Jess' Blog

Okay! Wow, it has been a Looong time since i last posted!

Alot has happened.

Let me re-cap...:

The YSA Halloween Dance

Collette Gibson, Jess Gibson, Dale Prebble, Danny Polley and myself all piled into Collete's jaz and roadtripped down to hobart. The trip was pretty fun with dale randomly saying strnge things at wierd times, awesome "sing-a-longs", the hey sheep! game, car stereotyping *our stereotype was the "We borrowed mum's car to go on a roadtrip" - long story) and of course there were photos taken!

When we arrived in hobart, we hunted around for some dinner. I had absolutely no idea what was going on so i ended uip trying some thai noodles for the first time! It was yummy :)
It was here we stumbled across the lovely Camilla Mitchell.

We went back to Camillas and watched Toy Story in between getting ourselves dressed up for the dance.
Collete was 'the grudge', Jess was 'the corpse bride', Dale was 'the hulk', Danny was - um - 'frankenstein' [i think?], and i was just a dead emo lol. I couldn't find a costume at such short notice and none of zoe terry's pretty fairy outfits would do the trick, haha.

It was my first ever YSA dance and it was very interesting, to say the least. The first thing i noticed was that when the slow songs came on - the single guys retreated to the opposite end the girls retreated to! It was cliche i had to laugh. So i did what i would always do, i broke the trend. I made a conscious effort to dance with every single guy in the room that i could hunt down, haha. I succeeded. I also danced like i just didn't care who was watching [and i confess, i really didn't care what anyone thought. I love dancing!] all night long. I was exhausted BEFORE i arrived, by the end of the night i was beyond exhaustion!

I slept most of the trip back.

*Deloraine Halloween Party.

I planned on suprising my family with a visit home, only to dscover as i entered the house, they were leaving!
I rushed into a costume [which actually turned out pretty awesome], and headed up to the Carona's property in Dunorlan. There was a paddock full of decorated car-boots and a vast array of bizarre, creative, wierd/ wacky and wonderful costumes!! We played games, 'Trick or Treated' around the car boots and went on a hay-bail tractor ride.

*Craft fair with Dale and Lizzy.

The next day was...
The first week of November & the Deloraine Craft Fair. It's the biggest thing to ever hit Deloraine on a regular basis! People from not only all over Australia, but all over the world come to this grand 4-day event. Much of my family were out and about doing various things so i invited Dale and Lizzie Prebble to accompany me for the day. It was pretty exciting! I tried the HOTTEST chilli sauce ever! [I felt so tough that i didn't cry, mind you i did have to have an ice cream to cool my burning throat!] Played archery - i bet Dale! Woot woot! We were tempted to try the little 4-wheeler motorbikes but they were too small, too slow, and there was hardly enough room to burn around. So we gave that a miss. I bought lots of rings and food. So did Lizzie :D

*Newstead College Ball

I wasn't planning on going but my friends put in a trememndous effort for me to go, so i went... it was all for them.
The food was an average buffet. The dance floor was extremely crowded and small, but i still managed to bust some moves and shake my groove thing ;) That part was heaps of fun!
I changed outfit halfway through the night, which threw a few people's heads in. Ah, i've always loved to be "mysterious". Just when people think they've got me pinned, i do something... spontaneous [at least that's what i'll call it for now ;) Haha].

I had fun with my friends, but i was intensely tired immediately afterwards.
Afterall, it was the last week of formal schooling before exam weeks started!

*The end of my pre-tertiary education!

Exams: Human Biology on monday morning (the very first day of exams), Health Studies exam on tuesday morning, Psychology on Wednesday morning... and then FREEDOM! Having all your exams in the first 3 days is intense and somewhat stressful but at least it means i get an early break! YAY! No more stupid college!

To celebrate i've been partying all over the place! I haven't been to sleep any earlier than 3am for the last week or so! Its been fun :)

*Hobart Trip

Last weekend, Emma richards, Rachael Rattray and myself piled up em's parents car and we road tripped down to hobart. we stayed at the lovely, Emily Read's place (she's house-sitting for some people so we had the entire place to ourselves, brave move lol). We watched volleyball when we arrived friday night then went to macdonalds at around 10:30pm. We all got sucked into "Finding Nemo" which was playing on the customer tv!

Saturday, everyone took their sweet time to wake up and then we lazily got dressed for a day out! We spent the majority of the day doing some "Retail Therapy" (it's intense shopiing, haha). We snagged a few great bargains... Someone snagged one of my bargains :S

We then went to this psycho ysa bonfire thing. Firstly we headed out to 7-mile beach only to get caught in a random spell of torrential rain. So we ended up at some random's place. It was nice to catch up with Dallin and Camilla and politely make small talk with a few familiar faces who's names i still can't remember, haha. It was also a nice suprise to see Sam Honey there! Emily, Emma and i bailed early due to sleep deprivation. We ended up watching a chick flick ["10 things i hate about you"] and muching down some chocolate.

Sunday we attended Rosny Ward. It was lovely. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love Sundays, with a passion! We arrived back in Launceston late in the afternoon. Just enough time to spare before we had to head into Deloraine for the...

*Seminary/Institute Graduation

*A Spontaneous Day Out!

Monday i decided to go hang out with Sam Honey. We chatted. When we went to drop off a drink to her friend we spontaneously decided to borrow his car (which is an awesome beast of a car! I love love love it!) and headed to bellingham beach. At lillydale, Dale Prebble joined us to our trip. Just out of Lillydale we side-tracked to a tunnel. It was a pretty creepy tunnel, even in the gorgeous sunlight it was creepy!
We arrived at the beach, and the pictures can tell the story from here...

*The beginning of the Twilight of my Life...

Yes, now that exams are over and i have no more pressing commitments, i have begun the Twilight journey. I've completed the first two books of the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer and am hungry for the third and fourth books. It has thus far exceeded my expectations, despite the hype many people have given the books. I love them! I'm actually hungry for more of the stroy... i HAVE to know what happens next!