Jan - Back home, time of awesomeness but not much of a holiday really, bustling around running errands, but getting Ash in respite care and my 2 weeks at the SPCA were worth it.
Feb - Melbourne for a day or so, then it was out to Trentham for 15 days of milking goodness. Apart from the odd day or two of beautiful summery weather, the rest of it was COLD. Forgot my slacks and cosy socks. Thankfully David packed enough clothes to last him 3 months.
*SUM UP FAIL* Dairy farm work wasn't as taxing as I expected. Even though the only reason I was there was cos of the course i'm in, I'd recommend a dairy farmstay to everyone who drinks milk. It's FASCINATING. So many new experiences, so much more than just learning how a dairy functions and the industry. I rode a quad bike, drove a tractor, drove a SEMI-TRAILER...
Not the one I drove, but similar. With all those hay bales too! But only in a paddock. The gears all tumbalik. (I say this instead of terbalik cos it sounds cooler)
Drank beer with the farmer every night, joy rides on the quad and crashing through electric fences.. That was painful. The milking itself was rather enjoyable. Wasn't very taxing, but an entire day's work gets you pretty tired at the end of each day. Not that we did much work. But anyway. DAVID BROKE THE GUTTER OF THE FARMER'S HOUSE, butter fingers.
Valentine's Day was spent at the farm, and David came over to surprise me! He was done the day before me and headed home first. I was rather apprehensive about it at first, seeing how the farmer spent every night at his neighbour's (sexytime). Sleeping alone in a stranger's house out in the country is rather daunting. I was so relieved when he came over that night. We brought the massive spotlight on a walk out in the paddocks to see the wildlife, and it was a beautiful clear night and being out in the country means a sky full of STARS! :D
Upon coming back, I had around a week to well and truly LEPAK, before O week. The fridge died while I was gone so this one week was spent stressing about it.
O week was really good, and barn dance was epic. So much better than last year's. Didn't spend any money on booze for myself, however I did spend 20 bucks buying Flynn drinks since it was his birthday. Haha.
Bidina, Kris and I took to the Werribee campus' in-house paddocks to traumatise their dairy herd, after drawing 3 penises in the dust covering Jess's car. Smoked a joint, went to visit the horses. Mucked around the main road outside waiting for their cab before I returned to the Kendall Hall common room to find everyone dead asleep. That was 5am. Got woken up at 7.45am to find everyone but David and Shaun gone. God that morning was so hard.
So since the start of school, it's been a tricky game of finding time to catch up with lessons every single day. Last year I whined about the timetable, but this year I won't even bother. It's just horrifying. Let's just say there are too many days with lectures running 9am-5pm.
Time after school is spent struggling to find the motivation to revise the day's work. A 10am start puts a smile on any of the 2nd year's faces. 7 subjects, 9 exams, and no options to sit supps, unless I want to waste the 2k of savings I spent on a flight to London this winter :/
I WILL POWER THROUGH THIS SEMESTER. It's been a strange year so far, probably for everyone in the world. But how can I let this overwhelm me? It'll make me pathetic.
