Goodbye eighteen year old Chloe

It's been an amazing year. I've changed a lot as a result of the many, many experiences I've had as an eighteen year old. I made plenty of mistakes, but these are hidden in the shadows of the amazing experiences and opportunities I was fortunate enough to have while eighteen. I'll say hello to nineteen year old Chloe with this video, because it's so inspiring that I know many of my decisions made at nineteen and beyond will be because of these motivating words.

Stay hungry, stay foolish. 

RANT.

I have two things to complain about today that both involve places where you eat food:
1. I was at a cafe the other day and the lady at the table next to me GOT OUT HER NAIL FILER AND STARTED FILING HER NAILS. Ewwwwww. Need I say more? WELL I DO! Not only do I not want nail dust in my muffin or on the foam of my coffee BUT THE SOUND OF NAIL FILING GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS AND MAKES ME HUNCH MY SHOULDERS IN DESPAIR!
2. My friend and I went out for dinner on Friday night and it was then that I had the shocking realisation of HOW HARD IT IS TO GET A TABLE IN SYDNEY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! I hope my excessive use of capitals emphasises how annoying it is. First up we waited twenty minutes in a que for Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurant, and when we got the the front of the line we found out that that is the part where you give them your details and come back in AN HOUR AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES! We then went to Mr. Wongs to be told that we'd have to come back in an hour and a half. After being rejected twice we ended up at Fratelli Fresh which is amazing and ACTUALLY HAD ROOM FOR US! I don't really get this whole 'no bookings' trend-it's just a big phat pain in da ass.

In other news, my birthday is on Saturday. Yepp, no longer the big one-eight. Oh, and in other news, I AM WORKING ON MY BIRTHDAY! The whole day #woo. At least I'm raking in the moolah! I'm working 32 hours this week alone so it'll be nice not having 11 cents (yes, you read that right) in my bank account like I did two weeks ago.

I am now off to catch up on many West Wing episodes that I have sadly missed out on due to work!
Chloe x

THAT HYPOCRITICAL POST

So today is Valentine's Day. A year since I wrote 'THE BENEFITS OF BEING FOREVER ALONE' (Click here to re-read it and cringe/laugh).

Last month my friend re-discovered this post and linked it to me asking if "my opinion had changed". WELL. I stand by what I wrote about Valentine's Day is a highly commercial 'Singles Awareness Day'. This is still the case. I know it sounds cheesy, but if you're in a happy relationship then you show them how much you appreciate them every day, not just February the 14th. That said, since it's the first Valentine's Day I've had with my boyfriend (even though he was mine two years ago but that doesn't count) IT HAS BEEN SO FUN PUTTING TOGETHER A PRESENT! This Valentine's Day is going to be spent working (kill me now please), so I'll be wearing a cute red ribbon and red lipstick in a sad attempt to rise to the occasion. TOMORROW is my real Valentine's Day-my boyfriend is coming up to visit and I FINALLY GET TO GIVE HIM HIS PRESENT. #CAN'TWAIT

OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE:
-The last week has been spent working A LOT. As in four days in a row opening until close. Hello Macbook Air that I've been saving up for! I've been working so much that I haven't even been able to watch West Wing. Oh the horror!
-Eating Moochi. Last week they started a promotional 'happy hour' from 3-5 every weekday where if you show your student ID card you get three free toppings. Hell has broken loose.
-Getting excited about my 19th birthday next week even though I'm working all day #woo
-FINALLY finishing enrolling in all my uni subjects for this semester.
-Listening to this song on repeat

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IT'S LOVE

1. LOVING my new job. I worked from opening until closing yesterday and it went so fast. Maybe because when I wasn't serving customers I was choosing which bag to spend my pay check on...and what flavoured Moochi I should buy in my break.
2. LOVING my new bag. Upon purchasing this bag I realised that there is nothing quite like buying a brand new bag. I have officially decided that it is better than buying new clothes and shoes, and I've been trying to work out why. So far the only reason I've been able to come up with is "just because". That's a good enough reason.
3. LOVING the cold weather. When the weather got cold two days ago I went totally overboard and did a classic "Chloe"-threw on my jeans, jumper, coat AND beanie to embrace my favourite weather, only to go outside and walk a couple of hundred metres and realise that I overdid it and will be consequently boiling for the rest of the day.
4. LOVING that I'm going to Q&A with Phoebe tomorrow night. For those who don't watch the show, tomorrow night turn on ABC and whip out your phone/laptop to live tweet. I'll probably be famous after being in the studio audience but don't worry, I'll keep updating my blog after I've won the Oscar.
5. LOVING the fact that I'm going back on the country train for another adventure this week to see someone special (wink wink) who I have spent two weeks missing.
6. LOVING WEST WING. I have spent the past week watching it religiously and I DON'T EVEN CARE. It just keeps getting better and better, and some dialogue is so funny that I rewind it to laugh again, and then rewind it a second time and force Phoebe to watch it and to laugh too.

I tried to get this list to ten points but I feel as though enjoying your job, new bags, being reunited with your special friend, West Wing, cold weather and Q&A are awesome enough.

I am now off to watch West Wing in my penguin onesie. Not predictable at ALL.

Chloe x

P.S. I thought I'd leave you all with a video that made me laugh so hard I had tears-Mrs Doubtfire cut into a trailer that makes it look like a horror movie. Watch and enjoy.