Wait, Where Did Saturday Go?

Greetings from Australia! I've finally arrived, and now been here almost 24 hours! I have slept a total of 5 hours since Thursday night, so I'm feeling pretty tired. I might as well start at the beginning of the journey here.
I woke up Friday morning, and got to the airport at about 12:30. While I was holding up the moving sidewalk (since I was standing, and not walking--lazy, I know) I turned around and saw Laura! We checked in our bags, which were amazingly under the 5o pound each weight limit, and then went to get food with our families. After tearfilled goodbyes (on my mom's end), we boarded United flight 181 to San Francisco. As we were waiting, they told us we would have to make an emergency fuel stop in Minneapolis. Once we got on the plane, we were waiting for a while, and then the captain came on. "Ummm. There have been some problems with the plane...Uhhh. We hope to have them fixed, but everytime the mechanics find one problem, there seems to be another...ummmm." After that little message, we were not too keen on flying with this pilot. We finally left about an hour and a half late, and a few hours later, we were in Minnesota. This is when we realized it was Friday the 13th, so of course we wouldn't have good luck. Then while we were fueling up, the flight attendant came on the microphone, telling everyone to clear the aisle, so that the paramedic could come on. Turns out, the man across from us was having an allergic reaction to spinach. SPINACH! The item that was listed in the magazine as an ingredient of everything on board. Finally we took off again, and ten hours later we were in San Fransisco.
We only had about a half hour to spare before our next flight, so we got some food, and then stepped on our 14 hour flight. I slept for an hour after taking benadryl, but that was it. Finally, we arrived at 8am on Sunday, which spared us all Valentines day...Nice!
We eventually got to our new home--Unilodge. It's actually pretty nice, the downstairs is very hotel-y. Our room has a loft, which is supposed to hold our beds. But since getting up the spiral staircase is extremely painful for my knees, we decided to throw our mattresses down to the main floor. We have a tiny little bathroom, television (which plays about ten channels, but all of them are repeated about 3 times, so there is approximately 4 choices), desks, and a microwave.
Yesterday once we unpacked, we did a little shopping, got some food, and searched for a calling card. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I asked if they had them, so we gave up that search.
Last night, most of our group went out to find dinner, and get to know one another a bit. We ended up eating at a German restaurant, and Laura and I enjoyed a large piece of chicken schnitzel, and our first Aussie Beers! Once we got back to Unilodge we went to the roof, and realized how close we are to the CBD. It's really beautiful. Then after 4 hours of sleep, I'm up and off to orientation all day very shortly.

Until next time, mate!