Very excited to see this man tonight.

Please and thank you.

Reorganisation of the study and living rooms complete. Phew.

The problem with only being allowed to choose a floor sample from a photo is that the colour isn't accurate. I thought I was getting slate/grey. It's more like sand. Oh well. I don't own the place, what do I care?

Also, now the kitchen cupboards REALLY look like they could do with a coat of paint.

Taking advantage of the non-study period to catch up on the rest of The Affair season 2. Shit's gettin' real.

Three days off, one day work, two days off. This public holiday nonsense plays havoc with my routine.

Not that I actually, you know, have one.

You know you're getting old when you:

(a) don't bother even listening to the Triple J Hottest 100; and

(b) google the list and fail to recognise a single song on it.

Finished watching Gavin & Stacey with the houseguest tonight. Just in time for the new season of The X-Files to begin. 👽👽

Can you believe that I've lived in Melbourne for getting on seven years and I'd NEVER been to the Heide Museum of Modern Art until today? 

I feel like the first exhibition I entered was making fun of me for this...*

* That's not me, BTW. That's my lovely friend JJ. I was taking the snap.

First Saturday in ages that I've not had any study to do... bliss.

Although I did scour the course catalogue to plan out which subjects I need to do over the next three years to enable me to do a double major.

#Nerd.

I'm binge watching Gavin & Stacey cos the houseguest's not ever seen it, I am.

And yes, that sentence was written in a Welsh accent.

Tidy.  

I'd say there's a cracking game of cribbage going on in heaven tonight between my Dada, Grandpa Bill, Grandma Nell, Uncle Bill and Auntie May, who left us today, aged 96. 

Vale, amazing Maysie. You were one of my staunchest supporters, and most loved of aunties.

My new neighbour moved in today.

She was one of the teachers who'd bring her students to all the shows at the theatre company I used to work for in Sydney.

She's also working at the same uni as me.

Final essay submitted - at 2.45AM - followed by a full day of work and dinner with friends of my parents.

Exhausted doesn't even begin to cover it.

No way this essay is going to be submitted on time... or make any sense. But the amount of fucks I give about that is minimal.

History essay done, bar the checking.

Religion essay?

FAAAARK. No idea where to even start.

It's going to be a long night.

And it all comes down to this yet again. Deadlines looming and I'm futzing around, but get sudden inspiration when I should be sleeping.

AARRRGGHH.

Unbelievably sad again today, this time at the news that Alan Rickman has died. But I love that the first instincts of those who know me best was to call/text/email to make sure I was ok.

My tribe is wonderful.

Also, Gawker's headline was perfect.

RIP good sir, and thank you for the inspiration. Always.

Guy came into my office to put together my new desk at midday. Still in pieces at 5pm. I could've put together twenty Ikea bookshelves in that space of time, FFS.

Thought I'd allowed myself loads of time to crank out two essays.

I really haven't.

Fuck.

Someone gave us a DVD of Dance Moms to watch... we made it through one episode and decided it was tantamount to child abuse. Horrific.

RIP, Starman. You fell to earth and blew our minds before floating away in your tin can far above the world. Planet Earth is indeed blue tonight.

Still no closer to finishing these goddamned essays, but I've done five loads of laundry and cooked up a storm for the week.

Sigh.

I get my groceries delivered, PLUS I get Hello Fresh/Marley Spoon* and yet here I sit on a Saturday night eating muesli and yoghurt for dinner at 9.30pm because I didn't realise the time and now can't be arsed cooking.

This is probably why I don't have kids. They'd starve.

* I change it up. Some weeks I get Hello Fresh, some weeks I get Marley Spoon. Although I'm leaning towards Marley Spoon as the preferred supplier. 

Marginally more productive today than the last few days... but only marginally.

Also, my local post office has been sold out of stamps for four days. How in the actual f--- does something like that happen?! Baffled. 

Sisters FINALLY opened in Australia today. Loved it even more than I thought I would. The phrase "it's Steeeeeeeevvvvvviiiiiaaaaaa" is forever etched into my brain. 

Also, this:

Hilarious.

Especially Amy. I've never really given a flying monkeys about Star Wars either.

Had planned to spend the entire day studying.

Did I?

No.

If 'Procrastination' was a subject, I'd score 100%.

So. Unfocussed.

First day back at work and finally got the acquittal monkey off my back (mostly).

Hallelujah.

Back to work tomorrow after the Christmas break... sigh.

When it comes to researching the final two essays due in two weeks, I am really, REALLY great at procrastinating.

Starting the new year with a wardrobe clear out... losing 16 pairs of shoes but still have 22. Yes, that is appalling.