Nothing has gone wrong, and it’s all been lovely. It’s nice to spend time with family, even if they are taking the mick out of me most of the time. Suppose a lot of people do that to me though- I’m used to it.

I do have a massive grin on my face. And I just wish you could save messages on iPhones. I haven’t felt like this before. And that message made my day. Possibly my year. I’ve gone from being a bit of a mess to being the happiest I’ve been in years (and that’s not an understatement). I don’t want this feeling to end!

I am hoping next year will be even better- fingers crossed. Here’s to the New Year! X

Where to start… The last couple of months have been rather weird. In the sense that things are kind of going to plan, but not as I expected.

In sept I was getting fed up. My summer hadn’t gone to plan for many reasons, and the prospect of another year at Uni to be honest scared me. My closest friend at Uni had gone to aus, and after failing some exams at the end of the year, I was thinking pessimistically about things. Then with my head being a mess over various people I just didn’t know what to do.

But looking back, I need not have worried.

Yeh I miss my friend in aus, but life still goes on. I talk to her lots about various things (it’s as if she never left), and miss her crazily stupid amounts, but I have gotten close to other people. I have some amazing friends in Sheffield, and I love them to pieces. I’m closer to them now than I’ve ever been, and I want to thank them for being there for me when I’ve needed a rant/ hug/ chat etc. (not forgetting my stoke friends too! I have amazing friends in stoke too!)

Next thing. My friends have said to me

good things come to those who wait

or

good things come when you least expect them

and I never really understood what they meant, until recently. At the end of oct, 4 of us decided to go speed dating. We were all single (as you’d expect) and to be honest was not expecting anyone special. I just like chatting to people really. Well, we got there a wee bit early, and they asked us to take our seats. There was a lad already at my table. Went over and got chatting. This was before we had even started the 3 mins. We really gelled and got on well. Then the speed dating started. And nobody was like the first guy. Handed in my card, with my selections on, and kept eagerly waiting for the results. In the mean time I’d seen the first guy around the union and acknowledged him. Slightly awkward as I didn’t know if he’d said yes to me too. The results came into my inbox and now we played the waiting game. My friends told me I wasn’t allowed to reply to the men- they had to get me. Within a day, 2 lads had emailed me. One of them was him. Went out with the other lad first. He was lovely but I could only see him as a friend. It was the date with the lad i spoke to first that I was most looking forward to/ most nervous about. I had nothing to worry about. We went to bungalows and bears, and completely lost track of time. I remember coming back home and my housemates had never seen me like it! Second date- nice meal, disappointing middle (through no fault of our own) but lovely end. Then the cinema (very thoughtful lad- he took me to one in a cute Yorkshire town) and to his for Chinese. Then he asked me out to Lincoln market. At this point I realised I really like this guy, and didn’t want to go 2 weeks without seeing him. So invited him over for a film. And it was just lovely! Lincoln was lovely too. And then I’ve just been to see him sing with singsoc and I was ever so proud. I really really like him. And I didn’t expect anything from speed dating before I went. Now I can see what my friends meant. If we didn’t have those few extra minutes, who knows whether it would have panned out the same. I’m incredibly happy I’ve found someone! fingers crossed!

Uni is going alright at the moment. Stressed due to cswk hand ins, but that’s to be expected I suppose. Oh well

Life is great at the moment! And I bluming well cannot wait til Christmas/ new year/ my birthday/ end of exams for many reasons!

I should be getting to bed now. Night x

If I could tell you what has gotten into me recently, I would do. But I have no idea. Maybe it’s stress? Maybe I’m getting old? Who knows. But I want the old me back

someone please design me some lovely topshop like clothes. there is a huge niché in the market!

Don’t you just hate it when you say something, and it makes sense to you, but no one else? Hmmm.

I really need to do some work tomorrow :/

While revising, I got bored and distracted by a bird. Then I thought about the bird and birds in general and came up with this question- how do birds know where the worms are in the ground? This little bird was pecking at the grass, sadly to no avail. But other birds manage to get worms. Is it pot luck? One of my many mysteries in life.

Back to work tomorrow. Hope all goes well!

“Please pick it up again, I’ve sat and read through your blog this last hour and I love the way you write and the stories you tell. It’s great! I am now convinced that you really should write a book on your outlook on life. You think I joke when I say it’d be one of the best reads, but I’m really not! You’d be like a female book writing Edward Monkton!”  Alice Payne, Saturday 9th April 2011

I kind of feel obliged to start writing this again now. I wont be writing a book anytime soon (really can’t write for toffee- my vocabulary is apauling considering I got an A* in English Language… and I haven’t read a proper book in over a year!). Maybe it might brighten up some peoples days, or just make people think I’m barmy. So here goes. Again… Blame Alice.