The answer to my problems? Maybe? Possibly?

This post is coming to you from the potential solution to all of my wifi-related troubles: the library! Which has free wifi, is only a few blocks from the office and a slight detour on the way to the train station, and is open for part of the day on Saturdays and until 7pm on weekdays, which means I could probably watch at least one episode of TV while downloading another at least a few days a week. I think I’ll still fall behind on TV, but not absurdly so. And while they also have free internet computers, I think I’ll be bringing my laptop and using the wifi more often, just cuz when computers are set up for research purposes, I don’t think it would be very appreciated for me to hog one while plugging in headphones to watch Glee.

So anyway, I came here to download some stuff faster and complete and hand in my (third to last for this course!) MBA homework assignment, and try to catch up on some emails. But I also want to do some shopping today because since my shopping attempts of last weekend, I’ve been seeing some stores around that look more in my price range so I’d like to try them out. One major thing I need is new sneakers. I needed new sneakers last spring and I thought it was a brilliant idea to buy these ones that are built to ‘burn 5x more calories with every step’, but when you’re walking freakin’ everywhere, including uphill, the additional incline is not appreciated. It burns, and I’ll have monster calves by Christmas. And I got sucked into a commercial the other day for someplace in Sydney that was talking about how they have the most comfy walking shoes EVER, however I have no idea where that store is, so that’s something I’m hoping to figure out today. And, since I don’t particularly want to carry my laptop around shopping, that means I have to go home after this to drop it off, and then come back into the city (and yes, this time I took the train instead of walking across the bridge, even though it’s Saturday).

And you also know that Saturday means cupcakes. Now, if I told you that other than my occasional cupcake and Krispy Kreme indulgences, I have been eating no junk food at all since I got here, would you judge me less when I say that my breakfast this morning was a cupcake and a Rock Star energy drink? How about if I told you that before that fabulous breakfast, I started off my day with Ab! Ripper! X! (I hate it! But I love it. ... No, I really just hate it) ? See, what happened was, I decided to cheat and go to the cupcake place by the train station yesterday so I could try their red velvet and compare it to my first cupcake from the first cupcake place (the first place is better, btw), and once there I noticed that they also have dulce de leche flavored cupcakes, so I had to have one of those too, but of course, having two cupcakes in one day is a bit much so I had to save one for breakfast. And I know Rock Star is an American drink, but I’d never had one before and I’ve been seeing them around all over the place here so I decided to try one but I bought it at a weird time so it’s been sitting in my fridge until today. And honestly, it will be my first and last. Far inferior to Red Bull.

So tomorrow, I was planning on going to the little market thing they do in my neighborhood on Sundays, because I hadn’t really paid much attention to it before and then I stumbled upon it last Sunday but it was just when they were packing everything up. So I wanted to go earlier this time but apparently there is a marathon going on tomorrow, and I think it may interfere with the market. It may actually interfere with me getting absolutely anywhere, so I might just end up taking my book and sitting in one of the pretty spots from the photos in my very first post. We’ll see.

But wherever I am, I will be thinking of you all in Bermuda and wishing you the best of luck dealing with the menace of Hurricane Igor. Stay safe!

And, honestly? I’m beginning to question my thoughts that the library is the solution to all my problems. I’ve lost the connection a few times through the duration of this post, and even while it’s been working, my MBA website refuses to load, although all others do fine. I’m going to relocate to a more central location that might have a better connection (I’ve found myself an isolated corner), but if this keeps up for much longer, I think I might have to return to the stupid café that closes at 5 on weekdays, because at least it’s open right now…

EDIT: So I'm now at the cafe. I'm not sure the library is a total lost cause, but for today I was impatient. And one thing that made me a bit more uncomfortable with the library on my way out. On the bottom floor, they have this spectacular see-through glass floor thing that looks down onto a model of the full city of Sydney, which catches your eye the moment you walk in the door. Catches your eye so much that you don't notice what I noticed on my way out... that closer to the door, in the floor tiling, there are... what appear to be... several... swastikas. Um. I don't know what to think about that. I think I'll be asking some of the locals about it...