I've already failed.
I had planned to write on here two or three times every week, it's been 11 days. Oops. Since the first day of this new year of ours, I have started a scrapbook, started school, and started planning my trip back to the UK.
So the scrapbook. I have tons of scrapbooks, but then I watched Louise's (Sprinkle of Glitter) video and I really liked the idea of Project Life. Project Life is a way to scrapbook without having all the millions of scrapbook things (although my mom and I have all the things). You buy the book, the clear pages (which have different sized slots for all your different sized photos), and you can buy these little cards that you insert into those slots. On the cards you can write about the events, quotes, whatever you want really. Some of the cards already have sayings on them. They have big packs and small packs and some are glittery and some are just cute. I think it is awesome and a lot of fun.
What's in my scrapbook? Well, I wanted to remember everything I did while I was in Plymouth, so all the trips I took, walks I walked, food I ate, drinks I drank, and all that jazz that I managed to document will be in there organized as chronologically as possible. So far I have documented my going away party, going to paris and London with my dad and Kenna, and getting into Plymouth. I have probably 500 pictures left, so I have quite a ways to go. I'll post pictures of it later (I say later because a) I'm too lazy to go take pictures of it now and b) I'm not even halfway done, so there isn't much to see just yet.
School started today. This semester is going to be a hard one. I have fifteen text books and I will end up reading all of them by the end of the semester. So far my classes seem to be okay. I have gone to three of the four and so far I am only disappointed in one. The descriptions of the classes don't tell you when a class will be focusing on a specific topic in that semester (there are some classes where the topics change every semester with whoever is teaching it) and my English pop culture class is actually a pop culture vs. gender class. I enjoy learning about gender, but that wasn't what I was looking for in a pop culture class. We already had to do group work in it and that just sucks. Boo group work.
My trip to the UK! My friend Alice and I are going to go explore the UK and Ireland a bit. I am really excited about it. Most days, I close my eyes and really really wish I could open them and be back in England. I miss it sooo much. I feel like sometimes I can wake up from a nap and just pop down to Tescos and get myself some Maryland cookies (I just finished my last roll today and I am really really sad about it) or just walk on up to Drake Circus, go to Primark, Boots, Superdry, and Waterstones and then stop into Nando's and get me a mango lime chicken wrap. I want to walk out of my flat and up to The Hoe, sit on the grass with an ice cream (that we get from the cheaper truck down by Duttons) with a flake, and read a book. I want to walk around the Barbican and go into all the strange little shops down there. Ugh. TAKE ME BACK.
I plan to spend some time there, probably not much because everyone I know will most likely be back home, but it'll still be fun. Alice and I are planning to go to Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cardiff, possibly Glasgow and who knows where else. I am going to stay with Lucy in London for a couple days, too. May and June cannot come quick enough! They really need to though, then I'll be done with this semester :)
I think I am going to rant here for a moment. It really bothers me when someone tells me they are jealous of all the places I've gone or the people (meaning famous people) I've met. I'm told quite often that they "will never be able to do that." If you tell yourself that you can't or won't be able to, chances are that you're right. If you really want to do something, DO IT. STOP making excuses. I wanted to go to England, so I saved up my money for a long time and I went twice before I had turned 20. I had wanted to live in England for YEARS and I made it happen. I wanted to meet these awesome people that I see in movies or on TV or go to their concerts and when the opportunities came up, I took them in a heart beat. I drove to Vegas (twice) and Denver, went to the theatre in London, and paid ridiculous amounts of money to meet some of these people and it every experience was excellent and I'm doing it again in January. STOP telling me that you wish you could do it, and just go get it done. If a shy girl like me can handle it, so can you. You will be a lot happier with your life and stop wishing you had the lives of others around you. Sure, they cost money, but you can make more of that later. As much as I hate YOLO, you do only live once, so you might as well get what you want from it.
I better go read a chapter or two of something so I don't fail my classes in the first week. I hope 2015 is treating you all well so far :)
<3 Jes
So the scrapbook. I have tons of scrapbooks, but then I watched Louise's (Sprinkle of Glitter) video and I really liked the idea of Project Life. Project Life is a way to scrapbook without having all the millions of scrapbook things (although my mom and I have all the things). You buy the book, the clear pages (which have different sized slots for all your different sized photos), and you can buy these little cards that you insert into those slots. On the cards you can write about the events, quotes, whatever you want really. Some of the cards already have sayings on them. They have big packs and small packs and some are glittery and some are just cute. I think it is awesome and a lot of fun.
What's in my scrapbook? Well, I wanted to remember everything I did while I was in Plymouth, so all the trips I took, walks I walked, food I ate, drinks I drank, and all that jazz that I managed to document will be in there organized as chronologically as possible. So far I have documented my going away party, going to paris and London with my dad and Kenna, and getting into Plymouth. I have probably 500 pictures left, so I have quite a ways to go. I'll post pictures of it later (I say later because a) I'm too lazy to go take pictures of it now and b) I'm not even halfway done, so there isn't much to see just yet.
School started today. This semester is going to be a hard one. I have fifteen text books and I will end up reading all of them by the end of the semester. So far my classes seem to be okay. I have gone to three of the four and so far I am only disappointed in one. The descriptions of the classes don't tell you when a class will be focusing on a specific topic in that semester (there are some classes where the topics change every semester with whoever is teaching it) and my English pop culture class is actually a pop culture vs. gender class. I enjoy learning about gender, but that wasn't what I was looking for in a pop culture class. We already had to do group work in it and that just sucks. Boo group work.
My trip to the UK! My friend Alice and I are going to go explore the UK and Ireland a bit. I am really excited about it. Most days, I close my eyes and really really wish I could open them and be back in England. I miss it sooo much. I feel like sometimes I can wake up from a nap and just pop down to Tescos and get myself some Maryland cookies (I just finished my last roll today and I am really really sad about it) or just walk on up to Drake Circus, go to Primark, Boots, Superdry, and Waterstones and then stop into Nando's and get me a mango lime chicken wrap. I want to walk out of my flat and up to The Hoe, sit on the grass with an ice cream (that we get from the cheaper truck down by Duttons) with a flake, and read a book. I want to walk around the Barbican and go into all the strange little shops down there. Ugh. TAKE ME BACK.
I plan to spend some time there, probably not much because everyone I know will most likely be back home, but it'll still be fun. Alice and I are planning to go to Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cardiff, possibly Glasgow and who knows where else. I am going to stay with Lucy in London for a couple days, too. May and June cannot come quick enough! They really need to though, then I'll be done with this semester :)
I think I am going to rant here for a moment. It really bothers me when someone tells me they are jealous of all the places I've gone or the people (meaning famous people) I've met. I'm told quite often that they "will never be able to do that." If you tell yourself that you can't or won't be able to, chances are that you're right. If you really want to do something, DO IT. STOP making excuses. I wanted to go to England, so I saved up my money for a long time and I went twice before I had turned 20. I had wanted to live in England for YEARS and I made it happen. I wanted to meet these awesome people that I see in movies or on TV or go to their concerts and when the opportunities came up, I took them in a heart beat. I drove to Vegas (twice) and Denver, went to the theatre in London, and paid ridiculous amounts of money to meet some of these people and it every experience was excellent and I'm doing it again in January. STOP telling me that you wish you could do it, and just go get it done. If a shy girl like me can handle it, so can you. You will be a lot happier with your life and stop wishing you had the lives of others around you. Sure, they cost money, but you can make more of that later. As much as I hate YOLO, you do only live once, so you might as well get what you want from it.
I better go read a chapter or two of something so I don't fail my classes in the first week. I hope 2015 is treating you all well so far :)
<3 Jes
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