My Week in Pictures #24

MAN. It was a BIG week last week. Which, hopefully, will explain why I hardly got any posts up. There just isn't enough hours in the day!

On Monday night I met up with some of the other girls in the Sydney blogging community! K from Teacup Grunge helped with the organising, and we got everyone to meet up at Din Tai Fung at World Square for dumplings. Can I just mention here...BEST DUMPLINGS EVAH.

 

 

L-R:

Laura, from White Winters, Rachel from the The Autumn Castle, me (obv!), Kirryn and Oishee from Rioters Bloc. 

Unfortunately, the quality of this photo isn't that great. That's what happens when you ask randoms on the street to take a photo with a camera too complicated for them. Anyway, it was really great meeting most of the girls for the first time after stalking their blogs for the last 2 years. Like Laura mentioned on her blog, it really did feel more like old friends having dinner rather than a meet up for the first time. 

 

On Tuesday I got a much-needed haircut, and on Wednesday my bestie took me to Blink 182 for my 21st. Life made. 

 

Our microwave broke, so we bought a new one. Rommy is having a great time playing in the gigantic box, and I cooked my first fishy! 

On Sunday we headed out to Sydney Olympic Park for Soundwave, so here are some snaps from the day:

 

Feeling pretty excited. 

This was a bit of a pain, but MSI got to play:

 

The vandals were effing crazy, 

Flogging Molly had to play an acoustic set on instruments that weren't theirs due to the flooding and missing trucks. Unfortunately, Garbage didn't get to play. 

Hanging out. After a trip to First Aid (goddamn you lungs!), and convincing the first aid people that I did not need to go to the hospital, we took it easy listening to APC. Then we hung around for a bit waiting for Blink to start their set. 

List of all the bands we saw: Mindless Self Indulgence, The Vandals, Flogging Molly, SUM 41, Cypress Hill (J saw some of their set while I was in first aid), A Perfect Circle, Blink 182, Offspring. 

What's your best festival memory? It seems like every year I go to SW something gets messed up! 

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Wooooo Holidays!!

I had my final exams on Tuesday, the 15th November.
Which is why I've been kinda silent for a while.
Lotsa studying for the lead-up...

I only had two exams - one for politics (which honestly was a bit of a joke - glad I didn't waste any time studying for it -ahem-)  and one for property law and trusts. 

Because my first exam (politics) was at 9am, I had to wake up super early to get to uni on time. 

Who even knew there was a 5.00 AM!? 

I bought coffee from the only place open. 

It was horrible. 

The worst coffee I have actually ever drunk. 

And now exams are over. 

But apparently I was more stressed and anxious than I originally though. 

After I finished on Tuesday, I went to J's place - after not seeing him for days it was definitely a welcome break. 

However, half way through the night I found myself really short of breath, and on the brink of an asthma attack. Poor J, rushed around getting me water and trying to find my Ventolin (which was in my exam pencil case!). Such a trooper. 

Anyway, I calmed down and thought all was fine. 

But then the next day at work, I found myself still short of breath, and it seemed to get worse as the day went on. 

Until basically, it all built up and I ended up having another asthma attack at work...

and got taken to hospital by ambulance. 

Lots of fun. 

My first day of freedom was spent in hospital. They were really busy and needed the beds so I was let out once they stabilised me, and spent the next two nights at mum's, bed-bound to the couch for lack of any energy. 

She finally let me go home today, which was cool. But not before going to the Doctor, who said that half my problem was anxiety. Apparently stress is a huge trigger for asthmatic symptoms. 

Even though now I'm apparently getting enough O2 into my blood, my brain still hasn't calmed down which is making me think I'm not getting enough air in, which makes me panic and breathe shallowly and this in turn, causes the muscles to tighten which brings on my asthma!

Fun, hey. 

And that, dear children, is why you should not sign up for law school if you are already highly strung. 

I am looking forward to another few days of rest, and hopefully will be able to relax and enjoy my holidays now that they have finally arrived!