Back to School... *sobs*

OMG I haven’t blogged in SOOOOOO LONG!!!!!!!! I feel horrible, please forgive me!

Very briefly, my trip to France was AMAZING, and I loved every second of my exchange!
Since then I have had a (relatively cold for Australia at this time of year) Christmas at the beach, caught up with my friends, relaxed, done homework (boo!) and begun to learn to drive!
I got my L’s just before Christmas, and have been practicing at every opportunity when it isn’t busy. Down at the beach was great for this purpose! As my driving progresses, I will blog about it (not that it’s that exciting, but it gives me something to write on!).

Today was my first back at school after the summer holidays, and it was ridiculously hot! The weather has been 40+° for three days now, and it’s only going to cool off a little over the weekend. When I say, cool off, I mean mid-late 30° days still! Unfortunately, because everyone is using so much power where I live, they have cut power temporarily. My house lost it for over five hours last night! I’m not the worst off though, Ari lost hers a bit after us, and it didn’t come back on until 1pm today! And I think it’s gone again!

Anyway, being back at school again felt much the same! There are a few new people around the place, so I try to welcome them in the best way possible, because I remember what it was like being new, and it can be hard. It’s even worse for these girls coz there’s only a few of them, unlike me, being new along with half the year! But this year should be good. It’s going to be super busy for a while, but hopefully somehow I’ll cope!

I’ve now moved areas in the school, which is good. The final two years (VCE) have their own ‘centre’ at my school, so I’ve moved in there. It’s great coz we get our own ‘café’ where we can heat stuff, have our own fridge, and a space to go when it’s really cold or hot outside. I also get spares (YAY!!), but it does mean I have an increased workload (and Ari's holding it over me, being younger and still having another year before she is forced to go into full-on VCE).

It’s also a scary reminder than in less than two years I will be finished with school, and be stepping out into the big wide world. At this point, this excites me in one way, but scares the living daylights out of me in others. I don’t know whether I’m going to feel the same at different points over the next two years, but I’ll soon find out!

Now I should go, because I’ve been at school for one day and I already have a ton of homework!

xoxo Di