I just threw away the last four years of my life.
Well not all of it, but a vast majority. It’s been a real roller coaster going through all the boxes I had hidden away from when I first moved into this house, coming across pictures and simple thing like stolen shot glasses from legendary nights out is bittersweet at best.
I feel better having got rid of a lot of stuff though and keeping only the very important things.
Now it is time to go drink a beer and watch Spain Vs Russia. I can’t think of a better post work wind down.
I have just spent a large part of my evening booking the first five nights of sleeping places for when I fly into Vancouver. After finding out the nearest places to eat the second after I land I figured sleeping was the second most important thing to organise. Third was the nearest bear.
Booking these places is the first time that any of this has actually seemed real. Nothing like picking between Hostel A where you can arrive to find vomit on the pillow instead of mints or Hostel B with cum on the sheets (actual statements on the review sites) to scream HOLIDAY!!1
In more fascinating news.. a few months back there was a craze going round at where people will wake up and find random objects such as trees and signs now adorned with pretty knitted tube socks around their trunks or posts. No one knows who does it or even why but it must take a lot of effort to get them perfectly fitted and then knit them round the actual object all in the dead of night.
Last weekend some active knitter hit up the local seaside town where I work; now cars, trees, posts and rails are covered and I honestly can never get tired of driving past the traffic signals wrapped up in cute knitwear. It always makes me laugh..and then almost crash as I try and figure out how they did it so neatly.
In a testament to how small town this place is it has now become the talk of the town.
So much has been happening in the last few days/weeks that I don’t really know where to start, so bullets..they will do nicely.
Uni: I got my exam results back. I did well. I am now no longer a student. Instead I have a piece of paper, a fuckton of debt and a liver which is no longer speaking to me. I am therefore no different to any other student that ever did live. So, no longer an undergraduate I find myself with the prospect of like..real life. So I turned right back around and enrolled for another huge amount of debt (AKA an MSc in Forensic Psychology), albeit part-time..since I need to eat and stuff it means I have to dedicate the 2nd part of my time to work. Boo hiss.
Moving: I move in ten days!! Out of student housing..no more mould in the bathroom..no more sex noise..no more snot wiped under the sink..no more house burning down moments..no more psycho housemates..
It also means no more late night McDonald trips, no more jaunts into the country..no more epic guitar hero sessions. The good seems to far outweigh the bad now I am getting all nostalgic.
But you know what? While there are some large black clouds on the horizon there is one shiny moment of squee filled joy awaiting me..
I leave for Vancouver in 68 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes and 21 seconds.
(No I am not kidding..there is an official php time counter-downer which tells me, so there)
So in 68 days, 14 hours, 48 hours and 21 seconds I am going to go play with bears! And pet them! And feed them candy! We will be BFFs.
Electronics and I, we have a stormy relationship as evidenced by the happenings over the last couple of weeks.
1) A few months back myself and a few friends got a bit drunk and during some horsing around we manage to destroy a housemates DVD recorder. No worries I think..I shall fix it! I take it to bits and cannot fix it. No worries I think..I shall replace it. I raid the piggy bank and off I go to replace it, except the one we buy does not work..it’s dead..finito. So, we find DVD replacement numero 2 and bring it home in all it’s shiny glory. Except this one doesn’t work either. We will be trying replacement tres later and if that doesn’t work I am going to hire Chuck Norris.
2) A housemates TFT monitor died a silent and quick death so, because I am nice and made out of cotton candy I used my ebuyer account to order a new one. It arrived, I surrounded myself in cables and got it set up, only to find that there were about 30 dead pixels on the screen. A little annoyed I thought..ok I can sort this out. So I ring ebuyer and they send out replacement monitor number 2. Except..it’s the same monitor we sent back..but now with added extra dead pixels. Joy. I have rung ebuyer (who are very helpful btw) and have begun the returns procedure again. If replacement number 3 doesn’t work I am going to hire God.
3) Our beloved house microwave (we get attached to functional electronics here) died after a long and glorious service. We buy replacement number 1. Two weeks later it graces us with a beautiful show of sparks and smoke (nope there was no metal placed in there by accident) and it no longer wanted anything to do with us. Replacement number 1 sits in our kitchen with a handy RIP note. We lost the receipt so there shall be no more adventures in electronics as far as microwaves go.
Tomorrow I am going to find a way to create technology out of rainbows and power it through llamas. There is no way *that* can go wrong then right?!
Since finishing up as an undergraduate things have been pretty manic. Firstly a bunch of people came down to celebrate my getting one year closer to being old and grey. That was done in total style with a little too much alcohol, a lot of helium, a dash of llama and some shopping (jealous no?!)
Since then it’s been a non stop dash around Kent. All of my friends are moving away at the end of the month while I stay here to pursue my job and some more letters after my name. I am not entirely sure how I feel about it at the moment so I am living in the big green state of denial. I am trying to make the most of everything and everyone before they up and leave and I have to move out to my shiny new house. While this is good news it does mean I am internet-less for some time, part of me wants it to remain that way, I think I have lost a large part of the last 3 years to the vastness of the internets and maybe I should try and reclaim some of that back..but then I will come across Dramatic Chipmunk again and I think how could I leave a place which has brought me such glee. So no fear, I will be stalking you soon dear webspace..taking covert pictures when you think I’m not looking.
Random fact for you..do you know how many time my allergies have made me sneeze during the writing of this post? 17. Sadly if I take anti allergy meds it aggravates some heart issues so I just have to sit here and be happy that the flowers and grass are so virile. Thanks nature..I pink puffy heart you.
I went into the sea today. Compare this with the fact that I was in the sea in April last year and you can see just how crap the weather has been. Anyway it was fun and I got wet. Always an indicator that a good time was had.
Now I feel like sleeping. After all..I am one year older so that means I have a legitimate reason to want to nap at 4pm no?
On a final note, if you haven’t already heard of her, check out Gabriella Cilmi ‘Sweet About Me’. It won’t leave my head and I want to share it with you!
*kisses*
