Emma.

Hello everybody, welcome back to the zone of avoiding responsibilities. If you came in hopes of reading something random and pointless, you have reached your destination. Today's post has a bit of back story before we get into the real heart of it. So when I was hanging out with my friends (which you can read about in this strategically placed link to a previous blog post) myself and my fellow bloggers were talking about blog ideas, when the magnificent Emma piped up saying we should all write a post about her. Thus here I am, sticking to my word.

Over my 20 years of life I have known a lot of Emma's, my hairdresser is called Emma, Matt's sister is called Emma, and there was a number of other people my sister and I knew who had that name. Making telling a story very difficult. But none of them are as awesome as the Emma I am going to tell you about. I have known Emma for about 15 years, which is crazy because that is 3/4's of my life. And from what I remember she hasn't really changed. When you see old photographs of her she is the same, just more mature looking, and probably taller. Even though I guess you can't really see that in a photo unless they are standing by objects.






Anywho, everyone needs a friend like Emma, because she is one of the kindest people you would ever meet. And extremely loyal. Remember she's been friends with me for this long. That's commitment. The good thing about our friendship as well is we both respect how busy the other can get, and don't get moody about how long it can take to respond or talk, we just have catch ups every now and then. It feels like we have never been apart.














A great thing about Emma is how we can obsess over cats with each other, sharing cute pictures and stories about our own pets, or memes and things from the internet. To be fair you can send Emma practically anything (within reason) and she responds like it is the greatest thing she has ever seen. I can guarantee that there will be an emoticon in the response she gives as well. She uses it as punctuation.














Emma is extremely smart, and crazy talented. I am jealous of her ice skating abilities! And I do aspire to be more like Emma, because she's at Oxford for crying out loud. Real role model material. Even though it took her a while to figure out the correct way to fill a kettle....











Sorry this is a really weird and short post, but I am running out of content and I wanted to stick to a promise I made to a good friend.
















See you when I see you!

Who Am I?

I know it's weird to think that after nearly 4 years of blogging we are only just asking this question, but do not worry there is method to my madness. That madness being, I'm vlogging again! I've always wanted to go back to vlogging and in my mind, I was going to wait until I moved out. But at this rate that isn't going to happen for a while, so if I keep pushing it back I am never going to start back up again. So this is basically my reboot introduction video, and I'm thinking about posting them every other week, because I won't be able to post both on here and there every week. I'm not that creative. But I will always link to my video on here so you get that little something extra. This video also throws back to a previous post of mine so if you wanted to read that you can check it out here!

I hope you enjoy this weirdness and it keeps you distracted from your responsibilities, much like it is doing with me.

See you when I see you!

Social Excuses.

Hello everybody. So you're probably happy to read that this post will not be about my holiday. YAY something different! And it is in fact about hanging out with a few of my friends. Because they are so awesome. And I do not make enough time to be with them. Luckily I had Lish to message asking if I was free, and I pretty much was, so it can be as simple as that. Anyway, the group was myself, Lish, Siobhan, Paige, Emma and Amy who joined together to listen to Jordan's band play at music fest. Which is a cool way for us to meet up, because we get to have a laugh and dance, catch up and gossip. Therefore making me happy. I mean sometimes it is difficult to talk whilst there is music blaring out, and sometimes it would be nice to have a more private catch up, but I still had fun and this was easier to organise. Despite the fact that none of us really knew where the place was.

Thankfully, I was not the one who was driving, that was left to Emma. And she dragged me to basically everyone's house, and we shared a secret about songs we enjoyed and just chatted about recent events. Then Lish and Siobhan joined the party, to get Paige, and we had lots of gossip time, and joking about how much I love to gossip. But not much happens in my life so I need to get the low down on everyone else. One the way we listened and sang along to music and got a little confused about where to park, but Jordan doing a beautiful job of directing us to a parking spot, and Amy did a marvelous job directing us to Jordan. 

So we stood at the entrance having a little natter, being deafened by some music. I got amazed by there being a double decker bus. Then losing my shit because it was actually a bar. Before realising I didn't have enough money on me to buy a drink. I wasn't given much information on what this event was really like ok. My only info was there was a bouncy castle. We then found a little spot to claim and waited for Jordan to begin his set. And we all had a go at bottle flipping. It was all essentially a failure, until Paige managed to do it. We we all very impressed. especially when the second time it fell over and got back up. Then eventually she completely gave up and almost hit passers by.

Emma then provided us with a handy picnic blanket and we all sat and had a little grove on the floor, because we were saving our energy for when Jordan's band played. It was pretty good, but I didn't know many of the songs. But when Enigma started playing I got more into it because after seeing them a few times now I knew what was playing. It was good fun especially when the group started making their own dance routine to Livin' on a Prayer.  I get to shout DALATDA in Siobhan's face which she loves ;) And we get to catch up and gossip.

Some of the best moments were the dancing, and sometimes I can feel a bit awkward in these situations, but luckily the group has Amy, who will just dance on her own. So it's great to join in with some of her crazy moves because at least you're not alone. I have quite a few videos of Amy dancing like this, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. It's why we love her so much. But then the band finished playing so we gave up with dancing for a bit, and just sat listening to music. Having a bitch about things, and also discussing things we were looking forward to.

Then we decided we were in the mood for a McDonald's, so the hang out continued to a new location. We first split off into the different cars, and Lish and I chose songs to play alternatively, but all that were good. Then we played some together and made a weird mash up of Shawn Mendes, and some guy I have already forgotten the name of, but it didn't actually turn out that bad. We were having tonnes of fun until Amy thought we had gotten lost because we took forever to drive there. Sorry, but I was super comfortable in the back with my little cuddle blanket, snuggled in the middle of Lish and Paige. McDonald's can wait.

But we got there and I got excited because our friend who worked there was on shift. So we found a place to sit, and then we moved because there was a seat with more room,and we just chat and ate Mcdonalds. And Jordan ate a lot of McDonald's, he just kept getting back up to order more. It was incredible. I had lots of fun talking about the plans I have and comparing them with Siobhan, and we also spoke about blog post ideas with Lish. Amy and Jordan then left as they had to get ready for a holiday (I will miss you guys! Have lots of fun) The rest of us stayed a little longer chitchatting before I said what everyone was thinking which was. I love you guys, but I'm tired. And we had a fun drive home.

I'm really glad I went to this little get together, because I do miss these guys a lot, and do feel I could spend more time than I do with them. But organising stuff (especially this time of year) can be tricky. I need to see the others in my group as well, because it's been so long! I think I just get worried that if I see them too regularly I will run out of things to talk about, because my life isn't very entertaining. As you can probably tell when you read these blog posts. But I'm going to try and make things more exciting. Key word is Try there guys. Ah I love the Try Guys. That's entertainment. You should go watch them instead of continuing to read this.

Go on it's okay I don't mind.

I'm watching them too.

See you when I see you!

Mad Adventures.

You can tell I'm starting to run out of content, because I'm spreading 9 days of holiday into 3 blog posts. But I'm sorry! It's just my life can be quite uneventful, and this was an eventful time so I thought I would make it last a little longer. Fear not though chums, for this post is not going to be the usual, read my bizarreness, instead it is going to be a watch this video! YES I'VE MADE A NEW VIDEO FOR THE  FIRST TIME IN LIKE MONTHS. But this was a special occasion after all. I hope it's not shit (we all know it is) and yeah, enjoy the 1 hour 20minutes worth of footage I manage to condense down to 4. Congrats to me for editing this.

Holiday Antics (Continued)

Hey. If you are a regular to my blog (or have read the title) you would know that I was on holiday last week, and that I had never actually gotten around to telling you about the remainder of my trip. So, if you are new I suggest checking out the beginning of the holiday here.

Are you all caught up? Good I can begin… well continue. You know what I mean.

Matt and I woke up in our hotel and had some breakfast before taking a fifteen-minute drive up to Spey Bay. Here is supposedly a good spot for seeing Dolphins and a few other wildlife, but we didn’t care about that as much as the dolphins. When we got there, it was cold but the scenery was lovely. No sign of any wildlife though. And the rain started, so actually spotting something didn’t seem very likely. Which was a little disappointing. We walked around to a little river which a map said you could see Otters, and then walked along a mud section, where my docs got a little ruined and I almost got stuck and fell over. We survived making it over to some stones and walked along the beach looking out for seals more otters and dolphins. And we just kept looking. Until we got sad by the rain and decided enough was enough. It was too disheartening because I guess if the weather was nicer there is still no guarantee of seeing anything. But again, if the weather was nicer we would have spent more time there. I still had a nice time though, collected lots of stones, and bought some nice things from the gift shop. I also ate a delicious flapjack.

Thus, we headed back to the hotel, and just had a chilled afternoon playing Sims. We did plan to go back out and look at this local castle, but we didn’t stick to the plan. Plus, it’s our holiday if we want to stay in we can do. I paid for that hotel, make the most of it. We then got food and started packing away our stuff, leading into the journey back down to Edinburgh, which apart from the pretty views, random chats and me serenading my poor companion. We also hit 20000 miles in Matthews car on the journey so he was pleased.

Edinburgh itself wasn’t extremely eventful, it was just a nice little shopping trip in a mall type place and I went into the Disney store. I was hoping I could get a Scottish themed Mickey mouse but I guess their minds do not work like mine. I still got some cute things though. Matt and I also got some delicious ice cream from a campervan shaped stall. I had Ferrero and Kinder. The two only worthy flavours. Matt had chocolate fudge brownie which was also tempting. More chilling at the hotel watching Try Guy YouTube videos which lead to Matt trying to put eyeliner on me. You can see the attempt located to the left of the screen.

Next day was when we left Scotland on a drive through some weird place names that we made fun of, and headed down to Scarborough. The afternoon was chilled (I’m allowed to relax on my holiday okay!) Having some yummy food in the restaurant of the hotel and just enjoying each other’s company, watching weird videos and playing sims. You know things you can do at home for less money. Plus, the following day is where the fun is at.

So, we started having a walk along the beach, I got excited by donkeys and the premise of going on a Pirate Ship across the sea, but Matt wouldn’t let me. We saw a pretty castle, and again saw some lovely views, before venturing to Peasholm Park. Here Matt and I attempted rowing around the river, then stopped for some food, had a little walk around and then went on the almighty dragon pedalos. Which really hurt my legs, and Matthew was dying because it was a small space for someone who is 6ft2. Following this, we treated ourselves to a fake calippo and went around the shops. After some food at the hotel, we returned to the beach, and I splashed around in the sea, and convinced Matthew to paddle along with me, but as it was getting colder we didn’t spend long there and went back to settle in the hotel.

However, around 11pm circumstances had other ideas. And as we were on the brink of being asleep. The fire alarm went off. So, the whole hotel had to evacuate and wait in the car park for like 20 minutes. Then I couldn’t get to sleep because there was too much fucking noise everywhere. SEAGULLS!!! Eventually I got to sleep and was having a lovely time. However, at 7am circumstances had other ideas. I was woken up by a fire alarm, and this morning was way colder than the previous night I was freezing! Then all the guests went to go and have breakfast so we went back to the room to chill and wait for the chaos to die down a bit. Breakfast was good, then it was just the travel home, which made me sad.

I had such a good week with Matthew, and I am so grateful to him for spending all this time with me, and driving us up there. Because even though he got moody I do understand why, and I don’t love him any less for it. I have so many memories and some lovely keepsakes. I am so proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone of being in a strange place away from my parents, and being (somewhat) responsible.

Thank you, guys, for reading through this. I hope it was worth it, but I know this is a piece of shit.

See you when I see you!