Happy Birthday!

       Yesterday was my 19th birthday, and it was extremely weird not to be celebrating it at home with my family and friends, but it did turn out to be a nice day and I will get to celebrate again when I go home! I started with the usual getting up, changed and having some breakie before heading out to university. For the afternoon I was working with Brianna, and we went to Murray Building to use the Scanning Electron Microscope - it was really cool to see how this worked, and to actually have a go at getting images of the abalone muscle, and seeing differences. I have never seen a microscope quite as big as that one, but I am sure that there are even bigger ones around the world!

        After we'd finished gathering images of the abalone samples, that was it for the day in terms of work, so I headed to my Uncles office to relax a little and eat my birthday lunch (I packed myself a cookie as a treat!). I got to skype my Mum as well which always makes things better, and have a hot chocolate to heat up, it's getting rather chilly here.

       Back from university meant a quick change, a quick skype with my Dad - another thing that makes things better - and then we headed to Dysart's for my birthday meal. There were 9 of us in total, and although the food took a little while, and I was slightly disappointed with my burger (silly onions in the melted cheese) it was really lovely! I was really anxious and nervous about having a meal, as I haven't made a massive amount of friends here, so I invited my uni friends, and my Uncle and Aunt's friends that I have got to know. Everyone got on great, and I hope everyone had a nice time, with great home cooked food, which is always a bonus in the cold weather of Autumn.
        I was so surprised when I got given such lovely presents, I wasn't expecting anyone to get me anything. I got a nice mixture of things, including jewellery, a cupcake book, candy, a scarf and the softest, snuggliest blanket!

        So overall, I had a really nice, yet tiring birthday, and I can't wait to get home and do it all over again with my family and friends!