Happy 2009!
Well, another year down. And I’m quite pleased, the last twelve months have actually been a steep climb for me back up to the top, but I made it.
This year I:
- Celebrated my boyfriends 21st birthday
- Went to the Medieval Fair (two of them, actually!)
- Flew to Melbourne for Christmas and saw the cricket
- Taught IT to parents at a primary school and got paid by the government
- Worked three jobs, with a three month break in the middle
- Gained my confidence and self esteem back (well, getting there!)
- Finished my adult entry year for university
- Saw two best friends get married!
- Cleaned out my friends list (not online, the REAL one!)
I am feeling pretty good about 2009 and I spent New Years Eve with good friends, both old and new, and I am really looking forward to this year. I have a job I enjoy, and I am crossing my fingers that in two weeks I get the “Congratulations! You have been made an offer into Visual Arts” letter I am dreaming about. Yeah, I’m going to university finally. And who would have thought I’d be going into art! :D
Oh, and I have started the Twitter 365 project. Of course you don’t reeeeally have to be a twitter member to participate but have a look and possibly join if you’re keen: http://www.flickr.com/groups/twitter365project/
Here’s my first photo:
The Future!
Today I went to Harbour Town (massive factory direct shopping outlet near the airport) for the first time. I got a whole bunch of clothes and this cute little cupcake pencil case for only $55!
You can see four little cupcakes in the picture too. They are for a friend who I am making a big clay order for :) I have made nine pairs of candy canes for them and will make another five pairs of cupcakes to send on Thursday.
But in the biggest news! I got great grades this year (High Distinction, two Distinctions, two Credits and two Pass Level 1!). So I have a GPA of 5.37 (out of 7) and I’m now anxiously waiting for the first week of January when the first round of uni offers are made.
My first preference is Visual Arts so I will be doing this kind of thing (the clay and jewellery) for my degree! I’m so excited :)
More Clay Work!
Since returning from my four day break at Milang, I have already done a six hour shift at work and been run off my feet - and I was supposed to be relaxing! Lucky I have tomorrow off work but am actually heading into the city to sign contracts for a temporary position with UniSA next year as an enrolment buddy. ^^
Today I made some little clay creations:
I made a cake, a burger and a hot dog today. I will try some more cupcakes later, now that I have the good tools for making this stuff I hope that it will get better :)
I’m back!
I’m back from holidays!
I know I didn’t mention I was going (oops!) but it was such a rush in the end. Last week I rushed to finish two essays for uni and also go to work a lot then my boyfriend and I fled the city to go and stay at Milang, which is on Lake Alexandrina. The drought has definitely taken its toll there, it is incredibly obvious compared to years ago last time I was down there.
I have also discovered the awesome metabolism boosting tablets which have helped with my weight, as I lost over a kilo last week! (WOO HOO!)
I will write a little more later on when this week swings into gear. I was lucky enough to get offered a full days work tomorrow, that’s almost a weeks pay in one day!
