One.More.Sleep

Im excited! 


I get excited about a lot of things like, going to the movies, having coffee with friends, going to the beach, topping up my phone, free weekend calling, eating, free food, seeing a hott guy, going for long car rides, ice-cream....you get my drift! 


I've been excited all day though! I'll tell you why in a minute! Before I do, let me tell you a little about my family...


Im the youngest of four girls. My three older sisters all live in Wellington. Two of them married with kids and the other single. They all live at home with mum and dad and my little brother. Its a hectic house hold! Not only because there are ten people living in there (which is normal for Samoan families)....but my parents are kinda ministers....well, not kinda...they ARE ministers...church ministers. Dad's a reverend. A man of God. A man who serves H.I.M. He does a lot for the church and the local community. My parents work 24/7...when I think about the amounts of time I complain about a hard week at work, I just think about my parents and how hard working they are! Feel kinda silly at times. 


Imagine working around the clock! I guess that's partly why my sisters are living at home....to support and help them out. 


It gets a bit much though...to be a ministers daughter. Me and my siblings have struggled to keep up sometimes. I wouldnt want to bore you with all the details but if I was to give you one word to describe my life as a ministers daughter, it would be 'expectations'. My parents expectations of me. My own expectations of myself. The churches expectations of me. Its exhausting. Pressure boiling. I try my best not to think too much about what others expect me to do or to be and just....be...me! But its always in the back of my mind! 


Alright! Whatevs! 
So back to why im so excited! 


I rarely get to see my family. There's the occasional visit during the holidays and a few weekends during the year but thats hardly enough! When I know Im going to see my family, Im like a kid counting down the sleeps till Christmas! For the past week I've been counting down the sleeps. One more sleep now and I get to see one of my sisters for almost a whole week!!! Even better, she'll be up here with three of my good friends! And even better....they're not road-tripping up to Auckland for any particular reason except to party!!! Excite!
You see, my sister, Lisa (not her real name by the way), is the one everyone depends on. She's the organised one! She's been at home with my parents the longest! She's had a bit of bad luck with love (not gonna give details) and she hardly gets the chance to leave home and have a bit of fun. Im excited for her! That she gets to leave home (even if it for a few days), forget about work and church and just have a good time...in Auckland...with her younger sister! 


So there! Call me weird! But seeing my family always excites me! One more sleep now. 
Oh did I also mention that I've taken Thursday AND Friday off work (and Im normally off on Mondays anyways) so I get a really long weekend......shux! Im really looking forward to the next few days.


One.More.Sleep...YEY! 

Starting somewhere...

And here....I start a blog! (Bravery, some people would call it!) 

I didn't actually think I'd get this far. For months I've had an account but never actually bothered with it! With a bit of convincing from a cousin (you know who you are!), here I am...with no idea what to write as my first entry (is that what you call them? entries?) 

And I thought writing my "About Me" page for this blog was hard! Or even coming up with a name...

'Pieces Of Me'

Feeling slightly proud of the name to be honest....I think its pretty clever if you ask me! (I know! Its girly. But.I.am.girly...so deal!)

It makes sense though doesn't it? I mean, I dont exactly live a glamorous life and Im not being chased by a flock of crazed paparazzis (ref. Britney Spears) but this blog will be me sharing the "pieces..." of my life....with you! (whoever "you" are) 

The pieces could be anything really. Well, I dont know really. 

Whatever comes up for me to write about....whether that will be about family, friends, love, relationships, food, fashion, (the stress of) school and studies, work, partying, dating....

anything. and (maybe) everything....we'll see how we go.

For now though, I'll leave it at that. 

Just wanted my first blog entry to be about blogging....is that weird?