Amazing Things
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I wrote that entry not to get sympathy, but more to let go of the emotions I was holding onto for so long... the emotions that were holding me back and make me hate myself. It felt so good to let go of it all - and I finally feel that there is a massive weight lifted off of my shoulders... I feel free for the first time in a long time... free...
A couple of weeks ago, I was so disappointed in myself... I found out that the smashing pumpkins were coming to Sydney - but the only tickets available were nose bleed seats. I thought to myself, well doesn't that just fucking suck... I let it go, okay I said to myself... I'll just go and be aware next time they come down as I don't want to miss anymore. Then something threw me a lifeline, there's was a small chance that I could actually WIN tickets to see the pumpkins, and even better, meet the band... all I had to do was buy something from some of the selected items from their new album. Daniel really loves Oceania, so I thought - what a good birthday present, so I bought him the Oceania record and a t-shirt... thinking, hey, if we won, that's even better... but quite unlikely...
The other day, I checked my email and I saw it was something about the compilation that I bought. I was thinking okay, so it's been sent out, great, it'll be here for Daniel's birthday. I continue reading and I see this:
"You recently purchased some "Oceania" products through our store, which made you eligible to win a double pass to see the band live in concert and a meet and greet with the band. Congratulations, you've been selected as the winner!
The show and meet and greet will be at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this Tuesday 31 July, so I need to check that you are available for this? Let me know if you are and I'll organise the details.
Congratulations again!"
I nearly cried... I was shaking... literally. I called Daniel in a panic, saying that we needed to find a baby sitter, we we're going to see the pumpkins... and MEET them... holy SHIT!
When I finally got a hold of Daniel, I had calmed down slightly and told him we were going to a concert - he was kinda excited, oh okay! he said... I then said... "and... we'll be meeting Billy"... all of a sudden - BAM! What an amazing thing for us to see... for us to read... so that is our Tuesday - I'll be getting more information tomorrow about it - I'm so so so excited... everything has seemed to change for the better now that I've let all my emotions release and let them stop from holding me back...
I also won a 64GB 4G Ipad... but this was just the icing on the cake for this month...
What else has happened... Daniel donated bone marrow to someone who desperately needed it the other day. To donate bone marrow, it's rare to have a match, let alone a perfect match unless they are family... and he was a perfect match, to somewhere in the world. We then found out, it was a woman, mid-30s, who lives in NSW. That's pretty wild, right? After 5 days of injecting chemo drugs into his abdomen, the bone marrow leached into his blood and they extracted it on the 26th... they needed 3-4 million for the recipient, and they got... drum roll please... 11.1 million cells... holy crap right?! Not too bad... although it did cause him a LOT of pain... he was very achy for a while - as you can expect... we're just keeping our fingers crossed that this will be the cure to her cancer...
Just to throw it in there - here's a recent photo of me at the sea cliff bridge... it was gorgeous... I love living here, it's like my own personal paradise! :D
I suppose that's about it for now, it's been a busy last few weeks... I'll update again soon... thanks again everyone for the kind words... I always appreciate it! <3
A couple of weeks ago, I was so disappointed in myself... I found out that the smashing pumpkins were coming to Sydney - but the only tickets available were nose bleed seats. I thought to myself, well doesn't that just fucking suck... I let it go, okay I said to myself... I'll just go and be aware next time they come down as I don't want to miss anymore. Then something threw me a lifeline, there's was a small chance that I could actually WIN tickets to see the pumpkins, and even better, meet the band... all I had to do was buy something from some of the selected items from their new album. Daniel really loves Oceania, so I thought - what a good birthday present, so I bought him the Oceania record and a t-shirt... thinking, hey, if we won, that's even better... but quite unlikely...
The other day, I checked my email and I saw it was something about the compilation that I bought. I was thinking okay, so it's been sent out, great, it'll be here for Daniel's birthday. I continue reading and I see this:
"You recently purchased some "Oceania" products through our store, which made you eligible to win a double pass to see the band live in concert and a meet and greet with the band. Congratulations, you've been selected as the winner!
The show and meet and greet will be at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this Tuesday 31 July, so I need to check that you are available for this? Let me know if you are and I'll organise the details.
Congratulations again!"
I nearly cried... I was shaking... literally. I called Daniel in a panic, saying that we needed to find a baby sitter, we we're going to see the pumpkins... and MEET them... holy SHIT!
When I finally got a hold of Daniel, I had calmed down slightly and told him we were going to a concert - he was kinda excited, oh okay! he said... I then said... "and... we'll be meeting Billy"... all of a sudden - BAM! What an amazing thing for us to see... for us to read... so that is our Tuesday - I'll be getting more information tomorrow about it - I'm so so so excited... everything has seemed to change for the better now that I've let all my emotions release and let them stop from holding me back...
I also won a 64GB 4G Ipad... but this was just the icing on the cake for this month...
What else has happened... Daniel donated bone marrow to someone who desperately needed it the other day. To donate bone marrow, it's rare to have a match, let alone a perfect match unless they are family... and he was a perfect match, to somewhere in the world. We then found out, it was a woman, mid-30s, who lives in NSW. That's pretty wild, right? After 5 days of injecting chemo drugs into his abdomen, the bone marrow leached into his blood and they extracted it on the 26th... they needed 3-4 million for the recipient, and they got... drum roll please... 11.1 million cells... holy crap right?! Not too bad... although it did cause him a LOT of pain... he was very achy for a while - as you can expect... we're just keeping our fingers crossed that this will be the cure to her cancer...
Just to throw it in there - here's a recent photo of me at the sea cliff bridge... it was gorgeous... I love living here, it's like my own personal paradise! :D
I suppose that's about it for now, it's been a busy last few weeks... I'll update again soon... thanks again everyone for the kind words... I always appreciate it! <3