reflections//

wow i am blogging for the first time since i have started uni - ironically my journalism degree. funny how something so relevant has left my blog absolutely bereft since september!
i have now come home from uni for christmas, and i'll be here for the next three and a half weeks. i'm definitely aiming to start posting more regularly over the next few weeks an hopefully carry on when i'm back at uni.
i was reading over my old blog earlier (whilst cringing at how shit my writing/my fashion/myself in general was) and found a post summing up 2013, month by month. this year has been pretty fabulou$ so i thought i'd do another for 2014 - cliche but i can't believe how quickly it's gone.


JANUARY// my 18th birthday - the day i'd been waiting for since i was about 15 (maybe earlier). i went to brighton for my birthday and the only parts i really remember were shouting at the bouncer for not id'ing me (with legit id for the first time) and throwing up in the morning. definitely a sign of a good night. also in january i saw andy c for the first time live and he was (as predicted) amazing. good month in general.

FEBRUARY// most of february seems to have been spent on nights out, judging by my facebook uploads. this is true both financially and physically; i don't think i've ever been so well acquainted with cookies and yates in a month. i'm pretty sure i was one vodka shot away from the bouncers knowing my name and dob off by heart.

MARCH// i think i'd have to sum this up by calling it an experimental month. i stopped eating carbs to see if it would help me sleep and it benefitted me so much. my skin became brighter, i slept so much better, i had more energy.. and then the chocolate cravings kicked in. i've done it twice now, both for about a month at a time but it's difficult and expensive. finding carb free (and sugar free) foods is a lot harder than you'd assume! i think i might try and go back to it in the new year so i might do some individual posts on it.

APRIL// this was band month. i got to see my fav band don broco and that's all the matters really. i also used to be a huge you me at six fan and they were the main act of that night, and were amazing. i'd genuinely forgotten how much i loved their music and seeing them live brought it all back. i stand by the fact that their old stuff is a lot stronger but even their new songs have so much atmosphere live.

MAY// the best thing about may was probably seeing b traits at ttp. considering i'm from the edge of the middle of nowhere there's actually a lot of decent music going on here. may was also the start of my a2 exams (aka the most stressful time of my life to date). i've been reading through my twitter feed from may and it's basically me complaining about psychology revision, which i think is a pretty accurate portrayal of the month.

JUNE// i don't have a single post or tagged photo of life during june - if i didn't know better i would assume i'd been in a coma if it hadn't been for angry exam based tweets. a good thing in june? i applied for the lloyds' scholarship programme at uni (primarily on the basis that i wanted to see what their maths test entailed..oops) and got called through for a telephone interview. said interview was most definitely the worst interview i have ever done in my whole life but somehow i got through to the next stage - maybe there is a god after all.

JULY// this was holiday month. a week in fuerteventura where i burnt horrifically and then tanned over it, and then a week in tunisia which was absolutely fabulous. i had approximately 20 hours between the holidays including a 2 hour transfer each way from stansted airport which was a laugh (about as hilarious as pulling my teeth out individually). it was a pretty stressful month - i'd finished my a2 exams but spent most days near enough pulling my teeth out over potential results.

AUGUST// fabulous. there is no other way to sum up august. it absolutely flew by too. primarily because i got a*ab on my results and got into my top uni choice, but the month in general was really good. i got a call by the editor of the tab asking me to write an article for them that i'd pitched, i went to an assessment centre for lloyds' scholars and found out i got onto their programme, and on top of that i went to sundown festival and saw andy c, wilkinson, loadstar, and (my absolute favourites) chase and status. need i say more?

SEPTEMBER// i have no idea why september went so quickly because i didn't really do anything major until the 20th, when i moved to sheffield. i had a catch up with all my old friends which was great, and then moved to shef and had freshers week. i literally can't put freshers into words - i went out every night for ten days straight and was very ill after but it was all worth it. i made loads of friends who have now become my best mates at uni - freshers was amazing.

OCTOBER// settling into uni life. starting uni at 8am everyday made me one alarm ring off of suicidal at some points but i can now write shorthand at about 70/80wpm - it's not quite 100 but we're getting there! my writing also improved loads thanks to our workshops. i got a high 2:1 on my first presentation which made me even happier. i got picked to go to channel 4 and the guardian's journalism trainee days in london which were really interesting, and went out for halloween on the same night. managing to get ridiculously drunk in the space of about half an hour was mutually hilarious and concerning, depending on which way you look at it.

NOVEMBER// this was off to a fab start right away by seeing andy c on the first night. it was quite possibly the best night out i've had in sheffield up to this point and was absolutely amazing. we also saw patrick topping at my favourite club (fez) in sheffield, and have been there so many times since. i'm fairly sure the only other thing i've done as frequently as this was eat pizza, thanks to my mate's obsession with it (her ears practically prick up if you mention pepperoni).

DECEMBER// and here we are now! we are yet to have new year's eve which is scheduled to also be an amazing night seeing hannah wants in birmingham. it's now the 20th and i still have barely started my christmas shopping. just this week alone i've had three amazing nights out including seeing chase and status, i've swapped secret santa presents, eaten three christmas dinners with different people and now i'm finally home for a few weeks. this year has been incredible, and in particular university. is it too early to get excited for next year?