Observations of a Fictional Girl

A very festive hello to you my dear readers, I don't know about you all but for us students it feels extremely wonderful to escape university lectures and regroup with family as this term has gone quickly yet managed to drag its feet as well.  I am a great admirer of Christmas and the cheer that has accompanied it has been a welcome change from the doom and gloom of assessments etc. I'm trying to focus on this aspect rather than the approaching end of yearness that it feels I'm being rushed towards.  However putting all this aside lets take a look at all the fun festive things I have been up to that made the end of term busy but very very lovely! A true test of how many Christmas meals you can fit into 2 weeks. The answer 5! 1. Pizza, Cocktails, and Friends   Two weeks ago I had returned from Northern Ireland after finding it very hard to leave family it was nice to return to Sheffield with lots of fun things to do. Unfortunately my decision to reward myself for s

Hello there my dear readers, I hope you are bundled up warm on this winter night and maybe sipping a nice cosy drink as you sit down to read this next instalment of my blog centred on the concept of home. (Apologies for the belated reply as I have had this ready to post for the past week but as my next blog post will explain the last week has been a busy one and hopefully these editions will be worth the wait!) There are many different sayings that us humans have created to try and pin down what 'home' actually means and none of them really seem to be adequate for me.  For instance the saying "home is where you lay your head" means that it is confined to a single present place and a basic need for sleep. It also does not really take into account those of us that have live away from home such as students and call both our university accommodation and where our parents/guardians reside  "Home". Furthermore "Home is where you heart is&q

Good evening my lovely readers, I hope this blog post finds you well and warm on this cold December night. I'm going to talk to you about an escape of mine this week but first some happy highlights. This is one of my inspirations when it feels like nothing else is working to make me feel better. It's nice to have options. Last weekend was really lovely as I went to the theatre on Friday evening with my friend Jess (who also has a blog, check her out here http://jesslouisekeen.blogspot.co.uk  ) to see Cinderella the ballet. It was a really different evenings entertainment and something I'd never experienced before so it reminded me how wonderful trying new things can be. Also we had booked this back in August so showed how lovely it can be to make plans and have something to look forward to, which is something I really enjoy in life. Me and Jess in the Lyceum theatre waiting for the ballet to start.  On Sunday I went to a Christmas Market with some of my