem to be a desirable location but no one can make a definite decision. My throat was really bothering me and I didn’t think a couple days out in nature with rainy weather would be the best for me. The other girls agreed that we could find a better time to do this. They are only a few hours away – a perfect weekend get-away in one of the weeks to come (it’s pretty cheap to travel an stay the night there). The boys still ended up going and come back with fabulous stories, telling us how we missed out. Although the weather wasn’t the best in the mornings I guess it cleared up in the afternoon making the trip a success. I thought they were just trying to make us feel bad, but the pictures they took were pretty awesome and it looked to be fun. Our rainy day activities back in Sydney included seeing He’s Just Not That Into You and a lengthy/expensive shopping trip at a nearby mall (I’m going to have to get used to the shopping here, it’s more expensive and frustrating!) It was good to just hang out and relax for a bit, especially after the excitement of traveling and moving in. And plus, I woke up on Saturday feeling much better so I’m confident that I made the right decision – after all it was Valentine’s Day and we were going out to celebrate!