A long time between drinks

It's been a long time between posts as the title suggests, mainly because of the usual work / study combination. CPA has been one of the hardest things that I have ever done and it has used up so much of my energy. Most weekends I've tried my best to catch up on sleep... sometimes I sleep at work too but only briefly.

I had an exam two weeks ago and it was pretty tough. If I passed this unit then I will only have one left and I will probably use some of my leave up during the semester so I can catch up on study before the big day. After April I will be a free man and may never study again! Some say "You won't know what to do with your free time" but I do: I will get a life.

2017 has definitely been an interesting year. It started off in New Zealand in my bedroom in the attic. I liked this bedroom a lot and enjoyed sleeping on a mattress again on the floor and spending my time reading and checking the soccer scores every morning on my phone. I did a lot of push ups in this room too. It was my first time in NZ and I would like to go back again as it is a very unique and interesting place.

A new console Zelda game finally came out in March this year after a 5+ year wait but it was worth it! Aus vs India cricket and Zelda probably got me through the tough early months of the year where I was constantly debating in my head what the hell I was doing with life and football. Oscar also said his final goodbye too so this was a difficult period.

I kept pushing on and when I awoke slightly hungover on the first day of the new financial year, Mum told me that she had found a place that I might be interested in. This was exactly what I was looking for so I made an offer and it was accepted. 29.5 years I lasted at home and up until a few months earlier, I had barely thought about the inevitable. It was a cloudy road but eventually I was able to see what was in front of my eyes all along. Maybe I was too preoccupied with work and study but I got there in the end. I certainly was having some weird dreams before this as well but they have since passed.

Now it is late November and overcast outside which is unusual. Only four more weeks of work for the year and five until NYE. It's crazy how fast a year goes sometime; life certainly is interesting.

2016 - wrap up

2016 seemed to go quite fast. I guess that's what happens when you spend much of your time at work and thinking about studying - a lesson learnt.

October
A pretty simple equation: study, cheat or fail. CPA is pretty hard to cheat so I spent most of my free time studying until my tax exam which fell somewhere during the last 10 days of the month. This period of study was intense but my concentration levels were impressive. I didn't quite get to finish the exam but was fairly happy that I had done enough to pass.

The week before my exam I had gone for a run in Kings Park after work and subsequently went looking for Pokémon. There were barely any people there and not many Pokémon either and I left feeling demoralised. I ended up there two nights later: Saturday @ midnight - I couldn't decide if I wanted to go out or if I should stay home and study so I went halfway in between and parked in Kings Park. Similar situation, not many people or Pokémon; I considered giving up for good.

The whole game went nuts over Halloween and my interest was restored.

November
Stu had his bucks party one Saturday. Another Saturday I went out with Jas & Kiel to Leederville and missed the last train back to Fremantle. I was picked up by Mum that night. The remaining weekends I don't think I did a lot really because I may have been tired.           

December
December is always the interesting one. You only get to experience this month once a year. Sometimes you think the whole month is going to be a breeze, other times it is a little more intensive and the atmosphere isn't as relaxed. The weather was slightly cooler than
normal and the West Perth food court was still busy for the whole three or so weeks. Everyone was obviously still working and trying to stay in the good books in these tumultuous times. Even the drive to work in the morning was still fairly busy and unnecessarily stressful. It was just weird.

Aside from doing my best at work, the month was fairly occupied. I went out most weekends with JC and LS (even KC too) and spent some time running in Coogee and Kings Park.

Sometimes time goes so quick so you have to slow down otherwise you will get lost. 2016 was a good year but quite full on and also challenging. I had a lot of confronting dreams as well #Jesus.

The last night for 2016 - New Zealand