Today was the first day of Week Zero (Deakin's renamed Orientation Week (aka O Week)). I went to a terribly boring Welcome to the University talk, and sat on the grass and read a book before going to a not so boring Welcome to the Arts Faculty talk. It was good to get back to uni. Weird though. Good weird, though, I think. I didn't know anyone, except my sister who is starting first year too. I think that will be a huge change from my year off. Other than, you know, the obvious study thing, the fact that I will be interacting with people I don't know will be different. And the interaction that takes place with fellow students is completely different to chatting to a customer at work. I feel far more self-concious at uni that at work. I suppose it's the whole "little fish and a huge, massive ocean" thing again. But it will be good. I am definitely looking forward to getting back into study. Definitely.
But I am freaking out about what I am going to tell my work colleague on Friday. She asked my to housesit and cat-sit while her and her partner go on a 10 week holiday. I said yes. Now I regret it. That cat has a routine - it goes out at 7am and comes in at 7pm. I didn't really think of this when I said yes. I don't know how I could manage being so routine for 10 weeks. The last time I had a proper routine was in high school - I just don't want to go back to boring. This past year has given me such freedom, and even though I will be at uni again I don't want to go back to being boring. That seems to be a bit of a general statement about uni, but I'm mostly worried about the 10 weeks. I don't want to have to make sure I'm up every morning at 7am, and home by 7pm. I'm not 40. I'm 20 and I want to know that if a friend calls me up and says "hey, let's go get dinner" I can go without having to pop home to let the cat in at a certain time. But I don't want to be a complete shit and let her down by pulling out now. I don't know what I'm going to do. And it's Megs birthday around that time too. How can I not visit her in Melb for her birthday because of a bloody cat. ..... grrr ..... My aunty said the other day to be very apologetic but just pull out completely because 10 weeks was far too much responsibility for me. Mum said I should point the problems then cross my fingers that she decides to find another option. But she is kind of my boss at work. What if by doing this she hates me at work. And apparently she has been bragging about having someone that she trusts so much to take care of her house and her cat. I'm horrible if I pull out, aren't I? On top of that, I've only ever stayed in a house on my own twice - both times were at home while people were away and both times I kept freaking myself out when I thought I heard things. I ended up not having much sleep. I'm a sook, apparently. But 10 weeks! It's huge. I've just got to have the guts to talk to her. I have to. Otherwise I'm going to be really disappointed with myself. Maybe I do like to please people, particularly at work, but making myself miserable in the process is not good. Damn, I have to figure this out soon...
21.2.08
such a long long time...
It has been an age since I last posted. September 2007! It's already February of '08! Madness...
Well, basically, in a nut shell, I've been working all summer at my bookshop job, I quit Baskin Robbins, I got into Deakin to study Primary Teaching, I got my Ps and bought my first car. It certainly has been an eventful few months.
My bookshop job has been awesome all summer. Heaps of hours to keep me busy, and working on Sunday which is a bonus. I just love working there. It sounds so sappy to say that but it's the truth.
I quit Baskins because I was absolutely sick of it. I had worked there (on and off, but mainly on) for about six years. And I was starting to have a few issues with one of the owners. We had started to butt heads and it was making working there crummy. Plus, I didn't want to be working there through the university semester, so I figured why not give myself some time off.
The Deakin thing is completely awesome! I was so excited when I got my early offer. I actually received the letter just before a driving lesson, so I was just a tiny bit distracted for the start of the lesson - before I realised just how dumb it was as a learner driver to allow herself to be distracted while driving through busy traffic at Christmas time... Not that I did anything stupid! Just that it occured to me that if I was distracted something could happen. Primary Teaching is a four year course, but I am so excited about it that the length is not at all daunting to me. It does freak me out, however, that if I had stayed in my Photography course I would be start my third and final year this year. For first year I have four subjects a semester (like just about every full time bachelor course), two of which I choose and two that are compulsory. The compulsory subjects are a basic science subject and a basic maths subject. The two subjects I've chosen are 'Reading Children Texts' and 'Identity'. I have a stack of novels to read for each, so it's going to be interesting! So far I've read one book for each subject, and both books were awesome, but so very very different.
I was incredibly excited when I got my Ps. Which is kind of a given seeing it gives you freedom and such. But it really was awesome! I had an excellent instructor. She was hysterical and chatted basically the whole way through our lessons which made me feel so at ease. Then I had a great test. About three weeks after getting my Ps I got a car! That was the most nerve-wracking purchase I have ever made. But it was wonderful! I got a little Barina - and old one, but it's reliable and gets me where I want to go. It was so horrible when I had to take it to the mechanic for a couple of days - I felt stranded! Now I know how my mum feels when she doesn't have her car. It never really clicked before having my own, which is a dumb thing to say really but it's the truth, because I was so used to get lifts off other people or getting the bus. But having a car makes such a difference. You can plan things better, and go where you want to go when you want to go there without making sure which form of transport you will be using. Amazingly cool!
So, as I said, that's pretty much been the past few months for me - in a nutshell!
More recently, as in today, I have cleaned my room. Which is kind of impressive - you should have seen it this morning! So dreadful. But it's clean now. I even put some new posters on my cupboard which I had been meaning to do for ages. And I cleared a shelf on my bookshelf for my uni books and folders. Not to mention that my desk now looks like a desk, not a mound of crap. The only thing I didn't do is make my bed, but seeing I will be getting into it soon enough I didn't see the point. I also went on my stationery shop for uni. I had decided to do the whole folders and looseleaf for each subject, but now that they are home and all ready to go I'm not so sure. Maybe I should have gone with the notebooks because they are simpler, and smaller and easier to write in a small lecture desk-things. Hmmm... I hate deciding. I probably should have put it off until I had at least been to one of each subject to see if there was some sort of necessity to which way to do the whole taking-notes thing... But oh well, what's done is done and I'll have to live with it. I decided to go to Officeworks when I was in a hurry so I would be in and out with only the essentials. And it worked! Except for a pencil case I bought for Jess because it was in her favourite colour and her favourite colour is really hard to find. And plus, it was only $2 do I didn't see it as being so bad. Oh, but then they got me at the checkout. I bought a really cute, really small USB drive. It's 2GB, it's red and it was only $17.95. I couldn't resist. But I suppose that's the point - that's why they put them at the checkout. Actually I got caught out with a checkout impulse purchase the other day at KMart. I had gone to just get a top for a party I was going to. And that was all I had in my hand when I got to the checkout. But then they had these cute little plush Care Bear toys and I flaked. I bought a little green one, who's tag I have lost so I have no idea what's his name is. But he's cute, so I forgave myself!
As a final thought, I think you should visit here and download some pretty wallpapers for your computer! I did!!
Well, basically, in a nut shell, I've been working all summer at my bookshop job, I quit Baskin Robbins, I got into Deakin to study Primary Teaching, I got my Ps and bought my first car. It certainly has been an eventful few months.
My bookshop job has been awesome all summer. Heaps of hours to keep me busy, and working on Sunday which is a bonus. I just love working there. It sounds so sappy to say that but it's the truth.
I quit Baskins because I was absolutely sick of it. I had worked there (on and off, but mainly on) for about six years. And I was starting to have a few issues with one of the owners. We had started to butt heads and it was making working there crummy. Plus, I didn't want to be working there through the university semester, so I figured why not give myself some time off.
The Deakin thing is completely awesome! I was so excited when I got my early offer. I actually received the letter just before a driving lesson, so I was just a tiny bit distracted for the start of the lesson - before I realised just how dumb it was as a learner driver to allow herself to be distracted while driving through busy traffic at Christmas time... Not that I did anything stupid! Just that it occured to me that if I was distracted something could happen. Primary Teaching is a four year course, but I am so excited about it that the length is not at all daunting to me. It does freak me out, however, that if I had stayed in my Photography course I would be start my third and final year this year. For first year I have four subjects a semester (like just about every full time bachelor course), two of which I choose and two that are compulsory. The compulsory subjects are a basic science subject and a basic maths subject. The two subjects I've chosen are 'Reading Children Texts' and 'Identity'. I have a stack of novels to read for each, so it's going to be interesting! So far I've read one book for each subject, and both books were awesome, but so very very different.
I was incredibly excited when I got my Ps. Which is kind of a given seeing it gives you freedom and such. But it really was awesome! I had an excellent instructor. She was hysterical and chatted basically the whole way through our lessons which made me feel so at ease. Then I had a great test. About three weeks after getting my Ps I got a car! That was the most nerve-wracking purchase I have ever made. But it was wonderful! I got a little Barina - and old one, but it's reliable and gets me where I want to go. It was so horrible when I had to take it to the mechanic for a couple of days - I felt stranded! Now I know how my mum feels when she doesn't have her car. It never really clicked before having my own, which is a dumb thing to say really but it's the truth, because I was so used to get lifts off other people or getting the bus. But having a car makes such a difference. You can plan things better, and go where you want to go when you want to go there without making sure which form of transport you will be using. Amazingly cool!
So, as I said, that's pretty much been the past few months for me - in a nutshell!
More recently, as in today, I have cleaned my room. Which is kind of impressive - you should have seen it this morning! So dreadful. But it's clean now. I even put some new posters on my cupboard which I had been meaning to do for ages. And I cleared a shelf on my bookshelf for my uni books and folders. Not to mention that my desk now looks like a desk, not a mound of crap. The only thing I didn't do is make my bed, but seeing I will be getting into it soon enough I didn't see the point. I also went on my stationery shop for uni. I had decided to do the whole folders and looseleaf for each subject, but now that they are home and all ready to go I'm not so sure. Maybe I should have gone with the notebooks because they are simpler, and smaller and easier to write in a small lecture desk-things. Hmmm... I hate deciding. I probably should have put it off until I had at least been to one of each subject to see if there was some sort of necessity to which way to do the whole taking-notes thing... But oh well, what's done is done and I'll have to live with it. I decided to go to Officeworks when I was in a hurry so I would be in and out with only the essentials. And it worked! Except for a pencil case I bought for Jess because it was in her favourite colour and her favourite colour is really hard to find. And plus, it was only $2 do I didn't see it as being so bad. Oh, but then they got me at the checkout. I bought a really cute, really small USB drive. It's 2GB, it's red and it was only $17.95. I couldn't resist. But I suppose that's the point - that's why they put them at the checkout. Actually I got caught out with a checkout impulse purchase the other day at KMart. I had gone to just get a top for a party I was going to. And that was all I had in my hand when I got to the checkout. But then they had these cute little plush Care Bear toys and I flaked. I bought a little green one, who's tag I have lost so I have no idea what's his name is. But he's cute, so I forgave myself!
As a final thought, I think you should visit here and download some pretty wallpapers for your computer! I did!!
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