Our bedroom
A quick post while I have some internet. I am now in the new flat and have spent the day non stop cleaning (which is how I will also spend tomorrow). I feels pretty weird and I’m a little homesick. I don’t know how the internet will be until we get it stabilised in the next week so I’ll try and update you as much as possible!
I’e spent all of today around women and girls, starting with the morning with Mum and Sums and later on to meet the girl in central for drinks and dinner. A few months ago I went on my first girls night out, then girly day and now a girl night in the beautiful capital, probably my favourite place in the world. I’d bought a new dress (which had to be mended just before I left, thanks Mum!, wore heels in the Shard and although I would have been MUCH more comfortable in my jeans I had a lot of fun.
I’m so proud of myself for going, I went on my own and came back on my own without being anxious and I managed to get through the evening with a clear head. It doesn’t sound like much but for me it’s a really huge step because it was pretty out of my comfort zone but now nobody can stop me! The girls are already talking about plans for London on my birthday and another meal (although booking ahead this time!!). The Shard, Leicester Square, Covent Garden, beautiful.
Here are some of the best pictures from tonight, thanks girls I had a blast!
Top of the Shard selfie !
Cocktail in Bella Italia, prices in the Shard were very pricey!
That POUT! Me and the beautiful Dani
Looking like the baby of the group despite being 2nd oldest! L-R Laura, Amy, Dani and me
Some of the beautiful decoration in the bar we sat at
The view from floor 31!
Today my blog hit 100 followers just shy of a year after it started. I could not be more happy! Thank you to all who have read!!!!
Being happy is something incredibly important to me. When you live with any illness ‘good days’ are a blessing, for me ‘normal’ days or weeks are incredible as today has been.
I’m back on track, taking what I need to take and having some kind of routine that I’ve missed out on in the past few months. Now it’s not all just routine and life things happened today that put me in a good mood, but that is not what I’m thankful for. I’m thankful for the fact that I’m slowly getting better, I have a support system around me and even though the last week saw some lows I’m though the other side.
Reading Festival tickets arrived,who wouldn’t smile at that!!
I’m packed and have a few exciting and exhausting weeks ahead. Being happy is great, feeling a bit more normal is even better.
There are people in my life that I’m proud to call my friend, Lex Benjamin is one of them. I’ve known Lex for a good few years now and I’d like to say I’m one of the few people to be truly close to him, I’ve seen him at his best and comforted him when times were tough, he’s done the same for me. Lex is also a great supporter, if we have a gig and he can be there he is swinging his beautiful hair and rocking out, that is what I want to talk about in todays blog.
Lex has the most incredible hair I have ever seen on a human being. Long, blond, fun to plait and it matches his sunny personality. The man that has been called, Thor, Jesus (seriously), giant and many more is cutting off his beautiful hair TOMORROW. Normally I would be sobbing at the thought of his hair being given the chop but he’s doing something truly incredible. All of his hair is being donated to a charity, Little Princess Trust. The charity makes wigs for children with cancer and gives them to them free of charge, I know how lovely. It takes £300 to make a wig and so as well as donating his hair (the project of five years work) Lex is also trying to raise funds for the charity.
Lex’s hair, people usually braid it.
I don’t usually use my blog for things like this but the work this charity does is so important for little boys and girls who have really been through enough already. If you have even a few spare pounds in your bank account and would like to donate here is the link and Lex’s story https://www.justgiving.com/LexsLocks .
Happy 21st Birthday Lex, you are truly one in a million.
Over the weekend and for the past few weeks I’ve been looking at and applying for internships, on the recommendation of a friend I tried a website called gothinkbig.co.uk. The aim is to give people opportunities to go into the fields of work and get them the experience they need. Lucky for me there is a lot of media job on there, perfect.
As a lot of you know I was planning on working at a uni event for most of the summer, when I found out that I hadn’t gotten it a lot of summer internship positions had already closed so I felt a bit stuck (here is where I wish I’d known about Go Think Big earlier this year). So I applied for a few of the placements and skills days, one of which was the Speed Networking with Closer magazine, a women’s weekly.
I know what you’re thinking. Me? Magazines that are aimed at women? This must be a joke. Let me assure you I was so nervous walking into the building (after getting lost quite a few times too may I add), the girls in there waiting were very pretty and stylish and I was…well I was me. I had visions (as we most people do) of being thrown into a Miranda Priestly office and quizzes. Luckily my The Devil Wears Prada nightmares were laughable because the staff at Closer are some of the loveliest people I’ve met.
I was lucky to have not missed the email to say I’d been accepted and it was a rush to get into central London in time. I’m so glad I shook off that nervousness I had felt when I got the email this morning, the worry I’d make a fool of myself.
The experience was something incredibly special, I got to speak 1-1 with loads of staff from the magazine and got a great idea of what it would be like as well as some knowledge of contacts in the industry. I had fun, met some great people and now have a good idea and a buzz to apply for loads of internships and work experience placements, starting with Closer.
This is the great thing about uni, I get to work out what I want to do. Don’t get me wrong I still want to be a musician, I still want to get my masters (although maybe studying part time instead of full time now)but this is something I could do as a job to support me while tackling the other things at the same time!
I’m really grateful for today and I can’t wait to get stuck in and apply for work experience placements which could hopefully lead to an internship when I graduate! Today’s been a really exciting day and just what I needed to get the creativity flowing even more!
While I would have loved to have written you all a lovely long blog post, tonight is not my night. After trying to be adventurous and order fish instead of my normal burger at dinner tonight, I spent the rest of the evening in my bathroom. Lesson learnt body, unless it’s Tuna leave well alone.
You might have noticed from my blog for the past few weeks I’ve been struggling a bit. With everything there is to do moving back home for a month as well as a lack of routine it can be really hard for people to adjust. I don’t like letting my illness define who I am but on days where I have nothing I need to do and no where to go, motivation can stall. It can mean that I’m not the most pleasant person to be around.
I got to sleep at stupid times and get up at stupid times when I’m stuck like this. I don’t have a job to go to so when my mind goes into overdrive at night I don’t have enough reason to kick it into gear. I want that to change though and as July slips into August I’m hoping to get a routine back, planning a lot of friends for the next few months.
I felt really grotty when I woke up this morning and had a tough day but it means that spending the evening being ok made it even more of a motivation. I want to do things in the day, I want to get up and have days where I’m busy and days to relax. The 4/5 months off have really been too much.
So I sit down and try and write, plan and it’s something I’ve been missing, something I need. I’m really hoping this will carry on.
I should start this post by saying that actually I owe J K Rowling one, as without her Harry would not exist. Like many of my generation I am a Harry Potter fan, although my dedication may be slightly bordering on obsessive. It’s funny because when I was 7 I wasn’t bothered by it, I didn’t understand the hype of all the movies. I think that changed when I picked up one of the books at some point. I fell in love with it, I read them all again and again and then I became obsessed. I have literally boxes and boxes of the Harry Potter stuff I’ve collected over the years.
I don’t know what it is about those books that made me sit every summer and read each and every one cover to cover. I don’t know how J K Rowling managed to capture not only a few kids but the entire world with a slightly dorky hero, his lanky best friend and a know it all with a big heart. Actually no, as I write that I do know it’s because we could relate to them and growing up as much as I wanted to be a Ginny, I’ve always been and accepted that I am a Hermione and that’s okay. These books shaped me without me even realising and I love them so much they do not move from my parents house (I don’t even take them to uni in case they get damaged) and that feels odd. I was that geeky kid with her nose stuck in a book with a play want at her side trying to make her socks levitate (true story). I would pour over anything Harry Potter I could, went mad at Harry Potter Land USA then almost burst with pride at the Studio Tour.
I could write about Harry Potter and the world Jo created for pages and pages but I won’t.So to Harry and Jo, Happy Birthday and thank you so, so much.
In my first year of uni I saw a lot of love and not just the kind that only happens in a one night stand. Of course those happen, it wouldn’t be uni without the various hook ups when people roll out of Pryzm or at 2am. I want to use this post to just show people how diverse uni is when it comes to love.
The Fresher’s hook up
I’ve seen this one so many times! People go a bit crazy during freshers, get a bit flirty and anything from a kiss to well… So they hook up and then awkwardly avoid each other for the rest of the year praying they won’t have to start a conversation.
The Flat Mate Romance
This one explains itself. Sounds like a bad idea. Probably is a bad idea. Wanna go for it? I’d leave it until the last month if I were you just so you have an escape route should you need one!
The Long Distance Couple
I love these couples! I have a lot of friends in LD relationships. Don’t get me wrong it’s a hard time to deal with a LD relationship we’re all young, new people, new places etc but you CAN get through it, so many people do. Sometimes you sacrifice a night out or two to see them but it’s all worth it if you really love them.
Coming out
So many people come out at uni. Like I said you find out who you are, what you like and can really be whoever you want to be. Uni also has societies for LGBT people making it easier to have someone to talk to.
The casual hook up (that lasts a year)
The are they? aren’t they? sort of couple. They’ll never admit how much they like each other but they’ve been having casual hooks ups all year and don’t seem to go for anyone else…
The couple that came to uni together
This is me! My boyfriend and I decided when applying to go to uni’s close to each other or the same. Kingston was perfect because we had our own space, made our own friends and now we’re moving in together 😀 A lot of couples do this, maybe not at the same uni but in the same area.
The mistake…
Most people will have a relationship that was a mistake for so many reasons! It’s normal and human! Don’t beat yourself up when he/she doesn’t turn out to be ‘the one’ as much as they are the one you want to hit with a bus.
Looking for love
A lot of people come to uni looking for love…keep going there will be someone!
The LOUD ones
You know what I mean. They *cough* like they’ll die tomorrow and make sure everyone knows…
The ones who find their soul mate
Something like 25% of people find the person they go on to marry at uni, that could be you!
Chloe Metzger 