MY 2011

2011 was such a big year.

FIRST ROAD TRIP EVER To Matai Valley in Nelson. It was an amazing roadtrip. PUPPIES when they were still small. Now they are full grown Maltese. HAMNER SPRINGS TRIP with my boyfriend at the time. Amazing experience. Trekked for 3 hours. Romantic time of my life. EARTHQUAKE that killed 182 people including Jaime Gilbert and Siwen Huo R.I.P :’( It was devastating. Lots of buildings destroyed including Christchurch’s iconic Cathedral church. The quake fucked up half of Christchurch and we weren’t allowed to flush toilets or drink tap water. The east ended up with the sewage and silt :( .The break up with a good friend. I got too much and he was working 80 hours a week. I got too much because of relapse of DEPRESSION. That was the biggest thing of this year. I didn’t want to go through all this again. I just wanted it all to end. But I went on medication for the first time and it’s made all the difference. It’s made the battle easier. I’ve learnt I have to keep things busy. Spend time with people who make me happy, baking and doing things craft related is therapeutic. Although reading is a great love of mine, sometimes it’s not enough (have ended up countless times just lying in bed for days when reading was meant to be the distraction). 2 months of counselling. One thing I’ve learnt is people do not understand depression. I got told “Snap out of it” “Why do you need attention. Trying to kill yourself is attention seeking. You do know that when you die that’s just it right? You don’t get the attention” O_o;; “Just don’t think negatively” a lot and I know I sort of just have to help myself. My biggest support was actually my ex (even after we broke up, which is why I think he’s amazing) and then the friends who have known me for years. ANYWAY, I discovered Yahagi Patisserie (a beautiful delicious Japanese bakery), I started a scrapbook EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK I bought whatever clothes I felt like. I had to quit Pak’nsave (but that was in September when I realized it was costing my happiness). On my Birthday, I had Denny’s with the people I love. I got spoiled. I tried curly fries for the first time (delicious). I got my favourite necklace (Alice in Wonderland). I bought a car and learnt how to drive a manual and got my restricted license. It was my biggest achievement because it was hard to get practice in and my car is temperamental (still love the thing though). Driving is also therapeutic. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. I did ADRENALINE FOREST Amazing! It was scary when you got to level 5 and had to walk across a rope between the tops of two thin trees… ARGH! I couldn’t do level 6 but maybe next time. FLATCATS Football and Nancy - both the most passive cats ever. They received a lot of snuggles. SNOW DAY! Because Christchurch isn’t used to snow, when there was a snow fall we were all stationary. People who tried to drive crashed. But it was beautiful as! It hasn’t snowed for years. I learnt to make pumpkin soup and SUPER MARIO MUSHROOM CUPCAKES, which were a hit. AKAROA DAY TRIP with amazing people. Trying a JAPANESE ICE CREAM delicious. JAPANESE CLASS. Probably kept me going throughout the year. I learnt so much and had so much fun although it was challenging. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK Tried a kimono and sat through a tea ceremony. ACTUALLY GETTING TUMBLR best thing ever. Spend a lot of time on Tumblr. Discovering NAME OF THE WIND. GAME OF THRONES. TRUE BLOOD. SCRUBS. TRIGUN. DURARARA. Halloween Party. Wendy’s dinner dash. Watching Bird Babies grow :P (chicks). Meeting REALLY NICE JAPANESE PEOPLE and becoming their friend. QUITTING PAK’NSAVE AFTER 7 YEARS IN TOTAL. Am now so broke I can’t afford to renew my rego and warrant and I am $400 in debt (why? I owe the dentist $200 and have a year to pay it back. I also owe a friend $200 because I didn’t get the benefit for a week and then had to pay another week for the last flat -> also moved out this year). Will need to job hunt. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. Started dating a weirdo that likes to wear a mask while driving. He is different from me and half the time at the start I hated him. Didn’t know why I was with him. Now it’s pretty nice and smooth and he’s a lot more affectionate and caring. He got a kitten called YUKI and I love her. Making my first ever Pavlova. Making a Christmas pavlova. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. I am now into altering my clothes. I want to make a mini skirt. SUMMER

I hope next year is a better year for you and me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.