Fulwood Academy's Prom/Leavers' Do

This last Friday night saw my time at Fulwood Academy Sixth Form come to a close, and there was only one way to celebrate - a night out in town. Firstly, I want to say a massive thank you to everyone that organised the prom night, especially the beautiful Charlotte and Jess - I know how stressful it has been but all your hard work paid off!

Our night started off in Glovers in Preston town centre. We had the place to ourself along with a DJ, bar, photographer and a buffet. It was so nice to just be able to party the night away with the people I have come some close to in the past 2 years. It was a great way to say goodbye although looking back, slightly emotional knowing it is the last time we will all be together. The night went totally according to plan and everything was just perfect. I had been quite worried that I would have been left disappointed because my expectations were so high, but the night couldn't have gone any better!

After the Leavers' party had finished I met up with Rob and his friends who were also in town celebrating his 25th birthday. It was lovely to meet up with all his friends again and join them in celebrating.

Anyway, leaving the blog post relatively short this time round because I am shattered, but I will leave you with a few photos..

Kirkham Club Day

This weekend saw the annual Kirkham Club Day, a day that brings the people of Kirkham together.

Last year I for some reason had the day off work so got to experience the whole day but this year I ended up working but only a 4 hour shift. This meant that I had to get the train to Kirkham because by 3 o'clock the lovely Rob had already had too much to drink to be able to safely come and pick me up - pfft that's how much he loves me :P

I started off Kirkham Club Day by going to the Cricket Club which is where the mighty Wesham Road Runners meet up to train. But oh my word, what a transformation. Usually on a Monday night when the runners all congregate, the outside just has a few cars and that is it. This time, the place was absolutely heaving, there was a live band providing entertainment and a lovely BBQ that smelt delicious, shame the queue for the burgers and all other yumminess was soooo long :( the place was absolutely jam packed though we struggled to find a decent place to sit down and have a drink.


After staying there listening to the music we walked through the fair but I didn't go on any rides. I'm a bit anxious of rides now because when I was younger I made myself sick on one of those teacup rides where you have a wheel to spin yourself and this was before the rid had even started. So now I refuse to go on them again!! I was such a clever 8 year old making myself ill before the ride had even started.

We made our way to meet up with all of Rob's friends then, some of whom I had met before and others who it was the first time of meeting. They are all such a lovely genuine bunch of people so it was nice to spend the day with them. We went to a number of different pubs, had a laugh, chat, listened to more live music and went on bouncy castles - like normal 19-25 year olds do on a Saturday afternoon.


And then things took a turn for the worse, I threw up - multiple times. That's what happens when a gal who can't hack their drink and usually sticks to lemonade on a night out drinks too much without having eaten any lunch or snack or any form of food since 8 o clock in the morning. Ooopsy!! :(

But, all in all it was an absolutely fantastic afternoon/evening and I can't wait to do the same again next year (but maybe I will eat some food and take it easy on the cider)

Adios xxxx

Ps: exams are nearly over, hallelujah!! In less than 48 hours they will be over for good and then I will have tons of spare time to blog blog blog!! Might do a summer writing challenge if I can find any decent ones!

Hope everyone has a lovely week ahead of them :)

Re-decorating my room

As a little something to get me through my exams, Mother Watson has said that I re-decorate my room as soon as they are over and I swear it's bringing out the interior designer in me. My mind is filled with room layouts, wallpaper and paint ideas and little home accessories that will just jazz the room a little bit. All this is not very good when I have my 3 hardest exams within the space of the next 4 days. My brain should be swimming with psychology studies, arguments for the existence of God and 101 different business equation, not colour schemes and which way I want my bed to face. (I know, revision is so much more interesting.. right?!)

Talking of beds though, there is a massive bonus with re-decorating my room and that's the fact that the double bed which is currently in the spare room will be now coming into my room. This means that I will now be able to starfish sleep all night long, hallelujah *fist bump*

So, me and Rob have got just a tad excited with all this decorating malarkey and spent almost all last Sunday going to various home shops gathering ideas. And after a trillion hours, the only thing that we had decided upon that day is which wall our feature wall was going to be and which wallpaper we were going to have.. I know, we managed a lot didn't we... -.-

If anyone has some lovely decorating tips or ideas then please let me know, want it to look fab fab fab!!! :D

8 things I'm most looking forward to regarding uni

1. Tha fact I will me moving from home, yes this is slightly daunting, but I genuinely can't wait to have more freedom and be more independent!

2. Graduating and being free from education (well aside from the fact my whole career is based on  the education of others)

3. Moving away from Preston and to Lancaster which is a very pretty place and living somewhere new

4. Having placements throughout the course each year

5. The fact that I am going to meeting a whole new bunch of people from my course and from my halls of residence and making a whole load more friends.

6. The nightlife and social life that comes with the whole university experience.

7. The feeling that my education has finally got me somewhere after 15 years #thankgoodness

8. Studying a subject I want to study with like minded people that will enable me to achieve my dream job

40 little things that make me happy

1. Family get togethers

2. Having my hair played with

3. The beach

4. Lighting candles

5. Old photos

6. Crunchy autumn leaves

7. Fireworks

8. Good morning texts

9. Strawberry and Lime cider

10. Painted nails

11. Spontaneous days out

12. Full battery on my phone

13. Staying in PJs all day 

14. Stars on a clear night

15. Fluffy puppies

16. Pizza Express Dough Balls. 

17. BBQs

18. Lazy sundays

19. Popping bubble wrap

20. Fresh bedding

21. A tidy room

22. The smell of grass when it's just been cut

23. That 11th like on Instagram

24. Dancing like no-one is watching

25. Flowers

26. Lush bath bombs

27. Costa Red Berry Coolers

28. Olly Murs

29. The sunset

30. Cuddles

31. Camping

32. Fairy lights

33. Getting a letter in the post

34. Reading a good book

35. Country music

36. The rain at night

37. Long phone calls

38. Falling asleep with Rob

39. Having holidays to look forward to

40. Writing lists (bet you couldn't guess)

17 days to go...

The end is finally getting near, it's like the light at the end of the tunnel metaphor that everyone goes on about. But thank goodness that the wait is decreasing and my exams are nearly over.

When you think about, I've been aiming at getting a good enough education to get me to uni since I was about 4 years old. That is a blooming long time, and it's going to be over in just 2 weeks and 3 days. Let's just hope the last 15 years have pay off and I get the grades that I need. 

Today was a bad day for me though. All the stress of these last couple of weeks and what lies ahead got too much. The pressure is insane for A-Levels, as with all other exams people are taking this time of year. But I started over-thinking and over-worrying more than usual about it all and couldn't really think straight and yep there was a tear or two. It felt pretty good though to just let it all out, let all the stress drain out of my body. And now I am raring to go with the next 17 days, yes I know that they will be hard and there could be more tears further down the line, but I have to keep the end in sight. Knowing that after all this working my socks off I will be free keeps me sane. I will be free from school, teachers, exams and all the worrying and negative emotions that comes with it. I will finally be able to enjoy the next few months and just relax and not have to worry myself sick with dread and fear. 

This summer is going to be best summer of my life and nothing will stop that! Just 17 days to get through first... 

PS. I notice this post was just a bit of rambling, just wanted to write it all down to be honest! 

Guild Wheel Disaster

Rob and I had planned to cycle around the Guild Wheel route yesterday. For those of you who don't live anywhere me, it's basically just a 21 mile route around my town suitable for cyclists, runners and walkers. It's almost all off road and goes past a river and in lots of countryside. However, I think someone was against us as just about everything went wrong...

To start things off, the weather yesterday afternoon and evening was horrendous, it was pouring down with rain although initially it didn't stop us wanting to get out on our bikes and have a go. But then there was a bit of a disaster, my bike had two wheels which were both completely flat. Fortunately, my mum headed out to go and get a new pump to save the day. But it looked like my bike had two punctures as they were not blowing up at all!!! Option B was to take my mum's bike instead and take the pump with us incase anything else happened so that's what we decided to do.

So we chucked the bikes into the back of Rob's van and headed off to get nearer the start of the route. By now, what motivation I had once had for the bike ride, had almost completely gone. The weather was horrible and this meant that I really couldn't be bothered - the weather always massively affects my mood. To make matters even worse, after going about a quarter of a mile, the back tyre of the bike I was on had gone completely flat. Rob tried to save the day with the pump but it snapped half way through! Rob offered to swap bikes but the one he was on had the most uncomfy saddle ever so I was stuck with a flat tyre. (You see what I mean about the whole thing being a disaster?!?!)

I was determined though to at least get somewhere with the bike ride, so we carried on until mile 3 and then turned around and came back. Overall we managed about 7 miles if you included getting to and from the van to the start of the Guild Wheel, so it wasn't a massive disaster but it wasn't what we had set out to achieve either.

We finished things off nicely with a drink at a local pub with one of Rob's friends from uni who we had bumped into when putting our bikes away and then headed off for a Chinese to round the adventure off .

We've decided we will give it another go when the weather is on our side and we've fixed my bike, I'm actually looking forward to it, yesterday didn't put me off to much!!