So I’m not quite sure where to start with this, it’s been about a month since I last posted a Sunday Thoughts, which was at the beginning of October and now it’s November, I haven’t been as active with my blog as I’ve had course work to do and I’ve been really tired and just full on busy, i’ve had a week off from college and for the majority of it I’ve been doing my English Literature and English Language course work, which is now out of the way and done thank god. And the other part of my week I’ve been watching Netflix. 

I started watching American Horror Story and can I just say it is amazing! I’ve never seen another show like It it’s so weird and quite creepy and just plain old odd, but I still love it, I’m currently on season 2. Also about TV programs I’ve been watching The Vampire diaries and after the last season with all the doppelganger stuff I started to go right off vampire diaries but this new season is so much better than the last and I hope it continues going the way it is.

Also it was Halloween on Friday and even though I didn’t do anything part from watch tv I did get into the Halloween spirit through the day by watching supernatural and American Horror story, wasn’t as much horror but defiantly death and gore was involved of course with the side of supernatural beings it felt right to watch them.

Also on Friday my parents brought home some sparklers and my dad and I messed around with the camera and the sparklers and here are a few of the best photos that we took. It was really fun and quite weird but it was definitely worth it we also had some Halloween sparklers, which were basically sparklers shaped like Halloween related things, there was a pumpkin, ghost and a witches hat.

College has been good apart from the obvious coursework and work levels being raised along with having little time to relax, I met some new people again which was cool and we hung out outside the college one day and it turns out as I was getting the metro into town one of the boys I had met earlier the day he was getting on the same metro with some of his friends and we talked and had a laugh, was kind of weird, I’m not used to people talking to me as much especially since they were my friends friends. 

I’m not really sure what else to talk about but I will say I can’t believe it’s November it’s almost Christmas and I’m dreading getting the metro when it gets really close to Christmas it’s going to be so packed, but I can’t wait for it to get to Christmas I’m kind of excited for the Christmas vibe to hit where everyone puts their decorations up and the Christmas films come on tv.

So that’s what’s been going on at the moment and I go back to college on Tuesday so once again I’ll try to post on a Saturday but of course there could be exceptions for if I get too busy.

Emma   

Sunday Thoughts #6

So I didn’t post last weekend and after telling myself I would at least write a post just like this one now I never did, I was busy doing homework/ I started to get ill last Saturday so I sat back got my homework over with and relaxed by watching Supernatural and before I knew it I found myself getting things ready for college the next day and found myself in bed watching TV and sitting on the internet.

I don’t even know where time has gone every day seems to be going so fast and right now it’s the 5^th of October, October! Can you believe it? I can’t. The days keep getting faster and before we know it, it will be Christmas. The other day on Tuesday I went into Eldon Square for this Student discount night. If you don’t know what it is it’s where shopping centre’s around the UK maybe other places, I’m not sure but I do know they do this in various shopping centres around the Uk. Anyway the shopping centres have savings in various shops and you can save over 50% off. They also have other deals and you can get freebies and win different prizes such as concert tickets.

I was shocked when I went to this event I wasn’t expecting it to be as busy as it was. My advice if you go to one of these, pre register so you get your wristband (All you have to do when you get there is show them the email and your student ID and they’ll hand you a wristband it’s so quick.) I also recommend going before it starts and get the band and head to the shop you want I mean you could have a look around the shop, try stuff on if needed and wait until it starts and then use the discount. I mean when I went I went passed Newlook and as much as I wanted to go I couldn’t bring myself too as the queue to pay for things was almost out the door. I’m not even going to mention how bad one of the shoe shops were (lets just say they had a security guard outside and there was a massive queue to get in, a friend of mine waited in this queue and she waited for 45 minutes just to get in.

Overall I was quite disappointed about how little shopping I got done, but i did pick up a couple of things such as a few things from Lush and a new notebook from Paperchase, but I was more than happy to spend time with my friends from High school which I haven’t seen since back in August on results day. And may I add I tried pizza express for the first time and it was amazing! Plus the waitress was so nice to my friends and I and she even talked to me after she spotted my iPhone on the table (I have the iPhone 6 and she was talking to me about it.)

Also this week I got my English test back and well I did terrible I got a U borderline E I did so terrible on it, but hey there’s still time to improve and hopefully it’ll become easier, I defiantly did underestimate how hard and how much effort Sixth form would be and how time consuming it is. But I’m debating if after finishing AS (year 12) if I get my GCSE grade in Maths I’ll drop out, I don’t really know I’m debating it because I feel like I don’t need my A Levels? I’m questioning it so much. I love the social side of it and how much confidence it’s giving me but I don’t like the work side, I don’t enjoy my chosen subjects I feel so far behind whilst everyone else is understanding it and writing loads for things and I’m sitting there still not understanding a word. I’m hoping it’ll get easier but I don’t know I have no idea what to do, but it’s just a thought at the moment.

Anyway I got a new phone last week after I had such problems with my old iPhone after the newest update and the battery wasn’t lasting long it was dying by lunch time which was 12pm, I had a portable charger too and I was charging it back up and it would be on 1% by 5pm. Did anyone else have these problems with the iPhone 4S or was it just me? And after deciding I went for the iPhone 6 even after hearing the bad things and i’ve had no problems with it, it hasn’t bent or any of the other problems. I honestly love it and I know there are possible problems but so far there’s nothing bad about it.

Anyway I’m going to leave it here and this was a bit of an update/ my thoughts of the week and I will hopefully try to upload next week and if not I will the week after.

Emma

Sunday Thoughts #5

So I thought today I’d do a chatty post as a lot of things have changed over the last two weeks and I thought I’d explain a bit on why I haven’t been posting as frequently.

So to start with I started college last week on the 2^nd and compared to my usual school routine it’s changed quite drastically. When I was in high school I used to have about half an hour free before I had to leave the house, which gave me time to do anything, needed or start blog posts. It also takes me an hour to travel there. I have to get a lift to the metro station and then get the metro then walk for 10 minutes to get to the college.

Also I now finish at different days each day like Mondays and Fridays I finish at 2:35pm but on Tuesdays and Thursdays I finish at 4:40pm and then Wednesdays 3pm so it’s quite mixed and either way I don’t get home until around 6ish but by the time I do basic things such as removing makeup, showering, eating it’s about 7-8pmish and it’s tiring.

So it’s harder for me to take photos needed for a blog post and find time to actually post because when I get home I’m ready for bed I’m so tired. I know there are weekends to do stuff for my blogs but sometimes I have to do homework. (Right now I’m meant to be doing English lit homework and catch up on the work I missed on Thursday and I’m meant to be doing some presentation for media, which I still haven’t even started.)

But even though my frequent posts have sort of stopped I am still going to try and post when I can which will most likely be a Saturday and I’ll probably be able to keep these Sunday thoughts up and maybe Monday posts too it just depends if I can find time to do it.

Anyway so apart from the time management problem I’m having at the moment college is actually great, I love the building and I love the fact there is a costa inside the building which most of my money has been spent on (oops) but yeah I’ve met some amazing people being here and I feel like I’ve opened up more and have became much more confident than I used to be. I mean I’m still quite hesitant about talking out in front of an entire class or a large group of people, but I’m fine talking to individuals or two or three people. All the teachers are very friendly and so are the students.

I often have regrets going to the college because of how much it’s costing for travel and food, but I kind of don’t regret it because compared to if I stayed at my old school to do the sixth form there I probably wouldn’t have gained the confidence I have now.

My advice for if your choosing what to do between staying at say your old school for sixth form or going to a sixth form college or even just college I’d say go out of your comfort zone and try something new. I was so nervous for my first day because I left a lot of people behind and went somewhere where I knew no one, I was alone, but basically what I learned was you are all in the same boat, a lot of people will have no one with them or maybe they do but they have no one they know in your classes. There’s this massive probability that they’re just as scared and nervous as you are, worrying that you’re not going to make friends and spend the rest of the day by themselves, but honestly you will have to talk to people and it will be the completely fine.

You just need to get out of your confident zone a little bit, it is hard to do that and not everyone will want to but you won’t regret going out of it, but you might regret not getting out of it.

I remember the day before I went to college and I was so nervous and I kept panicking over what would happen I was panicking over not making friends, being alone and getting lost I was scared I’d be late and stuff like that. But in the end I kind of went for it and I had to do some of those ice breaker activities and those are awkward as hell and they’re uncomfortable but this is going to be my third week and it has surprisingly took little time for everyone to come out of their shells and be who they are. And that is my favourite thing about being at this college we can wear what we want, we have free time there, can go off campus when we don’t have lessons, do anything with our hair and you can be who you are and no one judges you for that, you actually find who you are and it’s great.

I hope you enjoyed this chatty post but if you guys have gone back to school, sixth form or college do you guys enjoy it?

Emma

Sunday Thoughts #4

So today is the 31^st of August and it’s crazy how long I’ve been finished high school. I have been off since the beginning of June. Now on Tuesday I’m starting college. It’s so weird to think that not too long ago I was just planning all of this out and figuring out what I wanted to do when I finished school. Was I going to stay at my schools sixth form, go to College or go to the Sixth form College (I decided to do the last option.) it’s so weird to think about how much has happened over the summer and how much I’ve achieved this year already.

Tomorrow I am going into town to finish getting a few bits and pieces that I need for college and then Tuesday will be my first day. Of course I’m nervous and well I’m pretty terrified but at the same time I’m excited, it’s defiantly going to be very different and it’s going to take some time to get used to but I think over all I’m going to meet some new people, make new friends and create some good memories (hopefully.)

Moving away from School my mum came back off her holiday and I survived a week of making my own meals and looking after the house and cats, which I'm pretty proud of  and from her being away it’s definitely gave me an insight into what it’s like to live alone as my dad was working late and it was weird having the house to myself and it was a lot of work to keep it tidy and to make sure I did things such as dishes, washing and to look after the cats and make sure they had stuff such as food and water My mum did bring  back some Revlon make up for me which I can't wait to use and am happy I got, especially since I have been looking after the cats. I’ve also decided that I want to re-decorate my room up. Also deciding that I want my TV and docking station mounted on the wall so I can get rid of my TV stand and get a new desk. I also want to change the colour scheme to Grey and white (I’m in love with anything grey at the moment.)

May I just add if anyone watches Pretty Little Liars how good was this week’s episode. I can’t believe what happened. I’ve been hooked on this show ever since I started watching it in 2012 but this week’s episode was just amazing, so much happened and some things got reviled.

I think this is everything I wanted to talk about, I don’t think I have anything else to say without repeating or rambling on so I’m going to leave it at that and I want to wish people a good luck for if your starting a new school, college or uni and I hope you have a good school year.

Emma

Sunday Thoughts #3

Today’s thoughts are pretty much all over the place. So much has happened this week and it’s been hard to comprehend what has happened, So I’m going to start off with what happened on Thursday as that has been my biggest day of the week.

So on Thursday I got my GCSE results back. I was beyond terrified to open them and I honestly can’t believe how worked up I was to get a piece of paper with grades on as I know if you don’t get C’s or above it’s not the end of the world, but I think it was the fact that I wanted to go to college so I was doubting my grades and trying to add more worries to the list, but over all I got 7 C’s, 1D and 1E so I’d say that’s quiet a success (apart from failing Maths and History.) but yeah I know those grades may look rubbish as I got nothing higher than a C but I can’t help that all the exams I took were foundation so I couldn’t get higher than a C even if I wanted to.

Anyway I later on had to head up to the college and enrol which Is now done and I can successfully say September 2^nd I am heading off to a Sixth Form College to do year 12 & 13 where I’ll be taking English Language, English Literature, Media and a Enrichment course which is Astrology (all I know is it’s to do with the Zodiac signs.)

I’m pretty nervous to start college as for one I have a long journey everyday, I have to get a lift to a metro station and get a metro to a station then walk the rest of the way (it’s only a 10 minute walk from the station.) so over all it’s about an hour journey. I’m also worried about meeting new people and having a fresh start I guess, but I have a feeling it’ll be a good two years.

I also went into Mac on Thursday and I gained some courage to buy myself something from their which cost me a total of £28 (but hey I was in a very good mood from getting my results so I treated my self.) which also meant I had to talk to a worker there and she actually did the lipstick on me and I instantly fell in love with the colour (lady danger) and with this she used a lip liner in the colour cherry. I will write more of this on another post.

Also because I got into College my dad bought me an Ipad Mini in silver. Which I’m so happy about. (I’m not trying to brag I’m just excited.) I was given it as I got good grades and got into college, which was the deal, my dad and I had.

So this has been a bit of a summery over my week as well as some of my thoughts, this week has been quite a busy week and has also been quite mentally/ physically draining due to getting my results and getting into college as I honestly thought I would have failed a lot more than I did and on Thursday I had built my nerves up and managed to make myself sick by over thinking, but now that’s behind me and now I just have to start thinking about college and preparing for it.

Emma