God, I hate my brother sometimes. He’s working now, and I realised that it would affect him, but I didn’t realise to what extent.

Katie was just throwing a tantrum over wanting me to get her a glass of water, and since she hadn’t asked nicely (to my knowledge), I was holding my ground and saying she had to get it herself. Then I find out that she had asked Dwain earlier.. and he had said no. His reason? “I don’t feel like it.” That, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

He didn’t even tell her to come and ask me, he just said he didn’t want to. Then, when I spoke to him about it, he started on about being on his feet for ‘nine bloody hours’ and he didn’t want to walk anywhere, and ra ra ra. I have sympathy for that, I honestly do. Surely though, getting your little sister a glass of water isn’t asking too much.

*shakes head* I only pray he realises what a dickwad he’s being and gets over it.

Well, I was only bitching to Bel the other day about how unlucky I am, and an event last night proved me otherwise. I had gone to the library with Gentil, and just before we got off the tram near his house, he asks “Where’s your earring?” The whole way to his place, I was stressing about it, hoping that it would be on the floor there. It wasn’t unfortunately, so I called the library and asked if it had been handed in.

It hadn’t, and the librarian couldn’t find it, so we got Gentil’s father to drive us to the tram stop where Gentil was sure it must have fallen out. It wasn’t there either. So, we walked down to the library.. and right there, in front of the counter, was my earring! I couldn’t believe it. =)

So yep, that’s all. Tired, need sleep.

Alexander John! My uncle’s brother Mike and his wife Belle have just had their first child, a healthy baby boy. He weighed around 3kg, and amazingly was not only born on the same day as my cousin Mark (11th June), but also has his middle name (Alexander). I’m very happy for them both. =)

In just as important, but much sadder news, Gentil’s Uncle Egas passed away last night. I cannot express how strongly I feel for him and his family. So soon after losing a family member myself, I understand what they are going through, and my heart is with Gentil, his parents, and his relatives in Portugal also.

Ciao.

Today was my cousin Mark’s birthday and we had arranged to meet him and my aunty at the cinemas to see Hostel II. Unfortunately, none of us realised Hostel II was rated R until this morning.. so the cinemas idea fell through. Gentil and I ended up spending the day in bed watching The Descent and cuddling. I like lazy days. =) We’ll probably go and see Hostel II next week, since we’re both getting paid this week.

I’m working on my Biology prac report tonight, and I’m hoping to have it done by tomorrow so I can print it at work in time for Wednesday. I find out how I did on the exam on Wednesday, too.. I am incredibly nervous. I don’t think I’ve failed or anything.. it’s just that I want to do really well on it, more than just ok. I’ll be happy if I pass, though, honestly. I’ll be disappointed in an average mark obviously, but I’ll be content with a pass.

Katie is sitting next to me at the moment, with The Noisiest Guinea Pig Alive on her lap. I swear, the thing never shuts up. When I commented on this to my mother, Katie says in this ‘I am just so damn good’ kind of voice, “It just loves me!”. I couldn’t believe how confident she was. The poor thing was probably terrified. I wouldn’t blame it, the way she tosses it around, presses her face against it, and generally ‘loves’ it. It just may be possible to die from love, I’ve decided.

Ciao for now. =)

I finally got the website finished, all the pages displaying correctly and such. It’s a relief to see it looking all pretty, with no 404 errors or odd coloured text. I love my website. =) I think the only reason I publish a blog online instead of in text files or Microsoft Word or something is so I get to have a pretty place on the internet. I actually had over 20 page views last week, which sort of confuses me. How are people finding the site? As far as I know, it’s not listed on any search engines. The only people who usually visit it are my boyfriend and myself. *shrugs* Doesn’t matter, I suppose.

I finished my Chemistry prac, thank god. I hate chemical equations. All those states and charges and everything, bleh. I hate working in tables, also, which is about the only downside to Chemistry. I found out that on Tuesday (the class I missed), we blew stuff up. I was SO disappointed, I would have loved to be there for that prac. Serves me right for sleeping in, I suppose.

We dissected the hearts in Biology, and it was as I predicted: awesome! I loved it. It’s amazing how much easier something is to understand once you’ve actually seen it in the flesh. We were able to put our fingers through the aorta and the pulmonary artery and everything. Plus look inside the ventricles and see the heartstrings and such. I thought the saying “tugging on your heartstrings” was just that: a phrase. Apparently not, we do actually have heartstrings. Their proper name is chordae tendenae, and they are quite tough for such flimsy looking strings. They’re attached to the atria-ventricular valves and the papillary muscles. The heart is amazing.

I’ve started thinking seriously about what to do next year, unfortunately ‘thinking’ isn’t the same as ‘deciding’, and I’m no closer to knowing where this course will take me. I’m considering several things, all science related, but I don’t think university is an option right now. I’m not going to commit several thousand dollars and 3 - 5 years of my life just to find in two years that I made the wrong choice. Hopefully I’ll make up my mind soon.. although I’ve noticed, things have a way of just working out for me when something is “right”.

Gentil and I sat looking through random pictures tonight and just laughing our heads off, seriously. It’s great to just relax and have some fun together, and since we have the same sense of humour we laughed at the same things, mainly. It was a lot of fun, and it reminds me of how important the small things are, things like just laughing with people. I think it was good for him too, seeing as how he got the bad news that his Uncle Egas (in Portugal) is dying. It was good to see him laughing and happy, seriously laughing so hard he was crying.. it took his mind off things.

Tomorrow I have to copy the info for DI’s race and class system and start putting it into a webpage, plus finish all my washing, plus do the DRABC flow chart. Those are the only three goals I’m setting for myself tomorrow, anything else is a bonus. The list thing doesn’t really work on weekends, so I’m going to leave it for weekdays only. Weekends should be relaxing and fun anyway. =)

I’m planning the next layout for this site already, hehe.. or perhaps I should actually get some layouts posted in the web design section? Hmn.. we shall see.

Ciao.

Half of today was, unfortunately, wasted. After falling asleep at just past two in the morning, I slept until nearly eleven. When I went upstairs to say good morning to my mother she informed me that I had been telling them I was just about to get up since about seven thirty. I guess I needed the sleep.. I just wish I had actually gone to Chemistry. I don’t like missing the Science classes.. or any classes at all, for that matter. Except for Communication Skills, I hate that class, and it can burn in hell for all I care.

I did manage to get my Biology homework done in preparation for our prac on a mammalian heart tomorrow, and I also managed to sort out my various folders and the million worksheets we are handed on a daily basis. I didn’t end up paying $100 on my iPod as planned, though hopefully I’ll get there tomorrow morning. That, of course, means I will be late for Maths, but since we’re only doing really basic Trigonometry I think I’ll be ok.

I finished paying off my advance payment last fortnight, which means that next payday I’ll have an extra $30 in the bank. I’m planning on having it paid into a separate savings account every fortnight, then linking that account to an ING account. The ING account offers 6.0% interest per annum, so everytime I hit $100 in the savings account, I’ll transfer it to the interest earning account. I’ll only earn a tiny amount of interest to start with, but it will grow.. and hey, who doesn’t want to earn money just from having it in the bank?

My iPod case arrived today, and luckily I absolutely adore the color I chose. Everything was packaged together, in perfect condition, and it arrived within a week. The case is made of the most gorgeous feeling silicon ever.. it’s seriously not sticky or rubbery like most silicon cases are. I am SO excited.. I can’t wait til I get my iPod. Only about 3 weeks to go. =)

My laptop is still performing well, and I’m really happy with it. I doubt that I’ll ever use my computer again, unfortunately.. Gentil had bought me a DVD burner for my birthday, so I’m feeling kind of bad about that. Still, who can blame me? Julian is faster, lighter, prettier and portable.

Anyway, time for bed.. Gentil is over tonight. Yay, snuggles. *beams*

Monday’s List

• meet Gentil at 8:45am at tram stop near work
• have a shower
• write draft discussion for precipitation prac
• read pages 366 - 369 of Biology book
• finish precipitation prac equations
• go to Math
• go to Biology
• return Belinda’s pencil
• return Kate’s pen
• renew library books
• write a blog entry
• don’t spend any money at cafeteria
• do some washing
• be prepared for TOM
• read prac 10.1 in chem book before writing draft discussion
• change bank account details with Centrelink
• finish worded trig sheet

13 / 17 things were completed today, for a total score of 76%.

I know it seems rather odd that I would put down stuff like “have a shower” and “return Belinda’s pencil”, but it is amazing how well those little things motivate me. It’s not that I don’t want to do those little (and not so little) things, it’s that thinking ‘If I get out of bed now and have a shower I can mark that off my list for today.’ is a FANTASTIC motivator for the following things like going to school, for example.