30 Day’s of Me: Day 29

Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned

This month has been unreal.  Stop reading now if you don’t want to hear about how I have become and independent women!

I having broken up with the guy I was seeing for just over 2 years, something I didn’t really bank on doing made my entire world jolt – much like that damn Christchurch Earthquake which happened at the same time- has lead me to begin to plan  a 7 week work/play/escapade to Perth, and I have never been that far away from home before.. the most distance  I have  had between me and home was Dunedin for 5 nights! The idea of spending a Christmas away from my Grandparents really makes me a sad! But getting to see my other adoptive family, especially Miss Penny Prowl and Zara Mackenzie has its major draw cards!

I have re-learnt that although it sucks and I don’t want to do it, I am able to still do things on my own.  I am still the same person I was before who had a magnitude of independence just a tad lonelier. And I know the loneliness will pass and life will move on as it is meant to.  ..  that makes me sound like I have everything together but you know how it goes sometimes your up sometimes your down!

I have also learnt that I am living in the ultimate rut. When I get back from Perth I am going to embark on getting a job within a field that will take me places. I want a job that will allow me to start near the bottom and work up, or allow me to move on to something bigger and better!

Study is so not me, I have a million excuses and until I fix them I am not going to allow me to continue wasting my time and the universities time so I am going to study part-time just doing my writing papers.

I don’t know if I will be here in Auckland or where ever but this month has brought me to a place where I am beginning to feel excited about life.

My current job is dragging me down, no routine and stupid work hours and no real incentive, no pay rise nothing after 3 years, nothing. I could rant about my job in its own blog post, but I wont.

But enjoy the “funky jive” of Elbow doing a rendition of the Destiny Child’s hit Independent Woman from BBC1 Radio Live  show..   it has awesome cats.

30 Days Of Me: Day 28

Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?

Here  is me last year . .. .

This is me at the start of last year with my friend Penny I cant remember where we were..  but yes that was then…

and this is now…

This is my friend Sophie and I earlier this year, we went into the K road pool hall…  that place as amazing! Who knew it was there! We were there as part of a sayonara to Penny

x

30 Days of Me: Day 27

Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge

think I explained earlier I am attempting to get more confidence in my writing and put it out there and have people read it without feeling like a total embarrassed fool!

veeery simple reason really!

So I went and watched Peter Hook preform Unknown Pleasures last night with his son and the other 2 guys who looked like just any ol’ English boys you’d see in a bar not ooozing that hot muso feel… it was pretty cool mind you, they killed it at the end with a rendition of this song..  made my night

30 Days Of Me: Day 26

What you think about your friends?

I have amazing friends!

My friends are one of the things I am really grateful in life for, I have really amazing friends! … I think they may even be better then yours!

30 Days Of Me: Day 24

Day 24- A letter to your parents – eeep  nearly time to fiiiiiinish.

Dear Mum and Dad

Thank you so much for the weekend just passed, I know, especially you Mum that you were wanting  me to open up and let you in to what has been going on with me at present but I find it really hard talking about my self and have chosen a couple of people (for different purposes) to open up to.   I know you are there and I really appreciate it, you are both amazing.

‘So many people are not as lucky as me to have both parents still married and very much in my life.  Dad what you did for Mum on your anniversary blows me away,  I can’t wait to be loved like that.

Thank you both for teaching me how a happy marriage should be, and for giving me enough rope to run but it being there for me to be able to follow it home.

xxx

Ash

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30 Days Of Me: Day 22

What makes you different from everyone else?

Eeek you’re not asking much are you 30 Days Of Me challenge!

..  Maybe I am different because everyone else my age (24) seems to be able to save and is or going to be over seas soon and I am yet to save, get a passport or anything along those lines.. I do although own my own car buuuut I had help getting it but I did pay it back..

I am different because me and money are the best of friends but I seem to toss it away on many an object and end up with a sad bank account who is starving by the end of the week..  I know I am not the only one out there but at the moment it sure feels like it!  Buuuuut I am changing it is time for Ashleigh to get reaaaaaaaaal.. poor starving piggy…

I am also a tad different from others because is you Google my full name no one else in the world pops up with it..  go me!

30 Days Of Me: Day 21

Photos of things that make me happy!

other then the obvious if Family and Friends please see below..

30 Days Of Me: Day 19

Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them.. Ashleigh Harrissment came from my dear friend Penny Prowl.. It is just an add on to my last name.. I also get called Ash Harry again just a play on my name .. All very boring but I love them. When I was at high school I had ANOTHER play on my name that also was used as my online identity and that was Pashpee… I get called Sssnakey by my cousin because I was staying with her once and was snoring or should I say hissing in my sleep other then that I should be grateful that it isn’t too embarrassing!

30 days of me: Day 18

Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals I have… I have a problem making goals as I take what anyone says ideas, options anything like that as the Holy Grail so this sets me up for disappointments, I totally fail as human at times this is also why goal setting is hard! My short term goals previously posted are about as far as I get! I guess a goal/plan I have for my future is that I would like to own a horse again, anyone I think that has spent time around horses you can understand how magical and beautiful these animals are, so yeh I would love to get I to a place where I can have a horse And the lifestyle to match!

30 Days Of Me: Day 17

Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

I am so far behind this I haunt posted since Thursday I think .. I’m using my iPod touch I think I want an iPhone ..

Anyways I think I am taking this question a different way and am thinking the person i swap with will become me for a day.. So I think I would like to swap with my nanny so she could have a day where she is in a fit body again and free from her arthritic pain.. She is such a strong women and it makes me so sad that she isn’t as able bodied.