Melbourne here I come!

It just became summer in Perth yesterday, I spent the afternoon at Cottesloe beach! Perth is an OK city in the winter, but it really shines in the summer. Gorgeous beaches, parks, and everything is outdoors.

Just in time for the warm weather, though, I'm headed to chilly Melbourne for the week. Rob's dad is having his 50th birthday party and I'm going along for the ride... but a few days earlier than the rest of the crew so that I can spend four days on my own wandering around the city that is about to become my home next year.

This means researching suburbs to live in (Richmond, Carlton, Collingwood, and Prahran top the list at the moment), lots of shopping (woohooo!!!!), and lots of cafe sitting and coffee drinking. My fingers are crossed for decent weather so that I don't have to spend the entire time shuffling in the rain from one indoor location to the next and can see the city properly.

This all means that when I get back next week I'll be in the midst of end-of-the-semester hell, all assignments and presentations due at the same time, but it'll be so totally worth the pain!