Thank God it wasn't Harry.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my friends and students who were concerned for my wellbeing on Thursday. Those closest to me knew the day was going to be a hard one. Not because I had shown the new lady my job they day before, not because I had a school board meeting in the afternoon, and not even because I was really hungry and phys ed department had held their morning tea on Monday ( seriously Monday?? who the bloody hell does morning tea on a Monday? don't they know that on Monday everyone is still on a diet? ) but because my worst fears -(well since Zayne left the stage mid concert , which was really no surprise considering that he spent the part of the concert  looking like he was at the dentist, or being forced to watch the cricket or The Lord of the Rings trilogy),had come true. Zayne had left One Direction.

I knew something was wrong when I woke up on Thursday morning and decided that I was too tired to run. It was like I was exhausted from hearing all the sobs of young girls crying all over the world. I turned off my alarm, checked my Facebook and there is was. The news I had been dreading. Someone had left One Direction. You will note that I said someone. You see it wouldn't have mattered if it was Zayne, Harry, Niall, Liam or Louis. (Although if it was Harry I really would have had to take the day off work.) Because once one goes it it all over. O.V.E.R. Because lets face it, have you ever heard of successful quartet boy band since The Beatles?

Let me give you some examples.

1. Duran Duran- John Taylor went off to become The Power Station. It was a "side project". I call that side project "the end."

   

   John Taylor- you are perfection
2. The BackStreet Boys. Kevin Richardson (don't worry- he was the ugly one) leaves. The Backstreet Boys were never 'back....alright." 

   

   Actually looking at this picture maybe they were all the ugly one- well apart from the blonde girl on the left.
3. Robbie Williams told Take That to take a hike. They said " Want you back for good." it never happened. Funnily enough he was the ugly one in the band. 

   

   I think this photo may have been the reason Robbie left.
4. The Spice Girls.  Ginger Spice decided it was time to go. The remaining girls released "Goodbye (my friend)" They didn't mean a word of it. Secretly I think they were singing "Goodbye dumb mole"

   

   That one in the front is Posh pre nose job.
5. INXS. Well I know Michael didn't exactly leave by choice (or did he?) but it didn't matter how many times they replaced him- once Michael left it was all over.  

   

   This is INXS.
   
   
   
   
   

   

   This is the remaining 5 members of INXS with a random.

So I did what every die hard 43year old 1D er would do. I put One Direction on shuffle in my car, sang really loud in the car on the way to work, and made my Year 11 class analyse every single 1D music video. We tried to work out exactly when it was that Zayne started falling apart. If you are interested we think it was when they made the "Steal my girl" video. He was SKINNY. Like really skinny and he had completely overdone the random tatt thing.

Really? No one saw the drug thing happening?

So where now? Well all I can say is that we sit back and wait for Harry to release his solo album, Niall to have a career as a chat show host, Louis can finally come out and become a gay icon and release a duet with Kylie Minogue, and Liam can...well I don't really know what he can do. ..umm...keep tweeting? And then in 10 years they can get back together, do a come back tour and then all get a job as judges on every franchise of X Factor. Or though I did hear there was a spot on Top Gear going.

Lets also take a minute to thank the lord it wasn't Harry.

And look I know I might be appearing a little bit flippant about the devastating news, but that is "The Story of My Life", and I will always remember when "You & I" danced all night to the 'Best Song Ever", and "One Way or Another" there will be another boy band who will try and "Steal my Girl's" heart, because it is always the "Little Things" "That Make you Beautiful". And there is nothing wrong with having a crush on a boy band, because you know what they say- we have to "Live Why We're Young." 

Thank you.

Now lets take a moment to remember Zayne, and all those little things. 

You know how some times you accidentally go shopping?

I made a vow last pay that I would only buy one thing- well theoretically two things, because I was only allowed to buy a new pair of running shoes. Brooks Adrenalin for the bargain price of $220. I am actually being sarcastic here because I would never normally spend $220 on a pair of shoes. Especially shoes that I wear in the rain and in dirt, and to add insult to injury they are not even pretty.

   I mean seriously who wears purple and orange together?

So I was being very good. On the weekend I only bought the shoes. Oh and a skirt. But it was from Kmart and it only was $20 which we all know is PRACTICALLY FREE.

So today I was my mum's support person for the day. My mission was to keep my mum's mind off the fact that my dad was in surgery today. The day went something like this.

1. Wake up- message running buddy. Not running today. Still suffering from ocean swim from hell in Sundays' triathlon.
2. Go back to sleep
3. Wake up with cat sticking his claws into my arm. 
4. Yell at cat.
5. Get up- tell Indi I am taking her to school. She gets all confused and I can tell she is trying not to look disappointed that she is not going to Before School Care.
6. Pick up mum go and have a coffee
7. Read an email from a shop(because they seem to be the only emails I get) saying that a "must have" for Autumn is a pair of dressy tracky pants. Start thinking I really  "Must Have" a pair of dressy tracky pants.
8. Go to Claremont Quarter ( a flash shopping centre). Go to Seed. Find a pair of dressy tracky pants. Forgot I am not allowed to buy anything. (Actually that is I lie. I remembered but chose to ignore it.) Buy pants. But I do put down the shoes which I silently congratulate myself on.

   

   These are the pants. Cute!!

   
   

   

   These are the shoes. Are they a sneaker or a slip on? Who can tell?Super cute and functional

9. Get excited when my mum says" Can we just pop into Witchery?" CAN WE POP INTO WITCHERY???? Is chocolate delicious? Is it the best new ever that Prince Harry is coming to live in Perth for a month?? HELL YEAH!!!!
10. Remember that I have a $15 voucher at Witchery. Try to find something in Witchery that will cost $15"ish". Instead find 2 black tops. But different because one has short sleeves and one has long sleeves. So COMPLETELY different. And they cost nothing close to $15. Whoops. But a positive is that I got another $15 voucher. 
11. Leave feeling very happy with not an ounce of shoppers remorse. Because there is always next pay day. Right?

So next week- No.Buying. Clothes..... But I do really need some new shoes for work. And I never said anything about shoes.

How to deal with disappointment, in a few simple steps.

Disappointment my old friend, good to see you again. I am usually a very up beat person, and I do try to see the bright side of things, but sometimes disappointment rears it's ugly head. In my case it made an appearance on Friday when I found out I didn't get a job I have been doing, love doing and thought I was doing a good job at. 

I actually thought that if I didn't get the job I would 
a. cry, 
b. throw a few things, 
c. swear and 
d. storm out and slam the door. 
Kind of like this..

Surprisingly I did none of these things. I took the news quite well, and smiled a lot and nodded my head as I heard the feedback. At least I think I did, but in reality my face probably was more like this.

The worst part of not getting a job that everyone knows you are going for is that you have to tell everyone. So I walked to the corners of the school and told everyone. Although by the time I got to the final corners of the school everyone already knew anyway. I told everyone I was fine and it was ok, when really I was a bit like this.

So how did I deal with the disappointment? Here are some tips.

1. Keep saying "It's ok." Because eventually you might believe it.
2. Realise that when people say " Everything happens for a reason" they are trying to be supportive. Resist the temptation to say " No fucking good reason."
3. But on a sad song on in the car and sing it really loud in the car on the way home. If some one looks at you feel free to wind down the window and say " What???? Never seen a sad person before?"
4. Go to the bottle shop and buy a bottle (oh all right, 2 bottles) of your favourite wine and a big packet of salt and vinegar chips.
5. Go to a good friends house and pressure them into drinking with you.
6. Order pizza hut pizza. And garlic bread, and funny dessert things.
7. Start getting drunk enough that you start saying what you really think about not getting the job.
8. Get up and go to the toilet and realise you are quite drunk.
   
9. Have a cry and feel a bit sorry for yourself.
   
10. Finally realise that you are actually really drunk and really should go home.
    
11. No really- put the wine glass down and go home.
    

And then as if by magic you wake up the next day and you feel kind of ok. The things that is heartwarming is that your friends always say the nicest things, and tell you that you are awesome.

And someone always has to come second or third right?