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John.

It’s 9am.  I actually got a good night’s sleep last night.  I woke up at one point and had trouble getting back to sleep, but I got there, which I was very happy about.  I was rather looking forward to actually getting a decent 8 hours sleep.

Of course, this didn’t happen.  Half an hour ago my mother burst into my room, yelling and screaming about how I had to get up “RIGHT NOW.”  I thought there was an emergency or someone had died or something tragic.  This is how the conversation went.

Jayne:  “What’s happened??”
Mum:  “Your brother and the phone company are on the phone and want to speak to you NOW.”
Jayne:  “Wait, what? What’s the time?”
Mum:  “LATE! 8:30!”
Jayne:  “How is that late?”
Mum:  “They thought you would be up at 6am looking for a job!” <Still yelling>

I think to myself, “What the hell? What do you mean THEY thought I would be up at 6am looking for a job?  Nowhere is even open until 9am or 10am,” but of course I didn’t say it for fear she’d fly into a rage.  The conversation continued.

Jayne:  “Okay, I’m getting up.”
Mum:  “Right NOW!”
Jayne:  “Yes, right now.” <As I’m getting up>
Mum:  “Hurry! Get up NOW!”

I’m just thinking, “Go awaaay.”

She continued to yell at me as I got out of bed and went up the stairs.  I didn’t have time to stretch and my muscles were still killing me from dancing the other night, so I was half limping, half asleep and very grumpy.

I got on the phone and tried my best to sound lively.  My brother and the lady on the other end greet me cheerfully and apologise for waking me up.  I tell them it’s okay.  I’m just glad to hear the voices of people who don’t want to rip my head off.

In the background mum continues to yell; something about young people mooching off their parents and how terrible it is.  I wasn’t listening.

Right now she’s either upstairs stomping around or outside my room banging things to keep me awake.  Seriously, you’d think she was a 5 year old sibling.

I feel the desperate urge to escape and cry my heart out, but I’m just so tired.  Thank goodness I made plans to go away this weekend or I’d go insane.  When she demands I do things, it doesn’t matter how I’m feeling or what I’m doing, I’m expected to drop everything and serve her, and you know what?  I do.  A lot of people tell me to stand up for myself, etc. but it just doesn’t work that way.  She’s the mother and I’ve been raised to think that the parents are always right, even when they’re wrong.

My Dad is more humble.  He’s not too proud to admit when he’s wrong, and neither am I.

Moral of the story is:  Respect your children and they will respect you.  I give in to my mother’s demands, but I hate it.  When I have children, if I ask them to do something, I want them to do it because they want to and not because they feel forced to (when they are adults, I mean).  Don’t take your anger out on them just because they’re there.

Now it’s nearly 10am and I’m hungry and very sleepy.

I’m going to think about whether I should eat breakfast or go back to bed for a while.

<3 DarkSlinky.

Today we had a big family barbeque.  I always love when we do because I get to see all of my siblings, nieces and nephews together in one place.  I feel bad though, because I woke up late and didn’t get to help Mum as much as I would have liked to.  She forgave me though, which was good.

The lunch was in honour of my brothers’ fiancée.  In June of this year she suffered a massive heart attack and we very nearly lost her.  It was a terrible thing for my whole family to experience.  Dad, Liam and I had to fly to Melbourne a few days after it happened (another story in itself), and unfortunately I didn’t receive as much emotional support as I should have.  Dad understood how I felt though and together we worried and missed the rest of my family until it was time to fly home.  I hope it’s not something that occurs in my family again.  Today was to show her that we appreciate her and we love her.  The neighbours also decided to stop in so our family could meet their new baby boy; today was certainly a celebration of life.

It was also a good opportunity for Gavin to meet the rest of my family.  It turned out to be a really lovely day and my siblings really seemed to like him, which makes me happy.  He’s a charming gentleman who clearly has my best interests at heart, and that seemed to really impress my brothers and sisters.  They want what’s best for me, and so do I!  I need a man who will treat me right and make me feel special.   I’m beginning to ramble, moving on…

After everyone left Gavin and I played some Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead.  My gaming friend, Hayden, asked me if I’d like to go in with them in buying a Left 4 Dead 2 four pack and someone from Pants Party asked the same of a Borderlands four pack.  I didn’t plan to buy either game for a while, but the advantage of buying games in a group is that you get them a lot cheaper.  I decided to take the opportunity; why not?  I’ve been thoroughly enjoying life lately and want to continue to do so.  Not that I need games to enjoy life, but yay for games!

Tonight Gavin and I went over to Alex and Eevari’s house, saw Alex before he went to work, then we had some dinner and played pool.  You know, I’m really not too bad at pool for someone who sucks at it. Haha.

A few people have asked me if I’m in a relationship with Gavin but the answer as of yet is no.  I am interested in Gavin and I do like him, but I’m not ready for a new relationship yet.  Four years is a long time to have been with someone and I still need some time to focus on myself.  I’m really proud of the fact that I’m mature enough to recognise the sort of position I’m in and how best to approach the future.  The near future is looking to be full of hope and happiness, something I didn’t expect quite so soon but it’s certainly a pleasant surprise.

I’ve already spoken to him about it all so it’s not like I’m announcing these sorts of things randomly in my blog!  That would be an awful thing to do, haha.

I’ll upload a couple of photos from the Barbeque today. Enjoy!

Jayne, Dad and Madonna.

Brothers' Fiancée.

Crazy scientist hair!

<3 DarkSlinky.