Tid bits

I donated plasma today, aka blood. I completed the whole session too without needing to go to the toilet. I'm glad because the more you can give the more lives you can improve. I'm booked in with Sarah to donate whole blood soon. I can't remember the date but it's on a card so I don't have to.

Tomorrow I have my first volunteering session at the Maritime at 2pm till 5pm. Then I have work at 6pm. Then Wednesday is my birthday! Tomorrow I need to hunt some new Ugg boots down so mum and dad can give them to me for my birthday. I'm excited about volunteering. I think it will be great.

Today I put all my work earnings into the bank. I also got paid for Relish and I now have $930 with $100 yet to be added as I took that out last week. I'm well on my way! Mum thinks I need $3000 and I should be able to make that by the time I go. I can't wait to go.

Yorick rant and tattoo news

I'm pissed off that Yorick didn't invite me to his party the night after Maddy's party. I wouldn't have gone in a million years but it has offended me that he didn't ask, even just to be polite. That would have been nice. I know he didn't because we're not together anymore but he still should have invited me. It's the polite thing to do. Yorick rant over.

I'm going to see Eclipse tonight with Jessi and her friend Amy. I can't wait! It'll be awesome. I have to get more button supplies first and also want to go for a walk. I haven't been to the gym this week but will try to get to a class on Monday and Tuesday. It's just so far away, and when I am in town I don't feel like getting all sweaty. It has been nice going with walks with mum and dad [separately] and I might go by myself today and listen to some music. Dad and I did this different walk. We drove further up the road and walked up where the 4 wheel drivers drive and it had a nice view, a bit obscured but nice. It was a lot steeper, muddier and rockier than the regular walk but nice for a change. I'll have to do it again one day. I'll go for a walk for 45 minutes or something, shower, watch the end of Hung that I recorded, maybe the first of 7 episodes of Little Dorrit that was also recorded, then I can head to town for button supplies then to the Glenorchy movies for a bit before 6pm. I hope there's enough time.

In tattoo news, I printed out the samples I have and found the perfect size, length and width that I like. I have it in a font I found on the internet at Da Font but want to try out the other fonts in the same measurements so see which one is perfect. I want to give blood a few more times before I get this tattoo [which gives me even more time to get used to it] because once you get a new tattoo you have to wait a year before giving blood in case there was an infection. Also, I'm going to be in the UK for a while and they might not let me give blood once I've been somewhere for more than 6 weeks or something. I have a rare blood type too [AB+] so I want to give as much as I can before I possibly can't anymore. It's nice getting my tattoo prepared though. I also kind of want another one, a cool cartoon picture like Kurt Halsey or Tamaxxx, but not so gruesome as Tamaxxx. I like her style but it's a bit too cut-off=their-heads for me. I'll find something eventually but I don't know where to look. I should get on the road.

Something of my very own

My blocked ear won't go away and it is particularly bad today. I can't hear much out of it [the right one] and it's annoying me like crazy. It's been funny for maybe 5 days now, mostly at night and in the morning when I'm in bed. I can usually maneuver it to clear it but today it's not working. I've been putting ear drops in but it's still blocked. I'm mad about it.

In good news, my size 20 [12mm] buttons to cover arrived in the mail today from Etsy. I'm so happy. Holly suggested I source my fabric from there as well but it's so hard to find one-colour fabrics and I don't know what the fabric I like is called. I might have to ask for more help there. I also need to get some glue and then I can start making these earrings. I was at Holly's yesterday and she said I should write all of my ideas down in a notebook to keep and look back on when I get lost in my crafting. I have the perfect book. I got it to make a manga in but that will never happen. I spoke before about levels of creativity and how putting these buttons together is way different than creating my own manga. The latter is too hard for me as I'm not that creative. I know I can do the former though. I'm excited about it. The size 24 [15mm] buttons should arive by Friday.

Holly cut my hair yesterday. It's fine. I generally don't like my hair as it's too thick and never sits right. I tried to straighen it last night but it wasn't working for me. I needed to spend heaps more time standing there straightning away but didn't. I'm glad I have my fringe back though. It's a really short one but it'll grow and it's not getting in my way anymore. I'm pleased about that.

I might go and get that book so I can start gathering pictures of the covering buttons process from the internet and recording my ideas down. I didn't even think to do something like this! I can put fabric pieces in there too! I'm so glad I have this now.

I gave blood yesterday. My arm is doing good. It hurts more where they prick your finger to test iron levels aka hemoglobin. I like feeling like an invilid after I've given blood. I feel special. It's a nice feeling.

I had a dream about Dom a few nights ago. We were always standing very close together, touching arms, but we never kissed. I knew it wouldn't be right because I'd just want to kiss him to see how it felt because I like him a little. He has a girlfriend and I'm not about to muck that up. If that happened to me with Yorick I would be so mad. When we talk we're always smiling so it makes me think it's something more even though I know it won't be. He's not the guy I see myself with, looks-wise, and I think he's a bit younger so that's another cross. I think he's a great guy. In my dream I knew we couldn't kiss. I have fantasised about it a little but I know it's wrong. It makes me think about how much I want to have that first kiss with someone special sometime in the future, hopefully in the UK. I want to get to know him and feel that spark and energy and then the first kiss will happen. It'll be magical. I can't wait for that. In the mean time I will craft.