Another hot day

I finally got my hair cut again today. Funnily enough it's been growing out but it's been getting a bit too long and silly so this morning I booked in at the Margate hairdressers for 145 and it's done. I don't quite know how it looks but I'll style it up nicely. I'll work around if it's not as great as I hoped. It's still a little damp and definitely not styled so I can't tell. Never mind.

I went to Uni today and have put my books in to be sold. I have to check in with them in one or two weeks to see if they've been sold, then I can claim my money! I had 7 books in, most for $30-35 and one at $18 so that'll make roughly $200 I think. Wow! That'll be a nice bonus if they all sell, which I am strongly hoping they do. I will be away though so I'll call them to check if they have been sold then send mum maybe to go and pick up the money for me, if she'll do that. I think she will. I also dumped a heap of old clothes into the Lifeline bin. Someone will definitely use them as I haven't for years. It's nice to cleans stuff like that.

I think my sister Sarah and I will be going to the movies tomorrow. I want to see Going the Distance and No Strings Attached and Gnomeo and Juliet and Black Swan and 127 hours and Tangled again. I'm not sure which one we'll see together, maybe No Strings Attached or Black Swan or 127 hours. She isn't as into animated movies as I am. Well that might be untrue but we love our chick-flicks.

Last night I had to abandon my room because I was pretty much surrounded by huntsmen spiders. Why can't they leave me alone!? Every time I go into that room I have to check and see if there are spiders on the roof [the roof is an a-frame] and if so get rid of them. Otherwise I can't sleep if I know they're there somewhere. That happened last night. I found one that I couldn't get, killed a baby looking one, then when I snapped awake thinking there were more, after 10 seconds of using my phone as a torch there was one crawling near where my head was only moments before!!! So I left my room for one of the other rooms over in the big house and that was that. I had a better sleep knowing the room was spider-free but also couldn't stop thinking about them. I HATE THEM! I wish they would all die die DIE! Arr. So I'm not sleeping over there ever again. Hah!

I am trying to look up cinemas in Melbourne. I want to be prepared for lonely nights while staying at the backpackers. That's what keeps me entertained although I shouldn't have a hard time with that due to my busy schedule.

I really need to wash my hair and get all the excess bits off my neck and top. They keep stabbing me!

Ideal hair cut

This is the kind of hair I'm aiming for, once the back of mine grows a bit more. I like the cute pixie flick to it. I suspect I will keep my hair short from now on, even though it was a wish to have it long and slightly curled. That was only a dream though. My hair would never behave long enough to be pretty. I shall have to be content with a wig if, one day, I want long hair for a party or just for a change. That wouldn't be so bad! And I wouldn't have to maintain it. What a plan.

The new me

So this is my new hair do. It's very short at the back and I love the cute longer bits on the sides. I really like this hair cut. I don't have to do much to it. My showering/hair-styling routine has changed a little but not so much to make it an inconvenience. Actually, it feels better! I feel like I don't have to do much to it and I don't. It's light and always looks nice. I don't have a useless pony tail that always looked funny. I'm glad I cut my hair.

I turn 24 in a week. I can't believe how fast it crept up! I realised a few weeks ago that my birthday was coming up but now it's almost here and it just seems so quick. I'm excited though. My next birthday year and 2011 will be great. I will finally be rid of the years spent with Yorick and I can start afresh. I'm a bit scared of being 24 though. Getting older is scary but I also enjoy it. I think for my birthday we'll have a family dinner at home and have home-made pizza's. I might go for a nice walk or to a cute cafe and treat myself. I always like to do something like that, something just for me, something special on my birthday. Mum's having friends over that day so I'll stick around for that then go off for a bit and come home for dinner. Mud cake! I'm hoping for some gift vouchers to The Picture Gallery, a lovely store in Hobart that sells beautiful framed pictures. I always walk past it and wish for many of them. I think my sister will get me one and I'll be getting some new ugg boots from mum and dad. I'll go track them down early next week and let mum know where to get them from.

I've been looking into Melbourne and Deakin University for museum studies courses. They have the Graduate Certificate and Diploma's there but only have the Masters in Cultural Heritage, which wouldn't be so bad. I'm applying at the moment. It'll be an alright substitute for Sydney. I might even be able to share a house with Holly and Ruben. Carly and Amy are there and I would love to see them more but it's not my own adventure. It's not my fresh start. It won't be about me being independent and only relying on myself to get things done. That's part of the reason for Sydney. Plus they have a better Uni and better course. Time will tell.

A lovely sales assistant in Ruby's Room loved my new hair cut when I went in there last Wednesday and she said I should accessorise with earrings! I really want to get these heart earrings up and running. I think they will be great. I can always put them back to being necklaces and wear 3 at once. Haha. Maybe not. I love that I've finally gotten them though. I went in and got one, then went back half an hour later for the second two. There were four there but one had gone so I was lucky to get the second two. I'm glad I did. I also got a little birthday present for Emma, which I will give her tomorrow night. I need Onba. Cosmopolitans and Emma and Cool Thai make it all better.

I've bought the Union Jack bed spread for next year. I also have some armwarmers and legwarmers on the way. I love pay day.

Home again home again

So, I have returned to Margate as of last night. I really enjoyed my time away but I'm glad I'm back with all my things and not living out of a suit case. I didn't really as I had all my things strewn about on their 6 The State Cinema chairs. At any rate it's nice to be home.

I went for an hour long walk today with Katie. I called her Jez at one stage. I thought a lot about next year, about being 24 [almost!], and the fact that after next year I don't want to live at home anymore. This will be the last time I'll be living at home. It's not that I don't like it, but I'm too old to be living here and want to start afresh in a new place. I did a little looking at rental properties on www.rent.com.au and there were a few for Glebe, Newtown and other surrounding areas. $250 a week might be a bit much so hopefully there is something just as nice a little further away from the city and the Uni. I'll possibly be able to still walk to Uni or easily enough catch a bus. I want to be in the middle of a suburb though. Not on the main road as some of the results from the website produced. I'll find somewhere great somehow...

I'm going to get some new black arm warmers and some black legwarmers off eBay tomorrow. I want to wear the leg warmers with my new "pumps," the colourful shoes I got in Sydney on the second trip. They're black with hot pink and green on them but need the leg warmers to make my legs look better when wearing them with stockings. I'm glad I'll finally be able to wear them more in the next few weeks. I must also get the Union Jack bed spread in the next few weeks, as long as it's still available.

Christmas is creeping up. Last year I made the mistake of getting all my presents for others too late and was broke until late January. It sucked! I had to borrow money, which I always hate, and it took me so long to recover from it. I'll try and spread my present-buying over the next few months until Christmas actually arrives. I have no idea what to get anyone but I'll just have a wander around the shops and see what I can find.

I really like my hair short, and everyone at work also thinks it suits me. Two people have said it makes my eyes stand out, which is nice, and it's such low maintanence, apart from the initial washing and styling. I'm so glad I did it, and so glad that I went to Imola. They are the best. It's funny that my hairdresser, Jess, was in my sister's grade in high school and lived near by us. Blast from the past! I still need to take a picture and I will ... eventually ...

A few Sundays ago, 2 I think, I went over to Holly's for the afternoon and we took a trip to the market in the Masonic Temple on Sandy Bay Road and I saw there some of the carved red heart necklaces that I have always wanted. Today, Holly messaged me saying she has found some to buy. I had asked the lady who's stall they were at where to buy them and she said the guy wasn't making them much anymore and that it would be best to seek him out and ask for one but if they're in a shop this is much better and easier. I'll head into town tomorrow and go grab a few. One for a necklace, one for a bracelet, and maybe even 2 to make into earrings! They are $15 each so I shouldn't go overboard. I'm so happy though.

This afternoon I'm meeting Sophie at Blackman's Bay beach near my work and we'll go for a stroll then get some dinner somewhere, probably at work. Then I start work at 6pm. I'm not sure if we'll go there for a meal but we may as well as it's so close. We could go to Kingston and get something. We'll decide when we meet. I wonder how she is. I shall soon find out.

If I get called in for Wednesday evening I'll have worked every day there this week! Madness! I'm definitely looking forward to the money. I want to put most of it away and yet still have enough in my pocket/bank to let me buy a few things, like the necklaces and other bits and pieces. I'll be hanging with Emma on Thursday night so I'll need a bit of money for that. I'll try to put away $200 if I can. It depends on how much I earned! I can't wait to see that bank balance though.

I should go and get ready for tonight though. I haven't even showered and I have to leave soon. Yikes! Time has slipped away.

Hair cut

I got my hair cut today. It's quite short. About as short as it was 5 years ago. I'll take a picture and do a compare and contrast. I think it looks better now than 5 years ago though. Last time it was very boofy, which my hair loves to do, but this time I'll take better care of it. I have some products to get and possibly a new hair straightner.

Tomorrow I'm starting house/dog/chickens/budgie sitting for James and George. I'll have to pack a few things to take with me so I don't have to come back home too often. I am quite looking forward to being there alone. I can't wait to have my own house.

Praise for a new week

So I'm still sick but at least I'm not at Oomph anymore. I was getting so sick of it there after only 2 weeks so I'm glad it's over and done with. I went and saw Nikki after working at Macquarie St. for the second day in a row and we mutually agreed that it wasn't right for me. I spoke to Andi on the phone before and after and was so overjoyed. I'm glad it's rid of. Now I just have to find more work. I made about $800 there so that's pretty awesome. If I can get that much from somewhere else each week, or even $600 [which is probably more likely], then I will be well on my way to savings heaven. I want to build a nice savings pile even if it's to use for holidays at the end of next year. We shall see. I can't wait to start building my own home.

Last night was Josie and Liam's engagement party at the Duke. It was a lot of fun. I had lots of chats to dad and we had a few drinks, nibbles, and talked to other people there. Didn't get to see much of Etta but she was there. I'm to house sit for them starting on Wednesday and I'm so glad I won't be working at Oomph anymore so I can truly enjoy it. I'll run on the beach each day, take Jezabelle for walks, feed the chickens [and possibly a bird] and enjoy life. Hopefully Sarah can come over and we can watch movies, or even Andi. The internet will actually be working so I think I'll be on there a lot.

I'm hoping to get my hair cut rather short on Tuesday. Something like this:

I am getting used to the idea already and can't wait for it all to go. I hope I look something like this. It will be a relief having not much hair. Lighter. I hope I can pull it off.

I am really looking forward to next week. I think it shall be rather great, what with my hair cut and house sitting. Tomorrow we're having lunch here. J+G+E are invited and my uncle from Noosa will be down so it is sort of a special occasion. Hopefully I'll have more work through thebeach to look forward to as well. Hopefully Alison will be at work tonight so I can ask her or just write her a note. I'll look for work elsewhere and see what comes up.

I'm still sick. It's annoying. I don't feel very nice at all. I have an everpresent cough and my head hurts a little. I'm weak and a bit fuzzy. Drat that flu. Working tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow night will be my 2 year anniversary at thebeach. Crazy! I can't believe it's been so long. It's nice.

I applied for the 3 museum studies courses at the Uni of Sydney today. $54 later and I'm hoping they send me forms to fill out or something as they didn't even ask for my UTAS academic transcript. I hope I get in. I really want this. Time for lunch I think!

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.

Hormones

Sara from work said that when females get pimples below the nose line that its hormonal. She said doctors can reccomend a Pill to combat that and I want it. I'll try and make an appointment today for as soon as I can get in to check this out. I'm sick of all my pimples. They just won't go away. It's been like this for at least 6 months now. Arrg to that.

Holly's cutting my hair today. I'm excited. I want it a bit like Brooke's from One Tree Hill. I'll probably wear it like that, straightened or flicked out straightened, and Holly wants to put a more natural me colour in it. I want to stay dark for a while.

Adam from work is leaving on June 17th so he's having a farewell dinner at work and drinks in town on the 16th and I've been invited. Me and some of the girls from work are going and I'm getting excited about it. I wasn't planning on going but Grace said I should as she is. I will go this time.