i'm back!

I spent a few days in Blayney with my dad. He's really not doing well, he's trying to get in to get a piece of bone removed from his ankle. I mean, its just floating around, not attached to anything. Poor guy can barely move his leg, and he has to go up and down stairs at home! He's obviously really cranky as a result and taking it out on everything and everyone except me. Cos I'm special.

Scrads is coming over for the weekend to get away from Parkes for a bit. It'll be good to have company seeing as Lu won't be here. At least that's something. He's the only person I've heard from lately.

update

Ok, so after I organise to meet up with Luke, my friends who introduced me to him decided to tell me that he's a bit, well...his reputation with the ladies preceeds him. I don't know if I want to meet up with a guy who has slept with half of the female first year nursing students! Ann says she doesn't want this knowledge to affect the time I spend with him, I should form my own opinion, but I don't think I really want to get to know someone who doesn't mind having a reputation for sleeping around.

I mean really, I have standards.

Anyway, Ann and Mandy want me to go through with the coffee date thing (whatever it is) and decide for myself what I think he's like. I just don't know. It's doomed already cos I wouldn't trust him. At least if the coffee date thing starts to get awkward or whatever, I can make up the excuse that I promised to meet Ann so I should go. She'll cover for me as well. Ah, friendship!

Why is it that I always attract the weird ones?

that guy

Well, that Luke person I mentioned a couple of posts back was very intoxicated that evening. I've been told that I should try to meet up with him in a sober setting cos he's not really like the way he was behaving the other night.

So I've messaged him about maybe meeting up for coffee next week sometime, after I get back from Blayney, and he said sure thing. So there it is, I'm going to coffee with an almost complete stranger (who is drop dead gorgeous with an eyebrow piercing). He's a first year nursing student and works at Macquarie Care which is a nursing home. Thats all I know about him except for his number! I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully he'll be the guy I met at the start of the night.

more fun fun fun

Corrie has her birthday on the 26th, Kingdom Hearts 2 is released in Australia on the 28th, and the new Evanescence album 'The Open Door' is out here on the 30th. Thats five days of exciting excitement!

fun fun fun

I thought while I have the time I'll update the journal thingy. I have a splitting headache at the moment, but it is self-induced and it was definately worth it! Both Friday and Saturday night were awesome. Except for that creepy Luke guy, he was just weird. I don't know why on earth I ended up giving him my number! Poor, naive silly little Isti! He seems really keen and all, but I'm not going to go for the wrong guys anymore.

incoherency

No, not really, I'm quite with it actually. Well, my textbook arrived and I have a two week extension, so I don't have to withdraw from management psych which is a HUGEMONGOUS relief!

Mama and Pop are back from Queensland, so I'm not worrying about dad as much because he has someone else in the house with him while he's getting around with a bung ankle. He's still in pain and still can't work, but at least he won't be all by himself in that big house.

I haven't had a chance to talk to my sister in awhile, I won't ring her tomorrow though, she'll be preoccupied with Forbes Show stuff. I'm still hoping Lucinda and I can organise a trip to Forbes and Parkes sometime after Amanda's school holidays. That way Lucinda can see Red Bend, Amanda can spend time with me and Lu, and Lu and I can hang out in Parkes (if the Parkes people are up for having us that is).

Anyway, thats it from me at this exact moment. Ta ta for now!

stress

Right now I am in the process of finishing an assignment about stress and stress coping strategies. Very interesting stuff actually, quite ironic that I am submitting a paper about stress when I am one of the biggest stress-heads in the known universe. Possibly the unknown universe as well.

I'm stressed about a lot of things. Its the stress of all of them added together that is getting to me, individually they're ok.

At the moment my dad has a really badly injured ankle and has to take time off work. So not only can he not move around, he'll most likely suffer from cabin fever. I know my dad, he has to up and about doing something. I'm worried about him a fair bit actually.

Then there's uni. My textbook FINALLY arrived today, three days before the original assignment due date for that subject. So I've applied for my first assignment extension EVER in the history of my 16 consecutive years of education. Less stress now I have an extra two weeks to read the text and analyse the case studies.

And of course, there's the stress of money and lack of employment and experience. I'm worried that I won't be able to find work that I can use my degree for. Actually, I'm worried about finding work full stop! Who wants to employ a 22 year old with no previous paid employment history? I need a job because I won't be receiving youth allowance after November when my degree finishes up. How will I afford rent and food and bills? How will I be able to live?

So yeah, stress. Its very interesting and stressful.

the best thing

The best thing is when you can meet up with people you haven't seen in a very long time, and still be like old friends. Restores my faith in the human race.

people really are stupid

They prove it time and time again, they are thick, dull-witted, unintelligent, non-thinking, stupid people. I won't give specific examples here, I don't want to offend anyone in particular, but geez, its getting to me just how pathetic people can be, myself included.

I mean, look at it this way, people think that they're always right. Then they go ahead and contradict something they said not long ago...but they're still right. Talk about arrogance!

If someone says they hate something about the way other people act, you shouldn't then go and do that very same thing yourself. That's something I'm bad at, I hate judgemental people, yet I still judge. Its the same with everyone, we're fine as long as we "know" we're right.

So stupid.

Jen's 22nd Birthday Party

Jen's party was so much fun! Lucinda and I rocked up to Jen's a bit early to help out with setting up. We were the only two not drinking, yet we were the craziest there...quite funny.

Nothing beats dancing around a lounge room like a lunatic with a bunch of really nice strangers, not having a care in the world. Best fun I've had so far this year!