Neighbours

It’s not a competition thing, I just don’t want to stay at home twiddling my thumbs while Declan runs off into the sunset enjoying a life outside of the one we have together.  I don’t want to sit on the sidelines, waiting for him while my opportunities pass me by. I think watching Declan move closer to his dreams has been a wake up call for me, it has made me focus on my own!

When Dad was in hospital I just felt so intrigued by the hospital staff and the earnest way in which they worked. Every little action caught my attention while I sat waiting for Dad to wake up. The delicate way the nurses tap a needle before administering it. I’d never really noticed it before, the hand movements, the little tap-tap on the glass, the attention to detail. It just fascinated me.  So I guess Dec’s AFL opportunity has been a gift for me too, it has made me more determined to find my own path, I’m going to study medicine! And to do that, I have to get good grades at school and stay focused on my studies, even if Dec doesn’t!

As I told Dad, maybe the whole Nicola thing was not a total waste of time because when I was in hospital watching the doctors treat Dad my dream for the future came to me!! Thank you Nicola for showing me what I want to do, and thankfully you’ll be tucked away in some psych ward out Whoop-Whoop and won’t see me become a doctor one day, or have the opportunity to stuff it up for me!

Imagine saving lives for a living…. It will be awesome!

Donna was stirring things up so much this week, creating problems for Rachel and Ty. I just know whenever I have a problem with Dec Donna is one girlfriend I don’t need niggling me about why Dec’s behaving a certain way.  She’s such a stirrer! Don’t get me wrong, I really like Donna, but she’s a bit clueless sometimes! I told Rachel not to listen to her about her suspicions that Ty was having an affair. I mean he was acting odd, and the secret phonecall was suspicious, but it’s not right to jump to conclusions, there are other ways to deal with a situation like that, like talking!

Donna got an idea in her head about Ty and then talked Rachel into spying on him, so they followed him to the school and snuck up on him while he was in the arms, apparently, of another woman. But they read the situation so wrong! It was MUM. I even went along for a ride, thinking that Rachel needed to uncover the truth now that she had already seen him with another woman. So I grabbed Dad’s keys to the school and we went down there to see if he was there with this mystery woman. And he was, but we got sprung in the process. It was funny for me, seeing Mum there with Ty. And Dad got a good laugh out of it. Mum was having dance lessons with Ty, to impress Dad! Ty didn't see the humour in it all, he basically broke it off with Rachel on the spot saying he couldn’t be with her if she didn’t trust him.

I didn’t believe from the start that Ty would cheat on Rachel. Why would he? She’s gorgeous! Besides, they are a great couple. He’ll come back, I think he's just teaching her a lesson.

I’m really hungry, really, really hungry, like all the time at the moment. Must be going through a growth spurt! But haven’t I stopped growing? Anyway…. I’m going to The General Store to get a bite to eat. I feel like a milkshake and one of those yummy chocolate muffins. Dec says I’m always eating…. Hope I don’t get fat! 

At the moment I don't care, I just need to eat or I’ll faint from starvation, even though I only ate an hour ago!

Later….

Love Didge x