rollercoaster

where to start. well, things turned around SO quickly from my last blog. it's funny because i was all bummed about everyone leaving and then, quite literally, the next day i was offered to go apartment hunting with some people from work! a guy and girl (tom and sabrina) were talking about how the hostels they are staying in are bogus, so i mentioned that they should check out my place. they thanked me for the offer, but said they were looking at places in bondi beach. then, they offered for me to move in as well! i was sooo excited!! so it's me, tom (from the UK), sabrina (from germany), and glenn (from belgium). they are some of my favorite people at work, so i was pretty pumped. plus that totally took me out of my mini-funk. i originally wanted to live on the beach when i decided to come to sydney. i swear, it's like everything has been working out and i don't even have to try!

in other news, i met two new americans -- and i'm a fan. they are sisters: claire and meghan. meghan just popped by our house one day (she lives next door), and introduced herself. she mentioned that she was going to an irish pub and invited everyone to go. all my roommates were tired and we had plans to go out the next night (i'll mention THAT fiasco of a night in just a moment). but i'm always up for meeting new people, and i loved the last irish boy i met... so i figured, why not? i'm only young once! so we went to this pub... and seriously, we were the ONLY non-irish people there! it was crazy. let me just tell you, the irish are not intimidated by anything. they will approach you with the confidence of a supermodel. and as soon as you mention you're american, they'll fall all over you. it's great :) haha. i loved both of the girls, and we made plans to go out again this weekend!

SO, let me just tell you about last night. *sigh* never in my life have i experienced such ridiculousness amongst grown men and women. so we made plans about a week ago to go out monday night because aubrey, my sharemate/roommate, is leaving this week. so we planned a sending off party. the night started off fine. we made tacos and were just hanging out. then the tequila came out.....

people are doing shots of tequila. and more shots of bacardi. and more shots of vodka. and more shots of malibu.....
and drinking beer. and drinking wine.

i knew it was going to get ugly. let me just take the time to mention that i'm really not a big drinker. i like going out and having drinks, and i'm not trying to sound high and mighty or anything... but i really don't need alcohol to have a good time. i order drinks that taste good... not drinks that will get me wasted.... and i drink them at a normal pace.... i don't chug. with that being said, by the time we left the first bar, i was horribly bored. i wear my heart on my sleeve, so it was fairly obvious that was i over it by about midnight. however, i've been out with drunk people and a little bored plenty of times before, so i wasn't stressing it. back to the story... we leave the second bar (to go to a third) and all of a sudden shit hits the fan. two of the roommates are arguing and the situation is NOT getting resolved, another roommate is drunk and doesn't know what's going on, another roommate is placating to some dude he works with so he can't be bothered by the rest of the group....

i can't even begin to describe the horror of trying to keep together a group of 7 drunk people who are starting to turn into angry drunks. again, NEVER in my life have i been soooooooooo annoyed. i was literally to the point of tears, i was just so angry!! it was cold out, i was stone sober, one of the roommates literally ran away and was essentially making people chase after her. AHHH! i don't do drama. especially not with a bunch of immature youngsters who can't control themselves when they're drinking.

anyway, suffice it to say... that it's going to take me a minute to get over that one. i did not recieve an apology this morning from ONE person for the way they behaved or the things that they said. i knew i wouldn't. and while i don't hold grudges, i expect things to be resolved... i don't just make nice like nothing ever happened. i would hate for something so silly to taint my experience with some of the roommates, but i'm ready for them to go. or for me to go. at least that's how i feel at the moment.

i guess things can't always be perfect!! haha.

oh my... as i'm writing this blog... someone just apologized! i feel a little better. i don't want to go out anymore with people who don't know their limits, but i'm glad that they had the manners and sense to do the right thing. look at that. it works out after all...