In Which John Goes to the Beach and Everyone Has a Great Day

Who cares about what happened on Wednesday and Thursday? This story is about Friday, baby!

I woke up bright and early to get fully ready for the day at the beach. The sky was completely overcast.

But then it went away! There was absolutely no reason for that part of the story.

6 of us left campus at 11:00 for Avalon Beach. It's a nice small beach that was not very populated, considering it was a Friday during school hours.

We started with a small "breakfast" at a bakery where they have sweet bread and Australian Andrew insisted that "frosting" was a weird word and should be called "icing."

We had to coax our friend who was deathly afraid of fish to go into the water past her ankles. After we succeeded, we did everything that makes the beach fun (like you see in movies):

- Body surfing
- Girls getting on guys shoulders and playing "Chicken"
- Playing catch in the ocean
- Building a sand castle
- Burying someone in the sand
- Reading on the beach (in this case it was a dramatic reading of Twilight)
- Making...uh, sand angels?
- Getting sunburnt
- Spinning high-fives in the water...we made it a thing

After the ocean portion of the beach trip was over, it was time to head to a NINJA-THEMED RESTAURANT for lunch. Unfortunately, they were closed a half-hour before the sign said they'd close, so we just sat at the table where there were presumably many ninjas around.

So instead we ate at a seafood place that was recommended by a "friend." We got the seafood platter (fish, calamari, scallops, chips (fries), and prawns (shrimp)). This was actually just five varieties of "chewy, flavorless, white stuff deep fried in a thick layer of batter." We probably each had 3 heart attacks during that meal.

Then we decided to be healthy and got gelato. Mine was nougat flavored. It was interesting, but the Peach-Mango-Cheesecake was probably the wiser choice.

We headed home after that. Australians love to say "fail" and "win." Remember when that was popular in America? ...Yeah.

At home, I got to manage the house for yet another performance of the musical. It was a lot of fun, and I found myself being less bored at this one than I did the first time, even though very few cast members hung out in the lobby this time.

And now I'm looking forward to this epic weekend to continue with the cast party, which is sure to end in great memories and huge regrets.