ive been getting massive headaches for the last 24 hours. and, they wont go away.. the first bad one was last night when i came home, so i popped some advil and went to bed. fine when i woke up until mid afternoon it was back. that cleared up when i went out in the sunshine and walked around. but, in the evening it was back. now im getting ready for bed, with a head ache.

the head ache issue was not the best case scenario for going to the gym. but i went anyways. i used to be able to clear away a head ache with exercise. no so today. i was about 3/4 of the way through my work out when i felt like i was going to pass out. my heart rate had to have been 190. i cannot recall ever feeling that way. ever. that was the end of the at, as i had to sit down until my heart rate was more towards normal. weird.

yesterday morning i went to get my hair coloured. the girls doing it did not want to do what i asked for and all over colour because of yadda yadda and said highlites were what i needed. they did them and the colour turned out fine but the one who did the right side of my head royally fucked up. neither of them did the best job and i the hair line all around my face still has very obvious regrowth. is this not why one goes to get their fucking hair done in the first place? to hide the fact that its a different colour? they pissed me off and ruined the first part of what was supposed to be a good day.

yesterday was the first day of spring. its hard to believe its september.

i had stuff to do in the afternoon, little things to buy and return. i bought a wallet on friday that i thought i was going to like. when i got home i realized that it wasnt exactly what i wanted. the part where one puts the bills was too awkward. i took it back on friday night. its not through on my credit card yet but i know that the difference in the exchange rate is going to be at least $0.06 on the dollar between the buying price and the returning price. so i can call visa over a 14 hour time difference to bitch at them to get a credit for them ripping me off.

last night our weekly gushing session was held at sonia's new house. her new place is awesome. really nice. with no furniture in it, the best thing would be the closet with the massive amount of storage space. we watched the jackass movie, which was funny. i dont know if id ever seen it in its entirety before. my brother has all that stuff and ive seen bits and pieces when it came out. [the episode of top model where the wildboyz are on, aired tonight in australia.] sonia had well research sangria recipes and nadeen made the best cheescake is the history of the world. then made us all take some home, so i ended up eating most of my piece for dinner tonight.
maybe the funniest, in an odd way, piece of information gained from last night was that dawn may have been standing next to me at a concert in glasgow 7 years ago. maybe at wembley too, but definitely glasgow. lol. its a small world.

most of today was sleeping in, doing laundry, and then doing a few more errands. the list of things i need to get before i got to hong kong is now down to about 2-3 items. its a mental list, so the number of things on it varies considerably depending on my memory. its kinda stupid to go nuts on buying stuff because it will all be cheaper in hong kong! but, i dont want to waste my time looking for little items just because they are half the price. im mostly packed too, i did that this afternoon. im hoping to make tomorrow night non stressful and just put in another few tops and zip up the bag.

all that stuff i said about couriers being awesome- i take half of it back. my dhl package from last week is not here yet. it left los angeles twice so clearly something was not right in transit. and id like to think there are no more updates because no one is working on the weekend and my package will be on a delivery truck tomorrow morning in melbourne.

one thing i really enjoy is knowing where my stuff it at all times. especially when this stuff is being mailed/ shipped/ or is luggage. i have a certain distrust for airlines keeping track of my luggage because of past experiences, so they dont really qualify in this psychological reassurance of knowing where my things are.

im currently tracking two packages across the pacific. couriers are awesome. full stop. they give you a number, you punch it into their website and it says your stuff was last scanned at this place, at this time, and approximate delivery time is this day. its all there, its all organized.

regular mail. not so good. even when stuff goes by registered post its not up to the minute tracking. three days after the thing was delivered then the website says, oh btw your package arrived. theres no insurance of what happened if you little envelope goes missing. did you really send it? we have no proof, do you have proof?

i wont comment on airlines.