Most of you will know this by now, but for anyone who doesn't, let me lay some news on y'all. I got those scholarships I applied for! I guess Auckland Abroad must really like giving money away because I didn't think my application was incredibly strong to be honest. I got $500 from one and $1700 from the other, and I'm very very happy about it :)
Before this I wasn't exactly worried about running out of money, but I was watching it move out of my account at a surprising rate and realising that I might not get to do some of the more expensive stuff I'd planned on, like my very vaguely imagined Trip to New York. Now that I have a bit more up my sleeve, I'm going to do everything! And I'm also eating more. I think I was losing weight before, my jeans were hanging off me. Eating a lot of burgers and shit now.
Once again I have so much to write about. Also my room is more or less done now, so I'd like to post some photos of that too. I'll do this all later tonight if I can manage it. Here's the thing: I've kind of fallen behind somewhat on my reading. And by 'somewhat' I mean that I really need to read 4/5ths of King Lear by this evening. And then some other stuff too. It's not looking good! It's just that I keep putting things off because when I get home I keep sitting and waiting for something awesome to eventuate instead of getting started on this stuff. I have gotten closer to some people now, and I'm actually getting invited to things instead of always coming up with the plans myself, which makes me very happy. More on that later. I also spent several days last week staying up way, way later than I should've because that's when everyone was on facebook. This resulted in a couple of days of sleep-deprivation while my attempts at catching up on those missed hours were derailed by confused night-time phone calls from friends asking if I knew where other friends were, a roommate wanting to use my microwave a bit before midnight, various drunken adventurers traipsing down the hall or past my window outside, and a fire alarm. Loudest fucking fire alarm of my life. I left my door unlocked and left the building in my Eeyore pajamas, incapable of stringing together a sentence for a couple of minutes. My residence advisor just got 'Kit, why so loud.'
After a certain amount of sleep missed, shit gets weird. I start getting emotional for no reason and having to tell myself 'Claire, it's a dead bird. Pull yourself together for fuck's sake' and having strange ideas pop into my head, like when I thought I was going to take all my notes and write out the first half of my novel in a couple of hours in the house lounge. I'm sure that would've been real fun times but I decided to sleep instead. After last night's surprise fire alarm I slept in luxuriously late today, so I really have to get going to the library and finish these books. I just have one important thing to say before I do.
Many of the people I've met here have been first years. They're looking at four whole years of what I'm experiencing right now, and I'm jealous beyond measure. At certain points (no doubt the lack of sleep has something to do with this) I have looked at my new friends and thought 'how am I going to deal with not seeing you in three months?' and because of this I've been playing around for a time with staying longer. A full year exchange just isn't an option, financially and otherwise, but I can stay a while longer after the end of semester to do the travel I've wanted to and catch up with my friends for a little bit longer after exams. I was already sort of planning on this before I found out about the scholarship, and now, circumstances prevailing, it's a definite. It only costs me $50 to get a different flight back, as long as it's one that costs the same as my original. This will give me the time I need to gradually adjust to the idea of returning home to regular life, instead of forcing me to finish my exams, move out of residence, have my birthday and Christmas and my sister's birthday and fly home all in the space of a week, which I know now will be way too much to handle. I'm not exactly sure how much longer I'll be staying - I'm looking at about a month, but we'll see.
MORE LATER! Have a good day everyone.
Sounds like you're having much more fun over there than you would be here. Snow camp was fricking awesome, I'll tell you about it next time I talk to you. Mum says you should 'eat, sleep, and study' but I think living it up is the best thing you could be doing. WE MISS YOU.
ReplyDeleteAt least eat and sleep Mum
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