I. Am. So. Tired.

Infact, “tired” just doesn’t explain it anymore. My days consist of waking up, showering, dressing, and eating if I have time, before I get to school, work, eat (again if I have time), come home, study, and sleep. So much for a social life: That’s gone down the shitter.

Despite my lack of a social life, I went to a really nice 18th Birthday party on Saturday night, have another 18th (at which drinking is allowed!) and the week after is my 18th party. Can anyone say boozefest? I’m actually really looking foward to the party on Saturday, because it will be the first time that i’ve actually had a chance to get smashed off my face. I don’t have to drive to the party, which means I can actually drink something.

The up-and-coming HSC is starting to scare the living shit out of me. It’s five weeks until the start of the HSC, and I don’t feel prepared at all. I really want to get about 90 (out of 100) for my UAI but i dont think I am going to get it. I’ve started my study, which is good, but I’ve been so lazy lately and I just can’t be bothered working. Note to self: Stop procrastinating.

Well, I’ve been to the doctor, a masseuse and the chiropractor, and my backpain is finally easing off. The chiropractor says that the backpain is due to incredibly tight vertebrae all down my neck and back. The ones in my neck have been blocking nerve pulses to my right arm, so I have little strength in my right arm and am unable to do simple things like writing for long periods of time, which is worrying, considering the HSC = lots of writing. Dad wants me to apply for special provisions just incase I still can’t write properly come exam time, but I hope I’ll be much better by then. I have another Chiropractor appointment on Monday afternoon, so hopefully that helps me along a little further.

Anyway, I’m really looking foward to next week. It’s my very last week of school, and full of exciting things, like our Year 12 Revue, final assembly, and valedictory dinner. :) Then, as of 10.15 Thursday, we’re free :D

Goodness me, what a week. Two Australian-Celebrity deaths, 9.11 fifth year aniversary, insane weather and backpain. Lets get started, shall we?

Steve Irwin

Well, what can I say about Steve Irwin? He’ll be sorely missed all throughout the world. He was indeed a wildlife warrior and was a wonderful conservationist. I feel for his family, especially his wife and children who are now without a loving husband or father. I’m still in shock about his death, surprised that something so placid actually had the ability to steal the life out of our beloved Crocodile Hunter.
RIP Steve. Crikey.

Peter Brock

I wasn’t a particularly huge fan of Brock or car racing, but his death was still shocking, mainly because he was the second Australian celebrity within a week to have died doing what he loved. RIP Brockey. Have fun in Holden-Heaven.

Weather

We’ve had so much rain this month already! So much for September being our dryest month! We’ve had over 100mm of rain in the past week alone and it’s not going to give in until the end of the week! It’s great! It’s good to know that the rain is landing in the water catchement areas at least. it’s not much, but any water helps during the drought.

Backpain

For the past week i’ve had terrible backpain below my right shoulder blade. I went to the doctor about it today and she said it’s a tension problem most likely due to the amount of study ive been doing. I’ve got to take neurofen regularly and have to go and get a remedial massage at some stage. Hopefully it will settle down some time soon because the pain is terrible :(

Anyway, my head is hurting terribly, so i’m going to go and have a rest now :)

PS: We got the appartment! :D

It’s so typical. Just when you think something is over, hell breaks loose and the case is re-opened. Ugh.

Yesterday we were setting up our majorworks for the exhibition. I took my bag containing my printed panels up to the exhibition room and pulled them out. As I pulled the fourth one out, I started having my first heart attack of the day: The print had buckled on the foamboard, meaning it had produced huge waves in places. As I stood shaking, my art teachers had to peel the print off the foamboard so we could attempt to re-mount it at recess. End drama one.

My art teacher and I headed to the art room at recess to re-mount it. We tried using rubber cement, which dried before we had a chance to place the print on-top of the foam board, so we had to cut some more foam board and decided to attempt the adhesive spray again (which is what we had used initially.) - That was successful, so my teacher told me to keep rubbing the print flat every few minutes or so in order to make sure it didn’t buckle again. End drama 1.5.

About half an hour had passed, and I figured that it was ready to be put up on the exhibition wall, as it hadn’t buckled or bubbled at all. I placed it up, stood back, and burst into tears: There were indents in the foamboard, and because the print itself had been removed from foamboard previously, there were creases in the print itself. End drama two.

In order to solve the problem, I had to get my friend to call her father and see if he could re-print the final panel for me. Thankfully, he was more than happy to do it. Unfortunately, I had to miss several hours of school (of which I missed a relatively important biology lesson and lunch) in order to get a copy of the .jpg file and take it up to the printers. I then spent another hour or so running back to the printers to pick it up, and running around my school in an attempt to find velcro which I could stick the final (and non-dented) panel up with. End drama 3.

All in all, I’m glad this week has ended. It’s been a pretty shitty week, even when I take my birthday into comparison. Hopefully this time next year will be less drama-ful.

Anyway, even though it’s 8.15, i’m going to bed. I’m exhausted, and I want to sleep this week away. I was planning on uploading some photos of my printed majorwork, but unfortunately I can’t do anything like that until after it’s been marked, which will probably be October some time.