Day 887: The 30th of December

It is almost the end of the year everyone!

Every year at about this time I am shocked to realise everything that has happened over the last 365 days. It has truly been a crazy time, but honestly I struggle to remember the specifics. Spring seems like so long ago now.

As of tomorrow evening, I shall be out, hopefully bringing in the New Year with most of my mates at the pub and generally having a good time. Probably commiserating about something or other too, since that tends to happen at these events. Still, I am hoping for a good time.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 886: The 29th of December

Today was rather odd.

I spent the day with a friend, recovering from last night and also from a variety of illnesses that have been making the rounds. I didn’t really do much, other than hang out, talk and browse my phone. Woke up late though, so that wasn’t too much of the day in reality.

Still, I am planning on lying down in bed and chilling out for a while tonight, just to relax and fit everything into place in my head. Need to prepare for my large workload over next week and beyond. It is going to be something truly special.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 885: The 28th of December

Busy night.

I’ll explain more about it tomorrow, probably.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 884: The 27th of December

Today I took off as a lazy day, after finally getting rid of everyone from the Christmas period.

I was going to work, but after waking up at 1 PM, I decided that there wasn’t going to be much chance of me doing any tangible work in the rest of the day and I was better off just chilling out a little bit. I will set an alarm and get up tomorrow and start making some headway.

Honestly though, I stayed up way too late last night. I was waxing lyrical and feeling sorry for myself again, so I wrote some terrible poems while I lay in bed. It was rather nice, even if it was unproductive. I shall hope to actually get to sleep when I get into bed tonight. It is a bit hot in my room though.

I always feel a bit bad about my work ethic compared to others on my university course. Those people who spend all of their holidays working on their coursework and such. Still, I guess I decided that a minor hit in my grades was worth the increased overall happiness and mental health that I gain from having at least a bit of time off. Plus, I still have until the 8th of January to get my coursework done, and until the 17th of January before my first exam. If I can’t do good work in that time period, maybe I shouldn’t be at this level of education.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 883: The 26th of December

Well. That was a day. Or something like that.

Woke up at a time nearing midday, wanted to have a bath. Stayed in bed for a little while, only for my grandmother to come upstairs to have a snooze / coughing fit, so I decided I would wait a little while for things to quieten down so I could relax. Then the rest of the family came upstairs to get washed and dressed. So I may have stayed in bed for a couple of hours.

Eventually I got up, had a shave and washed myself up after a lazy couple of days of Christmas. Hung out for a while, got a little bit lonely and kind of sat around doing very little. Dinner was incredibly delicious though! That is one thing that is always good at Christmas time.

It is now coming up to 4 AM. I blame Jake for keeping me up playing some fun games. Going to be another long nap, I reckon.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 882: The 25th of December

Merry Christmas everyone.

God I am tired. Woke up really early from a really nice dream and spent the whole day opening presents, entertaining Corwin and just generally being far too sociable for my liking. Still, that is what Christmas is all about. I’d be pretty happy to have a nice long sleep tonight though, followed by a hot bath in the morning. That would really just finish off this Christmas time nicely.

We shall see how that goes, though.  Before all that I guess I should go to sleep tonight. My brain is flitting with all sorts of ideas right now, so sleep might be tricky, but then again I am considerably sleep-deprived, so that might counterbalance things.

By God though, I am crushing hard. It is a right pain when you keep getting pangs of sadness when someone doesn’t respond to your messages. Still, I am working that out in my head now. Trying to keep the side of my mind that tells me that I will never find love mostly quiet, though of course some healthy cynicism has been my defence mechanism against even taking a chance for as long as I can remember.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 881: The 24th of December

Merry Christmas everyone!

Go to bed quick, before Santa comes! Otherwise he won’t be able to give you your presents!

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 880: The 23rd of December

Today was a day of recovery. Everyone preparing the last minute things for Christmas.

Honestly I still can’t believe that the big festivities are almost upon us. It is rather exciting. Tomorrow I shall be dining on the finest feast and then the day after is a day of peace, fun and happiness. In theory. Then I can start worrying about getting work done. Busy busy.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 879: The 22nd of December

Turns out, may have drunk a bit too much.

Still, feeling alright right now. Just a little bit out of it.

Shan’t keep you for too long.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.

Day 878: The 21st of December

Well, last night I finally defeated the demons in my head, after a week of my insecurities creeping back into my mind.

Now I am feeling much more like my good self. Been a nice day for it, too. Did all my Christmas wrapping, watched some shows, entertained Corwin for a little while and played a little bit of PS4 with Jake. We’re getting close to the big day now, so my nerves are jangling even more.

Still, I am pretty well prepared this year, for a change. Actually fairly organised. My current concern is when I am going to be visited tomorrow by some friends, who are meant to be coming round before our evening out. Since I don’t know, I shall be setting an alarm and trying to actually wake up to it.

And I just realised that it is 2 AM. I should probably sleep.

Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.