Day 20

Tonight is dinner with the aunties and un-uncle. I am so contented with the wonderful company, conversation and a particularly tasty boob shaped chocolate cake that is sitting in my belly.

Internet woes have forced me to get creative with uploading the picture..

Day 19

You know you're having one of those days when your car breaks down, you miss a train because you are on the wrong side of the platform and then you get locked out of your house with the real possibility of wetting your pants. On the plus side, my car got me to a lovely party, the public transport got me safely home and I have pelvic floor muscles of steel.

Day 18

Here are things that confuse me: Does a week have 6 or 7 days? is Australia Day the 25 or 26th? is 1600 8pm? no, 4pm? My birthday is the 12th of September. No. shit! the 11th!
Hawthorn won the grand final today against Freo and I cried at the end of The Great Gatsby.

Day 17

I learnt something today. Apparently it is possible to play king Mao without screaming the absolute house down. Christmas evenings with the Christians family as a child had me convinced that in order to successfully play this game you needed an eidetic memory, the vocal projection of a broadway star and a complete disregard for anyone who might want to be sleeping within 10kms.

Day 16

I get the worst period pain in the history of the universe. Hyperbole? I think not.
By the time I have taken enough of a concoction of painkillers to effectively numb the pain I am so out of it that for safety's sake, bed is my only viable option. There is a really adorable picture of me curled up in the foetal position in bed snuggling a 5 kilo open tub of nutella dipping a stick of chocolate into it and for most of the day that was all I seemed capable of. Luckily at about 10pm I reached the perfect equilibrium of enough painkillers to have only a regular amount of pain and not enough painkillers to make me fall asleep or fall over, I seized this perfect moment and decided to take some pictures. Take note of my awesome moustache dress, I made it.

day 15

I just went to the most inspiring talk!
after formal dinner we were invited to listen to Dr Andreas Fouras talk about his collaborative work with Ed (who has a fancy title but last semester he lived at Mannix as an academic researcher and was so loved by all that he has been lovingly abbreviated to just Ed.).
Basically these guys have combined aerospace engineering and medicine to find innovative and comprehensive way of looking at how the lungs work. The work that these guys are doing world leading and it is so exciting to see the ways that it could and probably will impact on the world of medicine.
I can't even articulate how cool it is that I have the opportunity to hear about these things in my own home!

Day 14

I have encountered a problem, my life is too interesting! #firstworldproblems
I need to start uploading my photo earlier on in the day otherwise too many things happen that  I want to talk about.
If I had uploaded at 8.30 I would have made some witty comment about the likelihood of me having accidentally swallowed some metal, and how that was a concern whilst I was getting an MRI.
If I had uploaded at 12.30 I would have talked about how I got to shave my name and a love heart into Keyur's Beard (beard art has always been of great interest to me, just ask Patto)
If I had uploaded at 4.30 I would have waxed lyrical about the most amazing dress that I made today and how dress making is a symptom of stress. (also for anyone wondering about the state of my mental health, I have made 3 dresses this week alone.)
If I had uploaded at 11.30 I would have had a massive rant about *Aus Top Model spoiler alert* the Horrific Australia's next top model final that Shanali DIDNT WIN!! I would have ranted about people who give spoilers and I would have told you about how we all mended our broken hearts with nutella toasties.
But now it is 12.30 and all I'm going to say that I am sleepy.

day 13

Today in class we learnt how to effectively use light gates to test things like speed and agility. I cant express how cool it is that we have access to such cool (and bloody expensive) equipment. I get so many wicked opportunities in this course!
Also, as if brownlow isn't the best night of the year! Pretty dresses, attractive guys and endless discussion of football. And bonus! this year it wasn't even that painful reliving all Richmond's games.
One last thing: It is really hard to take good pictures in class without people noticing, so this photo scores higher on the sneaky scale than the good scale.

Day 12

There is no happiness like using a towel fresh out of the dryer. There is no sadness like losing volleyball by only one point.

Day 11

Some days are just excellent days! Today was one of those days. Why? let me tell you!
-I walked around Albert park with a group of friends and then went out for a delicious breakfast at a funky cafe.
-I ate a muffin that was 10/10 (a score that I don't give out lightly!)
-I went to CERES with Keyur and Binny, it was a beautiful hippy oasis that I am so in love with that I am tempted to move to Brunswick.
-I got lost in the car. I love totally chilled urban bushbashing.
- I cooked my own dinner tonight (halumi!), we had a barbeque outside because the weather is getting warmer!
- I got a massage whilst watching a preliminary

 final game of footy. Apparently my shoulders have the consistency of a rare steak.
-a slightly inebriated friend is currently sitting on my bed being very entertaining and hilarious.
so all in all just a ripper good day.

Day 10

So I seem to have developed a somewhat problematic way of justifiying questionable decisions of mine. I just say 'that's future Cecelia's problem.' It helps me not feel bad at the time about bad descicions I may or may not be making.
Should I tape my feet on the last day of hiking to avoid blisters even though I am going home today? Nah that's future Cecelia's problem.
Should I spend today catching up on Uni work I have missed? nope, future Cecelia can handle that.
Should I go to bed early instead of going to a party because I have to wake up at 7am tomorrow? No future Cecelia loves getting up early after no sleep.
Should I stop eating chocolate before I feel sick? haha feeling sick is future Cecelias problem, this lindt ball is delicious!
Past Cecelia is kind of a cow.

Day 9

I want to say that  I have never been so sore in my entire life but we all remember the soccer preseason of '07 when I was reduced to rolling out of bed because sitting up was too hard. even so, I am pretty bloody sore! I have had an amazing trip though! there were a few moments when I was reasonably convinced that  I was going to die but with the help of the prospect of sitting in my bed in my Seal onesie eating fried food, I managed to push on, and now look where I am!

Day 8

Oma was right, there are SO MANY beautiful wildflowers! I would've taken a photograph but the rain was sideways and the wind was trying to blow me off a cliff, I was not in the mood for creativity. General mood improved and group bonding was rife though, when the rain stopped and we got a campfire started.

Day 7

Wow! that was such a huge day of hiking, falling, scrambling and bouldering. its days like today that make me think that I just don't exert myself enough on a day to day basis.

Day 6

Did you know that fire and water are the two most naturally hypnotic things? This is what  I was told whilst staring into a campfire and I don't disagree, although I would add clouds and stars to that list. Today was the most intense bushbashing! Also, I didnt realise how muchi already knew about being in the outdoors.

Day 5

Benjamin is my favourite person in the entire universe and I love him to the moon because he drove me to frankston at 7am on a sunday morning.
It is so nice to be on camp and I love getting back into the outdoor ed groove.

Day 4

Hallway bowling; Super fun for you, vastly annoying for everyone else in the hallway!

Day 3

I have had the most amazing night! Like a report card, my night 'exceeds expectations'. I smell like a weird combination of about 100 different perfume/ aftershaves from all the hugging!

Day 2

I just ate a whole kebab! It was, like, a foot long! also fun fact: If you think it is a good idea to piggyback a friend up a hill at 1 am, the next morning you will feel like you have been hit by a truck. I feel like I've been hit by a truck.

Day 1

Wow, So I have had the best birthday ever! So many good things happened but lets condense it.
Morning: my family came from home and surprised me and woke me up in the morning! I love surprises!
Evening: I got my present from Frances and Binny, which was a beautiful video of clips of all my friends telling me how much they loved me. If that isnt the most adorable thing ever then I don't know what is! I definitely cried.

I'm Back!

Three years ago I started a blog called 18 for a year (www.cecelia-18.blogspot.com) where I took a photograph of myself everyday for 365 days, documenting my entire existence as an 18 year old. At the time I thought it would be cool to do a follow up when I was 21. well, never have three years flown so quickly! So here I am on the eve of my 21st birthday, setting up a blog because for the next 365 days you will what is going on in the life of 21 year old Cecelia.