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Sunday, 24 July 2016

Life Lately

Well, summer sure has arrived.

London has been sweltering these past few days. My window hasn't been shut in months. There isn't any air in my room even with a fan on, circulating warm air.

But, you know what?

I'm enjoying it.



I used to hate summer. Loathe it in fact. I felt like the heat never agreed with me because I always felt mneh whenever it got over 23 degrees.

I don't know what changed.

Maybe because Adeel really likes the sun and it had an effect on me? Or maybe because I'm a lot happier than I used to be and happy people tend to like the sun I guess.

It's been a quiet few weeks at work with my boss away on his holidays, leaving myself and my other colleague to hold the line in his absence.

We were both worried chaos would rain down on us with an urgent crisis popping up here, there and everywhere. But, nothing of the sort happened. Not one thing. Nada.

I suppose I should appreciate the quiet time as I'm sure it will be busy again soon enough.

The only busy day turned out to be the day before I knew I wasn't going to be in due to an ASAP dentist appointment for my first filling.

But all was under control again by Monday. Filling went ahead with no problems and I feel like a proper adult now with all these weird, adult-y problems (I can't even see the filling).

I also went to see Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday afternoon with a friend which was different.

I'm so used to watching musicals that the lack of music and the strong Shakespearian meant we actually had to concentrate for the couple of hours instead of sitting back and relaxing.

Admittedly, we did only book to see it because a certain Mr Richard Madden (aka Robb Stark) was meant to be Romeo. But, alas, he had a jogging injury so his understudy performed in his place.

We still got to see Lily James and Derek Jacobi though, which was nice.

This weekend has been a slow one, but well needed with the heat we're trying to live through.

Hopefully I'll get to go away somewhere nice soon.

Dreaming of a proper summer holiday.

And also kind of feeling a little regret this week seeing a lot of people posting graduation photos and going off to prom.

Okay, so I live near a school and I saw those people and only those all dressed up, filing onto a number of coaches, evidently going to prom.

My Facebook is the one that has been filled with all of these graduation photos and people announcing their new jobs or new locations and certificates and degrees.

I guess I'm just jealous because I never got a prom and for my graduation it poured it down with rain and I wore jeans instead of a dress. 

Half of my family couldn't even come in to see it, they had to stream it in a restaurant just outside. 

Plus I realised I felt all alone in there. I was surrounded by classmates and teachers and other pupils but I couldn't feel more alone.

They say university is the time for making the "friends for life". 

But he was sat outside with my family, unable to get in due to a two-ticket-per-student rule. Plus he graduated a couple days ahead of me because he was in a different school.

I never really knew how disappointed I was with it all until I saw all of these other people posting their happy, sunny photos with huddles of friends and family.

Sorry for the downer of a post, but a girl is feeling pretty rubbish about it all and wanted to write it out.

Hope your week was a more successful one.



Monday, 23 November 2015

#UELGrad2015

Selfieeeeee
Just wanted to quickly share with you all that I graduated on November 19th at the O2 with my family and boyfriend. It was such a great day and a long one at that, but I couldn't have asked for better company or surroundings - although the weather could have perked up a bit!

So happy with myself for reaching this milestone in my life and can easily say I am one very happy girlie.

I am currently sat in the dark, happily mesmerised by the twinkling cityscape of Dubai having landed here 48 hours ago, so may not post again until I return in 2 weeks!

I hope everyone is having a good start to the week :)
With my boyfriend, Adeel

With my step-dad, Neil

With Dad

With my sister, Niamh

With Mum

x


Saturday, 17 October 2015

Update

So it's been a while since I last wrote anything. A hectic few weeks turned into a hectic few months instead.

I've finished Uni (graduating next month!), we had two final shows for our Photography exhibition, managed to get myself some work experience and then an internship with a publishing company I could only have dreamed of (!!!!), worked at the restaurant in-between times, and last but not least, I actually got myself a full-time position with the same publishing company! I'M SO EXCITED.

So now I finally have the weekends to myself - except the boyfriend of course - and I can actually stop worrying about ridiculous things so much.

Just a small update as I've been very absent from the blogging world of late. I really hope to start posting a bit more regularly with my weekends and evenings now free!

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Exhibition day :D #100HappyDays #DayNinety #InstaSize

                                      
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Final exhibition of third year, weird seeing the public looking at your work :) @FreeRange
@luminosity_uel #InstaSize

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Lunchtime view :D #InstaSize

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Interview outfit *
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Completed my last day at the restaurant today and as off three days
ago am now a permanent employee of Harper Collins :D YAY <3

#newjob #lovinglife