Almost tl;dr.

 
So, I'm approaching my last week of holidays...Or, rather, the almost four months between uni years, lol. This coming week is going to be a busy one; I've been informed that my timetable has some difficult clashes which need to be resolved, so Monday I'm going out to the campus in the vague hopes that a timetable advisor can help me sort that stuff out. It's weird because I checked over my subjects myself when I found out about this craziness and I didn't find any clashes at all, lol. But what do I know? I just hope that I won't have to give up any of my subjects or choose other ones because, well, I don't want to, lol. I've got some pretty good ones this semester and I want it to work out. Though, I guess I'll just roll with it if it doesn't work out. What else? Wednesday I have to go back to the Centrelink office to provide them with more ID to make sure I am who I say I am so they don't can my payments which have only just started, lol. That would suck. Then on Thursday I'm going with Dr. K to O-Week to check out the stalls, perhaps join a few random things with no intentions of going back and laughing at the new first years...And the new college kids, all fancy in their suits and new robes. Little pishers.

Ah, here's something I forgot to tell you, lol. On Monday when I deal with my timetable issue, I'm also going to enrol myself in a short sports course, you know, because I'm (very probably) not playing soccer this year. I checked out the various courses a couple of weeks ago because everyone's doing interesting things but me, lol, and I decided that it was between archery and fencing...You know, living out my fantasies of being either Robin Hood or a Musketeer ;) So, with a little pro-ing and con-ing, I decided on fencing...Mostly because it's indoors but also slightly more athletic that archery. It's called "an Introduction to Fencing," so it's nice and basic. So far I'm pleased with the choice (not that I've done anything yet, lol) because the skills are different to the skills I have from playing soccer, it works totally different muscles and improves reflexes, which is always useful, I suppose. Anyway, something different. Yay me.

What else? I hung out at my dad's yesterday and for much of today and chatted to the youngest of my sisters, Tayla, about starting high school, which she did about four weeks ago. Apparently it's been quite the deal, lol. I kind of forgot what it was like to start high school...I don't remember a whole lot about year seven. Anyway, so she hasn't been in trouble yet, but she hasn't been putting in as much effort as she possibly can, either, lol. She got her butt whooped from her mother for causing a scene at the bus stop where she loudly informed all and sundry that she is Maddie's sister...Naturally irritating the crap out of her older sister (now in year eleven, not long to go now!) and making herself look stupid. Anyway, we spoke about that incident and she said she knew it was stupid because it pissed her sister off and then I brought up the fact that it was stupid because she drew so much attention to herself that people will forever be comparing her to Mad -- not a bad thing, but when your older sibling comes in the top five per cent of students in the state for her marks, you don't need to be compared to that because what if you can't compete?! I think she now gets it, lol.

I'm so glad I'm absolutely at the top of the food chain when it comes to my sibs. I'm the eldest. Hurrah. No freakin' pressure.

Moving along.

I've been totally drug free for a few days now with no more coming in and although I feel tired, sweaty, headachey and a bit anxious, I feel more or less alright. I'll be looking forward to being completely clear-headed and upright. As I think I said before, I don't know that this will be my last issue with a habit, but I kind of hope it will be. I was about to say that I'm too young for that crap, but that's not true, lol. I would, ideally, like to live a life completely clean and sober, but that's a little unrealistic...I guess the best way to go about it is to be more aware and in better control of myself (like that's even possible) and to genuinely aim for a better life for myself in that sort of respect. So, yeah. So far so good, I hope for the best but I'm realistic. I know who I am and what I'm like...I've abused just about every pharm drug that's come my way -- it's not easy for me to control myself in that sitch -- but we'll see what the future brings, eh?

God, that's a whole lot of blathering. My bad, chaps.