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My Gramps

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Today is my Gramp’s birthday. I could write pages about it him because he is one of my favourite people in the entire world and he has been since I was a tiny baby. I would stand in my cot and wait for him to get me up, I wouldn’t go to sleep until he’d come home (much to my Mum’s annoyance, especially when she had things to do) and he’s one of the few people in my life to sit and talk about history, religion, politics. 

In light of his birthday I wanted to share one of my favourite memories. I’d been taken into hospital for stomach problems. My Mum had to go and get my overnight bag and my Dad was at home looking after my sister. So I didn’t have to wait on my own Gramps came up to sit with me, because we’re a normal set of people we decided to discuss religion and family history. These are the kind of things we do and as I’ve gotten older they haven’t changed. After he retired we’d sit on Sundays and have these kinds of talks, mostly history. 

So happy birthday to one of the most wonderful men in the world! 

Happy 4th of July!

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I wanted to wish you all a Happy 4th July! It’s only a quick post as I’ve just got back from a luxury BBQ after Ali and Rhys cooked American style! I’m sad to say I can’t currently smell or taste anything because I’m coming down with something! We had a BBQ in the rain and Rhys seemed to enjoy himself! 🙂 

 

 

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Ah Work!

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Working the stall

Although it seems weird to some, I couldn’t wait to get back to work today. Up early and on the train before 8am and I was exhausted but I absolutely love my job and couldn’t wait to get back into it, it may be the last job I do for a while because of the summer holidays. 

Although it took a while for me to make sure I was at the right place I settled in and waited for the others, all was running smoothly. That was until I got a call to say they were stuck in traffic and could I handle the first part of the presentation on my own… Something happened at this point that made me very proud of myself, I said sure and threw myself into it. I stood up in front of a group of 17 year olds and started and I was okay! No panic attack, no negative thoughts just positivity. This means a lot to me because as you all know that’s not always my go to response. 

It wasn’t for long we finished the presentation and headed into the main hall for the stall in the heat. I wont carry on with every exchange and all that but it was so fun! I was paired with a great girl called Symone and between students we got to chat and get to know with each other, Student Ambassadors LOVE to chat.

All in all a fantastic day at work, I still can’t believe I’m paid to talk about something I’m so passionate about. I’ll miss the job over the summer as I didn’t get on the summer programmes unfortunately. Oh well onwards and upwards! Meanwhile I’m off to bed, I’m exhausted.  

Lexi Lou

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Not everyone is as lucky as I am in the fact that I have a stunning Goddaughter. I post about Lexi and Lucy every time I see them and today is no different! I’ve got to watch a tiny baby grow into a cheeky toddler and I can’t wait to carry on watching her. Despite initially terrifying her by accident the afternoon was fab! We took lots of pictures today playing at the park and little pool in town centre before someone got too tired and had to go home! I headed out for a Nandos with Ali and Rhys after so all in all a fab day with some of the people I love most! 

 

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Marilyn Monroe eat your heart out!  

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Me and Lucy

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Lexi’s new kitty shoes 

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Auntie Chloe wears the kitty hat!

Things aren’t always as easy as they should be

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Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much you have to look forward to, how much you love and care for the people around you, sometimes that’s not enough. I hate anxiety attacks, I hate the fact I can be terrified about just meeting my friend in town and feel like there is nothing to make me come up. Right now I should be happy, excited and loving life but this illness doesn’t work like that unfortunately. I’m only writing a little tonight because despite this afternoon picking up I’m very tired from the low. Hopefully things will get better…

Why I LOVE Kingston

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It’s no surprise to any of you who read this blog regularly that I am absolutely in love with my university. I study there, I live there, I have friends there, I met my band there and I want to stay there. Without sounding cocky after my results came out I could have applied to other places I recieved A*, Distinction *, Distinction *, Distinction and B overall and had a stack of UCAS points I didn’t expect. I worked bloody hard and threw up in my exam, so yes I was proud of myself. This actually let of a fair bit of snobbery, people would ask why I was applying to Kingston with my grades and I’m writing this to explain why I chose Kingston and why I want to choose them again.

Kingston was one of the first places that I felt like I could fit, I was excited as well as terrified but that didn’t stop me. Since I got here it’s been amazing, the support I get, my incredible tutor and lecturers, my mental health team, the student life team, working with the students union, awards and endless opportunities. It is because of all of this I get incredibly angry when we are seen as a number on a league table, spend a year like I have and you’ll realise life is abut more than tables. I didn’t even look at them when I applied! I just wanted to be happy.

Now my first year is over I can say that despite some challenges and my decision to become a full field literature student, I’m happy. I’m so, so happy. I still find people giving me a look when I say where I study because they study somewhere more prestigious, blah, blah, blah. Oxford, Cambridge, UCL I know for a fact none of these places would have been right for me as a person. I’m more than just a brain in a tank. I love that my lecturers treat me as a person and arn’t too busy to have a chat when they have office hours. I love the fact that my tutor hasn’t given up on me despite some really bad anxiety this year.

Most of all I love the fact that I’ve been given a chance and a boost of ambition. I’ll finish my degree in 2 years and start my masters, which will hopefully be at Kingston. This is a post about uni pride because that’s what I feel so strongly. I’m not trying to recruit people (I’ve already done that at Open Day), this is just how proud I am of my uni. I honestly think Kingston has helped me so much in fighting my illness and boosting my confidence so far, for that I’ll always be grateful.

Sometimes the days can slip away

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I’ve cleaned, read, picked up my guitar, I’m writing at the moment, I’ve organised, gone to town, organised my phone, seen the boys, been out in the car and that’s just this weekend. I’ve realised that after 2 months of summer already I need something to do. I’ve read 14 books so far this summer and I’m starting number 15 tonight, although this one might take a while. 

The summer is long and it makes me feel like I’m not doing anything because it’s so stretched out, I started my book list on the 1st May and don’t go back to uni until the 29th of September with the exception of some work (hopefully). I love being at home but miss Kingston and band practice. Without being a total geek I miss my lectures, I haven’t been in a lecture since March so by the time I go back I will have been off uni for 6 months, which really is too long in my opinion. I get frustrated about paying £9000 a year but only spending half the year in classes, but that’s just me. 

So today has been spent reading with a quick trip to town…hopefully the rest of the week will be a little more eventful.

My bands teaser!!!!!!!

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I’ve been bouncing around about everything we’ve been doing in the studio for a while now. Here is our first teaser for the next single which is out VERY soon!!!!! Follow us on twitter @nopeopleclub and we’re on Facebook! I’m so excited to share this with you. Enjoy!

Night out with Sammi

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Just a quick note for you all before I head on out for a night of cocktails and chatter with a friend that I used to go to college with. She’s currently studying History at Southampton Uni and I’m looking forward to seeing what she’s been up to this year. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I saw her last and we’ve ended up in the same line of work too. I’m feeling a little bit nervous about going out in Basingstoke but I’m sure it’ll be fine!