The month of a garnet birthstone

And so has passed the first 31 days of a new decade. Personally, I rather enjoyed it. Here is a list (Yay! Lists!) of a few things that I've done during the past month:

~ Snunk out of the house in the middle of the night in my PJs to run around on an oval, play in a fenced-off playground and watch the sun rise

~ Went to Scienceworks and the Planetarium (and loved it)

~ Got accepted into Science at Melbourne University

~ Got my Learner's Permit (finally)

~ Was given house keys (FINALLY!)

~ Saw the performance of someone from the internet with whom I am rather taken

~ Jumped off the pier at the beach for the first time

~ Killed my eyes spending a whole day going every post of Sally's tumblr

~ Endured sunburn

~ Endured windburn

~ Got a job

~ Lost my job

~ Learned to crochet an octopus

~ Forgot how to crochet an octopus

~ Read the following books for the first time:

- Feeling Sorry for Celia, Jaclyn Moriarty

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (the first book, not the entire series)

- Before I Die, Jenny Downham

- Breathe: A Ghost Story, Cliff McNish

- Of A Boy, Sonya Hartnett

~ Watched the following movies for the first time:

- The Maltese Falcon [1941]

- Vertigo [1958]

- 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968]

- Black Swan [2010]

- North By Northwest [1959]

- The General [1926]

Hope you have all been successful in attempts to escape/bask in the extreme weather.

Lucy

{That delightful drawing at the top of this post comes from here. I strongly recommend visiting her Deviantart page. She is quite brilliant}