01/01/06

What did i do last night?

My original plans were to go out to a street party at Kootingal (15 min out of tamworth), come home at about 10pm and go to bed early.

I climbed into bed at 2am.

I arrived with family friends in Kootingal at 7, and i was already exhausted. I think at that point everything that happened that year had caught up with me.
I got bored just sitting there, so i rang a friend to see if he'd like to come out. I was deciding to have a drink at the pub too...after realising my friend still had about 6 days til he was eighteen, i decided against that idea.
He came at around 9:30. We decided the party was a little too loud, and i really needed to talk. So we walked back to the car and got lost driving around kootingal. After many dead ends he decided to go back the way he came. Noticing he was very tired, i told him the minute he didn't feel like driving he could pull over and rest. My friend insisted he was fine. He soon found himself driving to the lookout. The lookout is one of my favourite places. There is a cross on the side of the mountain that lights up at night. I've always wanted to sit at the foot of it but i don't like the idea was sitting on broken glass.
We talked about everything. From relationships and God to doors and electricity. Yes, that is me. From the hours of 10pm- 2am i can talk to anybody non-stop about anything. Outside of those hours, you're lucky to get me to utter a word.
We drove around again and stopped at paradise. Nice river there, there was a beautiful sound like a waterfall, but from my memory there is none. While we were talking i noticed a light by the river. I thought it was a reflection of a streetlight, but it was so odd. It was then i realised it was someone fishing. (only because my friend mentioned that). By this time i couldn't put up with my thumping headache (which i had for about 3 hrs). I started yawning terribly and decided if i talked for much longer, i'd give a big yawn and lock my jaw. It's happened before. 7 hours of an open mouth and a hospital visit resulted.

A different New Years than previous years. on the eve of 05, i was in Brisbane sick in bed with a friend tending me. The year before: i was babysitting. Nice change. I think perhaps the best i've had.