These past few days have certainly been interesting.

On Friday evening I went to check out an exhibition opening one of my friends (Ili) was a part of. I wasn’t feeling up for it and the underside of the front of my left foot was inexplicably bruised, but I really wanted to see the art Ili had submitted and hang with him a bit. I also had Ewe’s purple suit to wear for the occasion so I went.

When I arrived, I saw Ili and talked with him for a bit. Fe and his partner were there as well so I hung out with them for most of the night whilst drinking free wine and talking about various subjects, including the reintroduction of zwack into our diets (a story for another day).

At one point Fe had wandered off and I was talking to his partner about what happened when someone I knew arrived. After she came in, I saw her and she saw me. After about five minutes, she took off.

I’m probably paranoid here and reading way too much into it, but I think it was because I was there. This person doesn’t seem to like me that much. A few weeks before the break up, she started to talk to my ex a fair bit, despite hardly a word between then and when I introduced them a year prior.

I think that she may have been involved in some form, but again, I’m probably paranoid and reading way too much into it.

On Saturday I went into work as per my routine. I had planned to study for part of the time I was there. However, I managed to get a good part of the way before realising that I left everything I need to study at home, so that plan went out the window.

After work, I went to meet up with Drew, Justo and a couple of others at the ruins artwork at Circular Quay for parkour.

We traveled around the city for the day, practicing at different spots. I couldn’t do much though as my foot was still bruised, but what I did do felt good.

After that wrapped up, I went home with intent to do study, relax and go for a drink with Je. However, instead, Ewe, his partner (Anna), Si, their housemate (De), her partner and I went to Pyrmont to see a slight bit of Vivid and take on the 1kg burrito challenge being held at Mad Mex because we like doing ridiculous things, although Anna and De came to watch our stupidity and not to participate.

Well, we finished it. It was much easier than expected, although we did suffer a bit after.

What we saw of Vivid was interesting. However, I don’t remember it well as we were only there briefly.

De and her partner headed into the city and the rest of us headed home, approaching a food coma fast. Luckily,  we made it before sleep kicked in.

Except I didn’t get to sleep for another 3 hours.

For some reason beyond my knowing, my bladder decided to go into overdrive.
Every five to fifteen minutes I had to go to the bathroom. Towards the end of it I was almost crying. All I wanted was sleep and my body was denying me this.

It was a good four to five hours of sleep I had that night.

I spent most of Sunday feeling tired and hanging with Ewe. I wanted to study but I was too tired for most functionality.

Drew contacted me at one point. He asked if I wanted to see the new X-Men film with him, his partner and Justo. Originally my ex was going to go but she had to cancel due to a family emergency. I said yes as I really wanted to see that film.

Before I headed out, Je and I moved rooms (Al had moved out and we were getting someone else in). It was fun in a strange way.

Then I headed out to see the film.

When I arrived, Justo was there waiting. Drew and his partner arrived shortly after. Drew told me that I should call my ex, let her know that he told me about the emergency and see if she was ok. I had to decline though.

I found the film to be enjoyable. Didn’t feel sluggish to me.

Patrick Stewart hit me hard in the heart at one point. If you see the film, you’ll know what part I’m talking about.

Come Monday, I again did not have a great sleep.

When I left for work, the kitchen sinks were full of really dirty water. I knew there was a problem immediately, but I couldn’t do anything yet.

I called the plumber for our real estate early on in the day (on Ewe’s advice). Initially they were going to come out between ten and twelve (the time Je was awake before work and the time he was doing damage control as the problem became much worse) but the plumber shifted for when I arrived home at around four.

Well, our kitchen was not in a good state when I did get home. Much water and grime. Floor wasn’t in good shape. Some of the floor beyond the kitchen was pretty wet. The plumber arrived shortly after and had the problem resolved quickly. Tree roots had grown through the pipes.

After he left, I almost broke. I was exhausted and there was a huge mess to clean up. I managed to pull through by telling myself I could do it, but it was hard. I found myself really wanting my ex to hug me and tell me it would be alright, but that’s not happening anytime soon.

Later on I spoke to Ewe and asked him about my ex. The reason being is that Ewe had been at the gym with her in the morning and he had spoken to her about me.

I need to stress here that Ewe did this of his own volition. I did not ask him to and what he would say was dependent on how he felt about the situation. Regardless, I was very appreciative of the gesture.

At this stage I won’t go into the details of what he said, but it was good in that it was honest and Ewe believes I have become a better person and then some. He didn’t tell her we should get back together, but he did say she should contact me.

I hugged him very tightly after. I was fairly overwhelmed by the whole thing and I wanted to cry but I couldn’t.

I was very happy with the news. It wasn’t much, but it was more than I expected and it lifted my mood back up.

Tuesday brought more news of the “another obstacle in the way” kind.

At my first class of the day I found out that a computer test I completed had not actually processed as completed and now I need to redo it. I wasn’t the only one either. I get to do it again next week, with the final exam on the following week. It’s safe to say I was not happy about this.

Well, it’s one more obstacle I can overcome.