What a year it’s been.

2012-2013

• Stayed single almost the whole year? I haven’t been single at all in 2012.
• Were involved in something you’ll never forget? Absolutely. The Great Birmingham Run was just a phenomenal experience.
• Tripped over a coffee table? No but I have fallen over a couple of sofas.
• Came close to losing your life? Nearly got hit by a bus, if that counts!
• Saw one of your favorite bands/artists live? I saw Idina Menzel live. Amazing moment!
• Did something you regret? I don’t think so. I’ve been trying to live without regrets and so far I think I’m doing pretty well.

2012: Friends and Enemies

• Did you meet any new friends this year? Yes! Going to uni has just been the most amazing experience because of all the people I’ve met here!
• Did you hate anyone? Nope, I’ve realized hate is just pointless. Kill ’em with kindness.
• Did you lose any friends? Again, I think this is the first year where I don’t think I’ve lost any friends, which is awesome!

2012: Your BIRTHDAY!

• Did you have a cake? Yes I did 🙂
• Did you get any presents? I did indeed.
• Did you get what you wished for last year? I don’t think I made a wish last year, but something amazing happened that day 🙂

2012: All about YOU

• Did you change at all this year? Quite a lot. I’ve become more comfortable with being myself, not putting up a front, and I’m quite proud to say that since I started uni, I’ve been very much “what you see is what you get”, and if people don’t like that, it’s not my problem. My confidence has also grown.
• Did you change your style? I wasn’t aware of ever really having a style, let alone changing it. I think this one goes hand in hand with the self-confidence thing in that I now actually own three dresses, something I didn’t own last year – and I’ve worn all three of them!
• Were you in school? Finished college and started university.
• Did you get good grades? I got an A and two Bs, I was pretty damn ecstatic!
• Did you drive? Once or twice 😛
• Did you own a car? Nope.
• Did anyone close to you give birth? Don’t think so.
• Did you go on any vacations? I went to Trecco Bay in Porthcawl and it was great 🙂
• Would you change anything about yourself now? Nope. I’m happy.
• Did you dye your hair? A fair few times, I think I’m closer to my natural colour now than I have been for a while, although it is a bit pink/purple at the moment.

2012: Wrap UP:

• Was 2012 a good year? It had it’s ups and downs, really.
• Do you think 2013 will top 2012? I think it will 🙂
• Best thing that happened in 2012? I have three top moments, and I can’t even arrange these three into an order of first, second and third. That feeling of success after getting into university, the complete overwhelming emotion I felt after crossing the finish line at the Great Birmingham Run, and getting engaged – all three were just perfect moments in 2012.

IN THE YEAR 2012 I CONFESS THAT I….

• Kissed in the snow? Don’t think so. .
• in the parking lot? at the beach ? in secret ? Yes to the car park, yes to the beach but I don’t think in secret 😛
• Had your heart broken? Nope.
• Painted a picture? No.
• Wrote a poem? Can’t remember if I’ve written any poetry this year.
• Ran a mile? I did a half marathon actually 😉
• Visited a foreign country? Not this year.
• Cut in a line of waiting people? Ooh no, I hate people who do that!
• Told someone you were busy when you weren’t? Probably at some point.
• Cooked a disastrous meal? Don’t think so! Survived three months at uni without burning the place down!
• Lied about how old you were? Maybe once or twice!
• Cried yourself to sleep? Nope.

IN 2012 I….

• Broke a promise? No.
• Lied? No major lies I don’t think. Little white ones don’t count.
• Disappointed someone close? Probably! I have a habit of doing that…
• Hid a secret? Don’t think so.
• Pretended to be happy? Doesn’t everyone occasionally?
• Slept under the stars? No! I really want to!
• Met someone who changed your life? I’ve met a lot of awesome people this year, whether they’ll change my life remains to be seen 😉
• Changed your outlook on life? I’ve met some people who make you realize that there are truly good people in the world, and that crap happens to good people. I’ve met others who make me loathe humanity and fear for the future.
• Sat home all day doing nothing? Spent a few months stuck at home doing nothing with a kidney infection. It was horrible.
• Lost something expensive? Nope!
• Learned something new about yourself? I learned that I may not be fast, or a particularly good runner, but by god it doesn’t matter if my feet are about to fall off and I have tendonitis, I will keep walking if it’s for a good cause!
• Tried something you normally wouldn’t try and liked it? Jaegerbombs 😉 hah I’m kidding, I’m not a huge fan of them. Drunk karaoke.
• Made a change in your life? I’m bettering myself by going to uni 🙂
• Found out who your true friends were? Haven’t had one of those moments this year I don’t think.
• Met great people? YES!!!
• Stayed up til sunrise? Are you kidding? I love sleep too much!
• Cried over the silliest thing? The Snowman and the Snowdog the other night. Oh the feels 😥
• Had friends who were drifting away from you? Don’t think so.
• Spent most of your money on food? Nope, majority goes on accommodation.
• Gotten sick? Oh yes 😦
• Liked more than 5 people at the same time? No, because I’m not a whoo-er.
• Became closer with a lot of people? Yes 🙂

 

I love sunny days!

It’s a beautifully bright, sunny day today, which is a good thing – I think it cheered me up somewhat during that uncomfortable ride to the hospital. I would gladly have a thousand blood tests at once rather than have another one of those because it is so painful, especially when your kidneys aren’t exactly perfect – mine protested quite a lot because I drank… well, I don’t know how much, but it was TOO MUCH – squash and it was so uncomfortable, especially seeing as the appointment was delayed slightly.

So, I’m at home again, trying to summon up the motivation to change into more comfortable and summery clothes (I’m thinking pyjama bottoms are the only option here), whilst slowly comfort eating every sweet item we have in the house because it hurts a lot. On the bright side I’ve made some progress in other areas – I feel quite motivated to write today, and I’ve sorted out a provisional playlist for a singing booking I’m doing next month. It’s also two weeks until I go on holiday and 18 days until I turn 18, which is all very exciting stuff. So, all in all, not an awful day – not the best, but the scan didn’t show up anything untoward which takes us one step closer to finding out what’s wrong with me, which is always good – and the sun is shining, so I think it’s time to sort out this chocolate face mask and relax.

Revision Day (warning, may contain sweary gifs)

Today is going to be a revision day for me. Revision days are always a funny kind of day, because you start off really motivated like –

And then your revision comes at you and you’re like, “I’ll start in a bit” –

You drag yourself to your bag to get your revision notes for a different subject.

Then you look in your bag and realize just how much revision you have to do.

So, you start writing. You manage two minutes, three at the most, and feel like you’ve just climbed Everest, cured world hunger, brought about eternal peace and written a 10,000 word dissertation on the preservation of cute widdle hedgehogs in the Forest of Dean.

… then you realize how much more work you’ve got to do, and just how soon your exams are.

 

This cycle repeats itself throughout the day, and this will form my day in a nutshell. It will end like this.

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!

For those of you not versed in the Welsh language, that means “Happy Saint David’s Day” – yes, today is the day of St David, the Welsh patron saint, and, fittingly, one of the top trends on Twitter today was #WelshFilmClub, which was a feed full of people posting the Welsh versions of famous films. Some of them were a bit hit and miss (the ones with phrases like “where to” and stuff kinda went over my head, we have a more sophisticated Welsh up here in the north and don’t use such phrases), but a lot were hilarious. Here is a selection of my favourites 🙂

• Who Killed Roger Rarebit?
• The Lamb Shank Redemption
• Dai Hard
• Live and Let Dai
• Star Wars: Attack of the Jones
• Get Him To The Leek
• Gwladiator
• Rhyl Bill
• Dude, Where’s My Cardiff?
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bangor
• A Fish Named Rhondda
• BreCon Air
• Caerphillydelphia
• Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwyllsantysiliogogogone With The Wind
• Dial M for Merthyr
• Black Swansea
• Farmergeddon
• P.S. I Love Ewe
• The Wizard of Oswestry
• Treforest Gump

 

And, one of my personal favourites, “Cwtch Me If You Can” 😀 so, wear your leek and your daffodil with pride and belt out “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau” (that’s the Welsh national anthem), and have a happy St. David’s Day!

A “Favourite” Kind Of Day….

Today is a favourite kind of day. More specifically, it’s MY favourite kind of day. The sun is shining brightly, and I don’t care how cold it may be outside (although, to be honest, I’m hoping it’ll be fairly warm – I think we deserve it after the almost constant cold snap we’ve suffered since December!). It’s a lazy kind of morning, the one where you don’t have to wake up at any particular time – you can get up as early as you want and watch the day begin, or sleep in and enjoy the last day of free slumber until the week begins again (but lets not think about the dreaded Monday just yet, eh? There’s a whole day of Sunday to appreciate first!). 

It’s the sort of Sunday where you sit, idly blogging away with a cup of tea, wondering what you’re going to do today. For me, the day will consist of a little more lazing around, a walk on the beach and then I’m going to see where the day takes me. That’s why I love today – you don’t need to make plans. Just go with the flow and do what you want to. 

I’ve got a cup of tea, the man I love beside me and the sun is shining down on the sea and the sand-dunes, which I can see perfectly from my bedroom window. It’s going to be a lovely day. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk

Happy Pancake Day!

Yes, happy pancake day/Shrove Tuesday/Tuesday 21st February/whatever else you’d like to call it. For some it is the day before Lent, when they have to give up something for 40 days (I gave up both Lent and religion many years ago, because I could never stick to not eating chocolate, and I never agreed with any religions). For me, it’s diwrnod crempog (Welsh for pancake day!)

What do you have on your pancakes? We usually have lemon and sugar, traditionally, but sometimes we’ve had chocolate sauce. This year, however, after discovering maple syrup on waffles, and then having maple syrup (and bacon) on pancakes at Frankie and Benny’s not long ago, I shall be having maple syrup on my pancakes (as long as we have some in the cupboard, that is).

Hope you all have a happy (and tasty!) pancake day – and if your loved one gets you a Kindle as a pancake day present (it could happen!… I think), be sure to get this book! – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dragon-Flight-Renegade-Tales-ebook/dp/B007B3CZF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329815947&sr=8-1 !

All you need is love…

So, today is Valentine’s day. A day of love and romance for many, but of loneliness for others. However, today I want you to spare a thought for a group of people, for whom this Valentine’s Day could very well be their last. 1000 people will die each year waiting for an organ transplant. Nearly everyone would take an organ if they needed one – but only 29% of people are on the organ donor register.

It’s a really quick, easy process – I joined when I was fourteen and found it easy, for goodness’ sake! – and you could do something really amazing and save a life when you’ve died. Since April 2011, 937 people have donated organs, which have been received by 2,497 people – but there are 7,626 people still waiting for a transplant, people of all ages, races, both male and female.

You don’t have to be dead to be a donor – you can be a living kidney donor – but you can choose exactly what they can take from you when you die. You’ll be dead – you won’t feel anything! So what’s stopping you from signing up to do something amazing when you die, and save lives?

Give the most amazing Valentine’s gift and sign up today – http://www.organdonation.nhs.uk