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So! Yesterday, I finally received my passport in the mail. Looks like I can finally cross it off my to-do list. I've been waiting for it (rather impatiently) for a while, and was so excited to have it, finally. Now the only thing standing between me and travelling is the matter of setting a date, I suppose. And if my current plans with seaster and co. do not work out, I guess I can always put it off until next year. But hopefully I won't have to do that.

Still feeling a bit non-social. I think maybe I'm just really stressed out! Unfortunately, no chance of this ending in the near future. I keep trying not to talk about it, but it's difficult. It's just the same old nonsense, anyway.

Still don't have a job. Still frustrated. With the economy issues our neighbours to the south are having, I expect it will only get worse. I don't know what to do (aside from keep trying to find something) and my mum's nagging is certainly not helping matters. :|

... Man. I keep thinking of things I want to write in my journal, but then by the time I get around to writing, I forget them. Maybe I'm just lazy. I feel like my brain is turning to absolute mush, and no matter what I try to do to stop that from happening, it keeps happening. Even though I've been actively reading and learning things, I still feel so brain-idle.