Thank God for guys and pieces of wire!

Becuase on Tuesday when I went to get petrol I locked my bloody keys in the car. Cheeses Crust I was so pissed off, standing there swearing my head off at no one but myself and everyone around me giving me weird looks. Oh Christ I tell you I was so mortified! I went inside to ask if anyone could help me and one of the guys came out and had a go at it with a piece of metal to wedge the door open a little and a piece of long wire to stick inside to try and lift the lock. He worked at it for quite a while, at least fifteen minutes, telling me it was no problem and that it happens all the time and all. Didn't help though, I was still unbelievably embarrassed, especially everytime someone drove up behind me, sat there for five minutes and then realised that I sure wasn't moving because my keys were locked inside. Cue even more embarrassment! Anyways, this dude wasn't having much luck - I thought it was a long shot anyways, and was trying to think of who I could call (from a pay phone mind you, since my bag with my phone in it was also locked inside) to come and rescue me. I didn't want to have to ring anyone because that would be the ultimate embarrassment and I would never live it down, especially with kyle, and especially since we were talking about it just the other week and he joked that 'It'll cost you every time I have to come and rescue you'.

Anyways, soon this guy with 'Auto Electrics' written on the side of his van pulls up in the bowzer next to mine and he gets out of his van and gives this huge sigh and I thought he was just being all 'Omg what a typical female driver, locking her keys in the car blah blah blah' but two seconds late he comes over to us with this huge long length of steel with a hook on the end (kind of like the one you prop your bonnet up with when you open it up) and he was all 'Hey let me at it' and I was more than happy for him to have a go, cos all I wanted was my door open! Thank goodness he managed to get it open after a few minutes of trying and I was falling over myself with thanks, I was just so grateful. Then I filled up Brindy's tank, paid and choofed off outta there as fast as possible. I drove all the way to uni and couldn't stop thinking about it the whole way - I was just so embarrassed! And I haven't told a soul about it except to the girls at dancing - they understand.

And so is my first car story. And I've had it less than a month! How embarrassing. Oh well, now I've done it I've got it over with. Now, never again!

Listening to: Silence - Delerium - Brokedown Palace soundtrack
Loving: www.foundmagazine.com

Be Strong

That's my new motto I have decided. It's spurring me on with my new years resolution, which I slipped with for a week or two (naughty me!). I have got back into it though, and am feeling good so far. I'm bummed I let it slip for a bit (that was the period in wich I rediscovered Violet Crumble pieces. Oh my goooooooooooooooood), it means I didn't get to the weight I wanted by the date I wanted, but nevermind. And 'Be Strong' is such an inspiring motto! Nevermind that it is also the title of the book Carly Patterson is releasing ;) hehehe!

Everything I had a craving for some bad food today though I was all 'be strong be strong be strong' - it's a great motivator! And I got a jump start when I jumped on the scales after my shower tonight and saw that I hadn't put back on as much weight as I was expecting to have after my slip so....YAY! Still, I'm killing myself with craving some chocolate!

Wowsers, it was so hot today, but luckily I was inside at work most of the day ;) But it's going to be even hotter tomorrow - 39 predicted! But I love it, hot weather is my best friend :) I have to go to uni tomorrow to get a parking permit somehow, even though I have no idea what I'm doing or anything - I really must ring them before I go to make sure I'm not going there for nothing. I'm really annoyed with the lack of info they have been sending me. Like uni begins in a week and I haven't got an email since February 3! Like at least confirm for me that we do start on the 27th and that I am enrolled and that everyone is actually alive at Mt Lawley!

Tomorrow is Kyle's birthday too, and I have been given the job of making the dessert for his birthday dinner. So I'm trying my hand at making trifle. Shouldn't be too hard, and man we haven't had that for yonks! It's such an old family favourite and of course, just like when I was 5, the jelly is still my favourite part! :)

Hip hop was tonight too and was fun as always. I really am enjoying it, which is great. It's the same every class though with me - like the beginning I feel all spastic and can't get the steps but by the end of the class I can get the steps and am fully into it and got all my grooving down pat and it's just so enjoyable. Tonight we danced to some Linkin Park and it was just so fun! I know I have said that about 70 times throughout just this paragraph, but I can't think of any other words to describe it! It's just real getting down, making a fool of yourself, having a groove kind of fun!

Anyways, I'm off to try and write some more of my fic, to keep all my fans happy - ROFLMFAO! It's just not coming to me, and it's so frustrating! I so badly want to finish it and think of a great ending! Oh well, I'm finishing this blog to go and try anyways!

Ciao!

Listening to: Monsters - Something For Kate
Loving: www.postsecret.blogspot.com
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Burnt to a crisp

Yep, skin cancer here I come. I am so burnt after today! It is agony just sitting in this computer chair. I am burnt pretty much all over except for my lower legs, my face and my hands. But none of it hurts, only the backs of my legs cos I think they keep coming in contact with surfaces as I am sitting down all the time.

I think when you pour cold water onto sunburn and it drips off you hot then you know it's bad. I hope I can get dressed tomorrow :o( Dancing could be difficult too. But no matter - I will have the best tan in this street in a weeks time! Yay! Shit I am so burnt that when it heals I will be so brown :oD

Scored some dirt cheap cds today when I went to the markets - I am so chuffed. For just $25 I got the soundtracks to Miss Saigon, Evita and the Sound of Music. And the SOM is the Lisa McCune version! :oO I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it on the shelf! It was worth the creepy salesman chatting me up and calling me a soundtrack lover. You just can't get the Lisa McCune version in Perth as far as I know, cos she never performed here as Maria, so I am stoked!

In other news my dear friends, in case you didn't already know, I bought a car last Saturday! :oD Yay! it's a cute little silver and grey laser, top condition, low k's and just perfect for me :o) It is fabulous choofing off whenever I want or whenever Mum starts to annoy me. And even though it means I am seriously low on funds now, and I must learn to budget and divide up my pay packet every week and allocate a certain amount to rego, dancing, paying back Mum and Dad, petrol and a million other things, it is still super. Independence - you are my new best friend :o)

Can't be bothered writing anymore, so I will leave you all. Here's hoping Elle had a happy birthday on the 7th!

Listening to: Music from Miss Saigon - London Cast Recording
Loved: Elle www.end-of-innocence.org
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Read me

Couldn't think of a good title so I decided to rope anyone who might read this in with that pathetic try hard catchy title, lol!
I can't seem to get enough of my blog lately it seems. I often turn to it when I've exhausted all the forums I frequent on the internet, when I've caught up with all my emails, when I'm bored or when I am stuck in a rut with my fic as I am right now. It's majorly annoying me. I really need to be in the mood to write, and when I'm not my fics just go nowhere. Tonight for example I've been on the computer since about 10:40pm. It is now 12:10am and I have written three lines. Woohoo accomplishment! NOT!
Tomorrow is going to be terrific - teaching for TO in the morning - I am just so excited about that, it's going to be so fun (made me think this arvo though - 'OMG should I be doing teaching at uni?!') and then going to photo copy the BH Bible for Cat on my way home. At about 12:30 going to pick up Ash, Na and Win for Win's birthday lunch at the Secret Garden. Me and Ash went shopping for her pressie today - I hope it's enough, I sort of feel as though it's not. Oh well, too late now. We ARE taking her to a super nice place for lunch though!
Dad and I have been researching cars again - and I feel we are getting closer to the right one even though my bank balance is not yet ready for it *sob*. We are going to look at a couple of cars on Saturday morning before I have work and several look promising. So fingers crossed everybody!
Nanna is back in hospital :o( Mum went to see her on Wednesday and said that she was just sitting on the edge of the bed sobbing the whole time cos she was in so much pain. It made me glad I had to work and couldn't go with her. I wouldn't want to see her like that. But then knowing Nanna she would've probably held herself together if I was there. Ahhhh all the girls in this family are so stubborn! Tomorrow though, because I am having the car all day I have to pick Mum up from work when she finishes at 5:30pm and she just said that she was wanting to go straight from work to the hospital again - I don't know if it means I will have to go with her to the hospital or if we will drive home and she hops into the drivers seat and drives away whilst I get out and stay home. What a way to end what would be a terrific day. I know it sounds so horrible of me to say it, but I don't really want to go and see Nanna - perhaps I am one of those people who can't face up to things like this. I just have had the most dreadful feeling about her for the last couple of weeks though and I'm a bit scared so staying away is allowing me to not get any more scared.

Oh speaking of scary I have a confession :o( Last night when I went to drive to dancing I took Dad's car - freaking beast that it is - and backed out of the car port and totally scratched the passenger wing mirror against the brick work! Scared the shit out of myself! When I got to dancing I got out of the car and had a look at the damage and the mirror is now at an angle it has never been at before and the paintwork is scratched but today I think I managed to manouvre the mirror back into a semi normal position. And the scratching isn't as obvious as I had thought it was last night. I didn't say anything of course - even when Mum asked me when I got home from dancing last night "Did you back out all right this arvo? I thought I heard a funny noise." And they haven't noticed yet I don't think - or if they have they haven't said anything. And Dad took the car tonight when he met Mum at her work to get their passport photos done. So maybe the damage isn't so obvious that you notice it straight away? Seems like it so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way. Otherwise I should star digging my grave right now.
I told Ash today about it and she was all "OMG the mirror? The whole mirror?!" and I was like "Shit no! Jesus, not the whole thing - then I really would've shot myself to save my parents the trouble!" Jesus can you imagine if I did break off the whole mirror! :oO That only would've happened if I'd really sped out of the carport in reverse, and you just can't do that in Dad's beast. It's hard enough to drive as it is, especially backing out of the car port! But yeah. any car I always back out slowly. It was just that I didn't realise how close the wing mirror was to the wall last night :o

Anyways, I'm off. I'd love some comments, no one ever comments on my blog! :o( Remember guys that I do value and appreciate your opinions and do like hearing from you - so please leave some comments! Make poor old me feel loved!

Also, a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jackie www.fuzzy-monkey.com for the 31st of January! Hope you had a great day gorgeous! :o)

Listening to: The Journey - Tommy Emmanuel
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