18

Yesterday was my 18th birthday! I was pretty excited. Through all the scandal of being tired my birthday snuck up on me and said hello to my pleasant surprise. I got approximately 50 people wishing me happy birthday via facebook and I got a couple of texts too. I thought that was pretty cool and it made me smile.

What presents? Well I got Eureka (season 2), Once, an Alison Krauss CD, two French CDs from Putumayo, some vouchers for Pagani all from the family. I got a lovely scarf and some candles from the boy, and some beautiful daffodils from Anna (but Jo picked them out, Anna pointed out) and a ticket to go see Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in the middle of October with Jo! All very nice things and I was very happy. And to top it all off we had Filedelfio's Pizza for dinner! Yum. (In case you didn't know, it's the best pizza in the world).

I'm still battling the tiredness but I'm feeling a lot better. I'm drinking lots of water and there are always stray glasses hanging around with small bits of water in them because I just kind of forget about them! I'm still getting exhausted if I go out for more than a couple of hours. I don't know why it makes me tired though. In all seriousness, I think I just find it draining to be around energetic people. You have to listen and respond to what people are saying and if you've been at home by yourself for ages it's hard to fit back in (for me anyway).

I'm adamant that I will be able to the musical though. Because there is no time for anyone else to learn my part. 

I was just looking up the different types of voices on Wikipedia and it had some links to some youtube videos. The voices were amazing! I wish I could sing like them. I probably could if I focused completely on my singing. I wish I had the time and energy to do just that! You see, this is where I get confused about what I want to do at university. Genetics or music? It's a bit late now because apparently all the music applications are due on Wednesday.

Anyway, who knows. Next year is so far away and all I can think about right now is getting better!