Titanic!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday 06/03/2010 I experienced the Titanic. I kid you not. I walked through a car garage in which the water level was above my waist and cars were completely covered beyond their headlights. The city of Melbourne experienced a mini cyclone, as the news stated. This epic day began with Jill and I decidimg to venture to St. Kilda's to the beach for the day to relax and listen to Kenny Chesney while sunbathing with smoothies. As Kenny would say, "No shoes, No shirt, No problems" right? WRONG. We laid on the beach for a total of 20 minutes before we both looked over to each other at the pivotal moment in which we both sadly admitted that it was too cold. We were so bummed because we traveled 1 hour and 30 minutes to rapture in its beautiful sunlight and rolling waves. But... We got up and packed our bags and decided to shop. Why not take some advantage of the area? As we graced the doorstep of store #2, I felt a little tap on my shoulder. I looked around and no one was there. For a moment, I questioned my sanity but then seconds later was confirmed that indeed I was not crazy. It started hailing! Full blown hailing! Jill and I ran to the tram (caught it just in time) and hopped on to get to the city. Once in the city, we knew we had to get on another tram to take us back to Bundoora (where LaTrobe is). Sadly, we did not make it to the city. About 3/4 of a mile from the city, our lovely tram driver announced to us that we, in his words exactly, "are better off walking." The public transportation system was completely shut down due to the storm and all the trams were no longer running. So Jill and I heeded his advice and began our pleasant stroll in the cold and windy rain/hail. As we got closer to the city, we discovered that it was completely flooded (pictures to come). There were ambulances and fire trucks running around everywhere and accidents lined the streets. We determined that we would have to cross the street to get to some form of shelter. As we began to cross, I went in first and stuck my foot in the road and lost my shoe! The water went up to mid calf and I lost it immediately. GREAT. After a moment of recollection, I grabbed Jill and my other shoe and we headed across the street. The water was freezing and I seriously questioned if we would contract hypothermia. Once we FINALLY made it to the other side of the street to Crown Towers, we were kicked out! They turned us right around and kicked us out, and they weren't even polite about it! They sent us to a different exit which ended at a car garage. The water met the front step inside the hotel! It honestly resembled the Titanic and I thought we were heading out to search for an iceberg. Walking through the car park was absolutely miserable and we practically had to swim. There was debris everywhere. You couldn't find your footing at any point so we were constantly falling due to random steps and ramps that popped up for amusement. But 15 minutes after the beginning of our trek, we found dry ground! We headed to the closest hotel we could find and decided to check in. There was no way that people were going to be exiting the city anytime soon. We stayed at the Crown Plaza and it was so nice and relaxing!We hadn't eaten since "breaky" so we decided to go to the restaurant downstairs. This plan immediately came to a crashing halt after we realized that we were in bathing suits and cover-ups and I only had ONE shoe. Instead we ordered delicious room service and ordered movies. It was such a great night and we were so relieved and happy to be warm, dry, and safe!

Now no other story that I have or nothing I attempt to say will merit the reaction or gain the interest as my previous story so I will keep it short. Friday neither Jill nor I had class so we decided to go to a movie. We traveled to Northlands and saw Shutter Island at Hoyt Cinema. It was so good and we walked the rest of the night hand in hand. If you are freaked out easily (John), do not go see this film. You will think about it for days or at least take a strong buddy with you.

Going to get my computer tomorrow hopefully so then I will be able to keep up more. Also have lots of reading for Tuesday so I guess I better get started. See ya!