How well do you know Mariah Hardy?

mmm... wow. this is my first blog post yet and i am actually quite excited about it. WHat to write about though. Oh Gosh... I'm so nervous!!! Calm down Mariah. CALM DOWN!!! Deeeep breathssss.

Well, maybe i should start with the fact that it is new years day today. How refreshing. The first day of a fantabulous year, i can just feel it in my bones. But i can't help but feel scared about the year to come....

I remember as a small child me, Emily, Holly and Cat would pretend to be in a band, or be secret spies, or be ordinary girls with boyfriends. Or i remember times when Cat and I would ride wild stallions, Mine was black and hers was white (although, i think we swapped them around regularly, we both got jealous of eachothers horses)Or Emily and I would pretend to be Egyptians, I was the Queen, she was the slave (don't worry, she always WANTED to be the slave) or when Holly and I pretended to be stranded and we had to build our shelters... i forget what that game was called... but the point is that in all of these games, we were almost 90% of the time pretending we were 16. Now just dwell on this for a moment:

This year is our 16th year.

I find that a little scary. I mean, Block exams, year 11 camp, STudent leadership, some of us will be getting their learners and..and... we will be 16. Sixteen. zestien. ستة عشر. onaltı. seize. SIXTEEN!!!!

Oh well. I guess i don't have much to worry about, i mean... i only just turned 15. So "16. Sixteen. zestien. ستة عشر. onaltı. seize. SIXTEEN!!!!" is actually quite a long way off for me. I guess we all just have to put the whole year in Gods hands, and see where He takes us. I think New Years day is the perfect day to do just that.

Okay, well enough dwelling on the year ahead. I want to dwell on the past!!! Starting from... approximately 17 hours ago. Me, Holly,Ollaystud, William is WIlliam at Adams place for New Years Eve celebrations. We listened to music, made labels, went bushwalking, played half a game of Articulate, drank yummy stuff, recapped on viewpoints to "Earth intruder", ate, listened to music, ate some more, discovered i am not the only one on the planet who loves Arrested Development (I've waited 5 years for the day!!!), watched Master of disguise...while eating,jumped on the trampoline under the full moon and then to top it all off, we watched the spectacularly amazing pixie dust fireworks as we welcomed the new year. It was truly magical. As i watched the fireworks, i couldn't help but thank God for all He had done for me and my friends in 2009. *sigh* I'm sure there are things i've forgotten...

oh well. Right now, i am sitting at the computer with a mountain of tissues infront of me. Kate, if you ever read this, please stop reading right now.
I woke up this morning feeling absolutely terrible. I was thinking about last night and my wonderful friends, but i couldn't help but feel a horrible feeling in my stomach. What could this feeling be?? Hate?? DO i hate my art buddies?? Jealousy?? Guilt?? Despise?? Anger, did they offend me?? Did I do something to them??
Wrong. I got out of bed, shivering on a hot day and ran for the toilet. Blaaaaaaaagh. and i missed. And i had to clean it up. I'm the only one awake right now. The vomit went up my nose too, and i can still taste it in my mouth. I am sneezing and the snot is so disgusting, i can see little chunks of vomit in it. It turns out I don't have negative feelings towards my friends... i was just physically sick. thank goodness for that. And no, last night we were not "DRUNK!" as Adam kept repeating, I just simply gorged myself on too much food and yummy drink, jumped on the trampoline, continued eating jelly beans and then jumped on the trampoline again. *sigh*

This has turned out to be a rather long, boring first ever post so i'd better leave it there. And Erin, we were thinking of you. I'm sure you were having great fun with your cousins though =]