You know you've settled into Australia

• You've seen a suicidal kangaroo. Yes, we have a kangaroo decide that he should test dh's braking ability. Dh said he was fine and did not burn rubber. Fine yes.. but did burn rubber. So we've now seen kangaroos eating in the wild (Wilson's Prom), koalas in tree (no, we didn't see the koala.. we saw the car and people looking up), N and I saw an echidna drinking water on our way home from Mornington Peninsula - Fort Nepean.

• You realize that all this talk about weather in the States is backwards to what is going on around you. Spring the clocks forward now! - hmm, no, in a few weeks we'll turn our clocks back. Blood is thinning. N. made fun of me as I needed my jacket with a breeze and commented on the weather starting to get cooler. We went to Healesville Sanctuary with the youngest on Sunday and he kept saying he was chilly. Some of the trees here lose their bark in the fall not their leaves. Upside down, eh?
  

• You start collecting water from the shower before it is hot enough to shower to give to the plants outside. Yes, I now have a bucket in my shower that I'll use to water the plants around the house. I now take shorter showers and really do think about not running the water while doing dishes. You are thankful for a rain shower that last more than 15 minutes.
  

• Hate the time difference with friends back in the States. Have time to chat.. and bam.. no one online. Can't chat in group chats because it turns out that afternoon you are busy. (sigh.. evening chats Stateside... afternoon here.) Remember chatting with my friend from Hawaii and says to me.. "now you know my pain."

• Your child has accepted wearing uniforms and mentions how easy it is in the morning getting ready for school.
  

• You get use to dropping "r"s when you speak. Not quite the same way as Bostonians. Dh comments that there are an excess amount of r's running around. :)
  

Week with N. flew by too quickly. Have to remember to get to the airport a tad earlier when he returns in June. Was a bit rushed - they were pulling people out of the line to check in sooner for the LAX flight. N. did keep his cool though he did call us from the plane with worries about making connections in LAX and Dallas.

Yesterday we went to the Moomba Waterfest in Melbourne. The kidlets stayed home. Dh and I took the tram in to Melbourne. We got to see Andrew Elliott swallow a sword. Found out what slalom water skiing involved and watched the end of the women's and the beginning of the men's finals. The funniest was watching the bathtub races. (can't find any pictures online of it.) We were driven home in one of the fastest trips from the Arts Centre to Glenferrie. Turns out it was either the end of the day of the driver or his break time. Switched drivers at Glenferrie. Much smoother ride down Wattletree from there.