Camping and Canberra

Back to the real world!

It appears you've been away for a few days.
This statement is true. I was away camping with the family. Well more precisely, some of my mum's cousins and their families, which is always nice. I love getting away from everything and being able to sit around a campfire and read for hours, which is something I never really get the chance to otherwise, but I'm back to Canberra now, which is so-so. It's nice to see everyone, but I'm not overly looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

Why so? You always seem more like the academic type.
Yeah, I'd say that to a certain extent, but there are times where you just don't really feel like it. Frustrating maths tests don't really help, but there's probably something deeper. One of my friends is off overseas next semester and I query a little bit whether it wasn't worth applying overseas, considering so many people from IChO got into really prestigious universities. I suppose ANU though is a pretty good university and PhB is a pretty amazing degree, but I feel like there's better places. I hate having to justify my decisions to other people though.

This seems a little more deep than some of the previous posts.
Yeah, I'd say that too. Maybe it's just the feeling of going back to UniLodge, which, while I'm on the top, one of the taps was leaking while I was away so my carpet is all lovely and damp, which is great. The shoebox of a unit doesn't really help my mood. I like the people here, but I feel to a certain extent that I don't really have any close friends. I know though that I take ages to make new close friends, so I'm not too fussed about it. I suppose it's easier to communicate via the Internet these days than it ever has been before.

Bedtime seems imminent and 9 am lectures aren't fun at the best of times. I feel like I should almost be more poetic, but really, pragmatism wins.