25 Random Questions Tag...

Okay, so I know I wasn't tagged to do this, but I was browsing other blogs and I stumbled across it and it looked fun so I thought I'd give it a go!

Question 1: Do you have any pets? Not any more. We had the loveliest family dog when I was little, and we've since had fish, hamsters and guinea pigs, but right now we're just a family of humans. 

Question 2: Name three things that are physically close to you: My laptop, my elephant called Milo, and a tin of vaseline.

Question 3: What's the weather like right now? It's okay. It's not as sunny as I'd like, but it's warm enough to leave the house without a coat and that makes me really happy.

Questions 4: Do you drive? If so, have you crashed? I do drive. I like to think I'm a very careful and responsible driver, and so far I've not had any crashes, bumps or accidents.

Question 5: What time did you wake up this morning? I got up at 8am. 

Question 6: When was the last time you showered? This morning. 

Question 7: What was the last movie that you saw? I'm not actually sure. The girls and I got half way though 'Silver Linings' the other day, but we weren't concentrating properly so we're saving it for another day. 

Question 8: What does you last text message say? Oh it's really boring and it's about a uni assignment.

Question 9: What is your ringtone? It just rings. 

Question 10: Have you ever been to a different country? Yes, I've been to France, Denmark, Holland, Greece, Spain and Belgium. I think that's it.

Question 11: Do you like sushi? I really like it.

Question 12: Where do you buy your groceries? Mum goes to Tesco, but I tend to do an Asda delivery or just get a few bits and bobs from Sainsburys local.

13: Have you ever taken any medication to help you fall asleep faster? No. I can't even swallow tablets.

Question 14: How many siblings do you have? I have an older brother and a younger brother.

Question 15: Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop? I have a laptop.

Question 16: How old will you be turning on your next birthday? I'll be 20. I'm the baby of the year so most of my friends are already 20.

Question 17: Do you wear contacts or glasses? I wear both. Contact lenses if I'm going out, but I wear my glasses most days because I'm lazy.

Question 18: Do you colour your hair? No, it colours itself and goes from dark blonde/brown to strawberry blonde as soon as the sun comes out!

Question 19: Tell me something you are planing to do today: I really need to get cracking on my final uni assignment of the year.

Question 20: When was the last time you cried? Last Wednesday. I'd had a bad day and I was missing home, so I just broke down and cried my little heart out. 

Question 21: What is your perfect pizza topping? I really love spinach and marscapone cheese. 

Question 22: Which do you prefer, hamburger or cheeseburger? I don't really tend to eat burgers all that much. My all time favourite has got to be the goats cheese and caramelised onion burger from  A Nation of Shopkeepers, so I guess I'll say cheeseburger.

Question 23: Have you ever had an all-nighter? I have indeed. We stayed up all night at one of my friends houses during the summer before I came to uni, but it didn't sit well with me and I was on the brink of sleep all night! I'm just not rock and roll enough and I need my 8 hours sleep every night!

Question 24: What is your eye colour ? They're bright blue.

Question 25: Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke? I think so. I've gone off coke recently though and I tend to stick to lemonade or fruit juice now. 

Life has been so crazy but I've got a good feeling, so I wanna share it but I'm new to this...

So I'm currently sat painting my nails and listening to Nina Nesbitt's revision playlist on Radio 1, and I'm just feeling really really content.

I think it's mainly due to the fact that I've had such a productive day and blasted out an obscene amount of revision. I genuinely sat in the library from 10-5:30 and re-wrote up 4 lectures! I was seriously flagging towards the end of my mammoth session but I'm starting to feel like I'm getting there which is always good. I like staying in the library on an evening because it means I can come home and relax without feeling guilty about not working. 

At lunch time, as a reward to myself being so motivated, I indulged in my favourite sweet chilli prawn baguette from 'Cafe on Campus'. It sounds lame but it made me really happy and I thoroughly enjoyed it - even though it was impossible to eat it in an appropriate public manner! My tea tonight was lovely too. I made bolognese, jacket potato and salad, and it was just really really satisfying and delicious. I love days when I can really enjoy my meals but I can also feel good that I've been relatively healthy. 

So now that I'm feeling adequately full and satisfied with today's productivity, I'm relaxing and painting my nails with my new orange nail varnish which I absolutely LOVE! It's Topshop 'Stage Dive' and it's so gorgeous and is making me feel super super summery!

Tomorrow night I'm meeting up with two of my best friends from home and we're going to go for cocktails and pretend to be sophisticated. It's not been long since I've seen them, but they were absolute angels when I was feeling poopy last week so I'm excited for a good old chin-wag and an inevitably hilarious night.

Once my nails are dry, I think I'll snuggle up in bed with my Gavin and Stacey boxset and treat myself to an early night. Bliss. 

Take a little time for tea...

Although this weekend has been filled with revision and essay writing, it's been lovely. Charl, Alex, Lucy and I have made a really special effort to do fun and exciting things to punctuate the day and get us out of the house to preserve our sanity.

Yesterday we went for frozen yoghurt in the sunshine, and today we revisited our favourite little tea shop and had a good old natter over a cup of tea and a cupcake. It really is just so lovely to leave the house and do something a little bit different. Call me boring, but even though I'm a student I would definitely choose a cup of tea in a cute cafe over a wild night out any day!

So all in all, after a couple of unsettled days at the beginning of the week, my first week back at uni has been lovely and I'm so glad to be back. We'll be back to a full house of 8 again tonight when Chris and Kieran return after their longer holiday, and although it will be good to see them, if I'm completely honest I'm not looking forward to them coming and shattering the peace again! But hey ho, that's just the way it goes!

Where's your sense of spontaneity?

Okay, so I realise that this blog didn't really take off as I intended it to when I created it - I just found myself to be far too busy with work and assignments towards the end of the spring term that I just didn't manage to find the time to update it. However, I've decided that although exams are approaching and revision will once again take priority in my life, I'm going to try and post at least once a week in the build up to summer.

I have lots and lots of exciting plans for the upcoming holiday, so my aim is to document those as much as possible so I have something to share and reflect back on when I need a little old pick-me-up!

Having said that I'm excited for my summer plans, sometimes the best days are those that are completely spontaneous and manage to transform an average day into a really wonderful one. Yesterday was one of those days.

Since I'm a BA student, I have Friday's off for "independent study". I really do love my three day weekends and I'm genuinely a little worried about how I'll cope in the 'real world' when a working week becomes 9-5 Monday to Friday (...as opposed 6 hours spread 3 days a week!).

Anyway, my day got off to an energetic start with a Davina Mcall workout DVD with Lucy, which was followed by a healthy lunch of salad and pitta bread with hummus dips. I then went into uni to collect the results from an essay I'd worked really hard on before Easter - I got a first which I was absolutely chuffed with! It's brilliant to know that my hard work paid off, and it gave me a real boost to get cracking on my last assignment of the year. Since I'd made the half hour trip to uni, I thought I may as well get my head down in the library so I spent 3 hours working solidly and managed to produce a very detailed plan for my conversation analysis. Whilst I was in the library, I heard that all cakes in the Hidden Cafe (my favourite place on campus ever!) had been reduced to £1 for the rest of the day. Naturally, since we'd had a productive day and a healthy workout/lunch, Lucy and I needed no persuasion and basically ran to the cafe and treated ourselves to chocolate brownies and caramel shortbread.

The original plan for the evening was to go for a pub dinner and drinks with the girls, but as we were walking back from uni we realised that all of the pubs were absolutely heaving because of the Leeds Rhino's game at the stadium. All of us had been really looking forward to our girly night out, so we made a quick change of plan and decided to have a civilised and sophisticated meal out at our local Thai restaurant, Sukhothai.

We had such a fantastic evening! The restaurant was absolutely wonderful and the food was delicious. Given our student budgets, it was slightly more pricey than we would have liked but we all concluded that it was definitely worth it and we will certainly be back at some point in the future. It was just so lovely to get dressed up and have a grown-up meal out with three of my favourite girls, especially since it was so spontaneous. It was a truly serendipitous occasion and one that I will definitely hold as a highlight of my student experience this year. I feel really blessed that I'm living with such lovely girls and I'm 100% sure I've made three friends for life.