So I haven’t blogged for ages because I missed everyone’s gratitude end of year posts while I was wallowing in self-pity in England, and then I have been surprisingly busy with stuff since I got back like seeing Les Mis and eating pizza 6 times in as many days and not having a job.

Uhhh that’s literally my life right now. Lindy Hop classes are fun, Broadway Jazz was really challenging, and I’m enjoying both of them and I want to keep doing them and then get into WAAPA but money and time and idek any more.

 

GREAT MOTIVATIONAL POST EMILY.

Actually I am doing well with learning Italian online because I wanted to do something productive while I am at home all day and that is the easiest thing to do from the comfort of the couch.

 

Oh! I also read The Perks of Being a Wallflower today. I really liked it, but I wish I hadn’t watched the film first because the ~big reveal~ was less impressive. I think I prefer the book narrative but it was ruined by the film having made things more dramatic and switching the order of events around. So, there’s that. It only took me three hours to read (probably, I read 30 pages last night and then finished it in two and a bit hours today) so it was nice to know that even though I haven’t read a book for ages, I am still good at it.

Rough start

Things I have learned so far this year:
I was not smart last year and piled way too many things on top of each other and now I’m week three into this stupid rundown plague because my body hates me. Last year I didn’t give myself time to rest (three pantos I was heavily involved in plus our US trip) so my body kept on keeping on and I interpreted this as me feeling better but it turns out it was just lurking in the shadows getting ready to LAY THE SMACKDOWN ON MY SORRY ASS. Just like the old days!

Here is a list of things that suck:
Auto-immune diseases.

So I am learning from this and already putting plans in place to slow down for the next six months and make sure I’m extra careful day-to-day so my health doesn’t go backwards. Spoon theory, yo. Who needs to do cool stuff when you could be doing NOTHING instead?

Future Alysha, if you’re reading this, I hope you have benefited from this action plan. If you haven’t, then I blame you, because Present Alysha has the best intentions.

My January has mainly consisted of lying around in bed and cancelling social plans and calling in sick to work so. It can only get better from here right? POSITIVE THINKING.

In catch-up news, the Les Mis film was horrendously bad but I did enjoy being in the right company to really bask in our collective hatefire. There was a lot of curling into the foetal position, covering each other’s ears, throwing popcorn, hiding in my own skirt and making a lot of involuntary rage noises. In saying that, it also featured a top 5 life moment when Colm rocked up at the end to sing Eponine’s harmony and Emily and I just sort of had this mutual breakdown and it was lovely.

I’m rewatching Alias and it’s still marvellous, ditto with Downton Abbey, I ordered GLASSES yesterday I know please stay calm, I also GOT MY HAIR TRIMMED yolo, Lana is moving to Canberra FOREVER* (*probably not forever) this weekend waaaah why does she always leave me, and that’s all I can think of to say.

Now everyone else has to bloog.

Happy thoughts.

Happy New Year!

If the first day of the new year is an indication of the rest of the year, I am totally fucked. I was completely wrecked and sick today, from getting no sleep between Sunday and Monday and then having to run around setting up a party, then staying up late with my friends to ring in the new year. I slept all day today and now I am sitting on the couch in all kinds of pain.

Booo January 1st. I wanted more from you.

But now I am watching Mad Men, which is great. ❤