Day 214

So i’ve been courseworking it up a bit today…still doing the odd bits now. Also, breaking news…Charlie and I have sort of organised to have some sort of Sherlock marathon this week..i’m very excited :D It being a week off, it just means i will have to do lots of coursework to make up for the fact i’m going to enjoy myself so much on other occasions, like Sherlock and Valentines day :D!!

Ohh…i got a new dressing gown for Christmas..and it’s so cold..i’ve taken to wearing it like..all the time…

You can’t see, but it’s purple..it’s so lovely and comfy, i would wear it out of i could! HAHA!! Sorry if my hair looks a tad strange..i put it up to get it out of the way when i was doing coursework on the floor. You’re actually lucky, i never have my hair up outside of my house, but i do it quite a lot at home to get it out of my face..you should feel lucky to see it ;) haha!!!

So..i thought i had more interesting things to say but i don’t xD!!

OH!! I had quite a successful trip to Chester today, i was with my dad and everything but, i just was thinking back to when i hated if we parked far away from somewhere we were going and we had to walk ages to get there, especially in horrible weather [WHEN WILL IT STOP BEING FREEZING] and this morning i just sort of realised how little it’s come to bother me now, we walked all around the town centre today, i even let my dad look in a shoe shop….and…you have no idea…my dad…shopping..for ANYONE..is a long..dreary, pain inducing process, let alone for himself..SHOES..for HIMSELF!! haha!!!

Fun!! And we got pasties for lunch, and i downed it like i’ve never eaten one before!! I love when i eat things comfortably and i’m not all picky about it :D

Farewell x

Day 137

*Phew* Woah, well, did i have a rather busy trip to Chester with the father today, it was OH so busy!! At one point i ran up some stairs to a higher level of shops simple to avoid being trampled by the swarms of people!! Some of it was a little bit awkward, i felt a bit limited as to what i usually do when it comes to walking around places, everything with a bit cramped and uncomfortable. But..i still did it :D

So i trecked up the street, and realised why it was so busy…CHRISTMAS MARKET! :D okay, it’s nothing spectacular…but it was super cute, all little huts selling various little gifts and food with little snowy rooftops…although it was quite warm today, though it was WINDY wow! Which added to the madness somehow…

So, i got to the christmas market and i was a bit cautious diving into the big crowds, especially as i’d walked up further than i have before, but i walked into the crowds a bit to see what was in each of the little huts, i didn’t see all of them because it went quite far away, but after coming back the first time i went back up twice more which i was happy about…the first time it was an extention of going into the sweet shop and getting my dad some sweetie things that he ALWAYS gets from there, so much so that i bought them and the buy behind the till actually went “i should have known you’d get these you always do” hahah!! i was like “yep it’s my dad sending me up for them!” he was like “that’s fine!” :P to be fair i love going in that shop because it’s SO cute and tiny and the people working there are always really nice, i think i remember the first time i saw that guy behind the till and i was thinking “aww he’s so nice it’s lovely when people working are happy and showing it!” :) And also, the second time i went back..i got this…

REINDEER HAT :D i’m going to pretend they were handing them out, but…you actually had to ask for one….haha!! What? I wanted a record of my successes, and plus, i was actually getting anxious at the embarassment of asking, but then i was like “you know what stuff it everyones havin’ one..live a bit!” xD

My dad had ANOTHER puncture! That’s not right! We had the car serviced last Wednesday, then on Tuesday, one tyre went flat, he put the spare on [in my university car park haha] got the flat one fixed, before he’d even had chance to put the proper tired back on, the OTHER tyre was low, so he pumped it up at a garage, drove into town, we came back to the car and it was completely flat! So..we had to put the fixed tyre from tuesday, on the other side! :/ That tyre is getting fixed for tomorrow for us! Deary me! xD

Wow, i’m really tired, but i’ve just got a tiny bit of my coursework due in this week to do, so i’m going to finish that whilst watching the TV :D fun times!!

OH!! Almost forgot to mention! We had a good success last night, my dad said he had some meeting at 7.30pm and i even brought it up! I was like “i could maybe go Charlie’s or something” thought would be nice to see Charlie too..she’s currently injured :P thought i’d keep her company whilst she hobbles about :P I told my dad it was a big thing because i’d only really been at Charlie’s whilst he was at home, and then he was like “ohh well this is good then!” and it was for like 2 hours! :) He wasn’t far, but about 5 minutes, and further than home. So :) Good step for me :) i had a really fun time! We watched “Simon’s Cat” on youtube [if you’ve not seen it, watch it..especially if you have a cat, it’s so cute and good to relate to ;)] and we also watched a DVD Charlie got with her Michael Buble CD :D which was great :) fun times!!

Farewell x

Day 116

Hey Howdy Hey! :)

I went to the theatre again yesterday to see “Animal Farm”. Don’t worry, i know i sound all posh and ooooo lala, [technically term] going to the theatre all the time, haha!! But it just happens to be a spout where we keep finding fairly cheap tickets to interesting shows :) It was good, i enjoyed it! The weather was miserable, but i don’t know why that’s important because clearly the play wasn’t outside in the rain! xD

It’s bonfire night tonight! My dad and me have decided to go sneak a look at the fireworks display at a local racecourse later on, which should be good, i’ve not seen fireworks properly in ages, it always rains when a display is scheduled :( so it always gets cancelled…

Now i’m just catching up on some TV that i’ve recorded and missed due to being out, like at the pub and theatre and things xD Worth it much.

I wish to tell you about what i think was a rather successful day today :)

• into Chester yet again with my dad. Now, last week i got quite far and went up to a calendar shop, i had an idea about where i *could* have gone today, but you know how it goes..you visualist the place and it turns out it’s much further in reality than you remember xD But it was okay, i made a comprimise and went further than before, but not as far as i was thinking, and i went into Boots and had a nosey around. :)
• Also, in chester i quite happily went up to the sweet shop that was causing me a bit of angst the other way, and got some more sweeties for my dad that he asked me to get haha!
• I also went back down in a different direction, and it turned out there was some guys who made it through to the live finals of “Britains Got Talent”  a couple of years ago, performing there..they were hilarious. For any who don’t know..Britains Got Talent erm..sort of speaks for itself, it’s a bit talent show where they get judged by Simon Cowell and some people xD and the winner gets to go to the Royal Variety Show, which is held in front of the Queen or some member of the Royal family each year :) Here they are CLICK ME :)
• I actually went back to watch them a second time, because i’d missed the start of the show and they were repeating themselves, and then this security guy came over whilst they were half way through the routine, and you sort of just saw him talk to the guys, and then point in the opposite direction from which we were all facing. And it was totally hilarious, to see a whole crowd of people who had been watching them all turn around simultaniously, and all realise that there’s a parade of dancers coming towards us from the top of the street…and everyone was sort of like “ohhh……” hahaha! At which point i did get a little bit nervous because it was crowded anyway and i didn’t want to be squished between people so i just sort of darted in the opposite directed asap xD

Overall, progress is being made slowly i think. I know these things don’t seem that big, but it is, in the end, things i’m doing myself, like i’m not with people i know or friends, so it makes sense that what i’m doing is smaller. But it’s all confidence building :) Also, i had quite a successful time after i got home :)

• Went to post a letter again today, which i’ve kinda gotten into the routine of doing for my dad now haha, it just gives me something to feel like i’m achieving, because its never TOTALLY easy, and sometimes there are challenges, like last time, i crossed a silent road to the post box, and as i turned back, about 20 cars decided to show up!! Which when i’d started posting a letter would have been my worst nightmare!! But i was good with it..anyway, today was quiet, and i’d said to my dad the other week that rather than walking back the way i came, i keep thinking about going around the outside of the houses and back home again, it’s not ….a LOT longer, but going back the way i came is…a bit nicer for me because it is a little bit quicker and plus i can see my house much sooner and then i can relax a bit, and plus there are all other houses that can see me. Anyway he said at the time it was “a good target” so today i kinda just did it without thinking. Well..of course i thought..but i thought …if i think about this too much i’ll never do it. So i just sorta ran in that direction. The main problem with this way, is that it does get to a point where you’re half way, and it’s like…it’s just me….between an empty road and a very tall bush, nobody can see me if i needed them to, and i’m at such a point now where i might as well go forward, because going back is no better, so however bad you feel you HAVE to go forward. So i was a bit nervous and it did get to a point where i just wished i could walk faster haha! but i felt good after it :D!!! [Oops sorry, that was a long bullet point]
• Also, one of my friends birthday today :) She lives not far from me, and if you can remember as far back as September 1st when i went to see another friend for her birthday and they live pretty much next to eachother. (See post here Day 51) So if you remember back then, 2 months ago, i was nervous about going, my dad was pretty much watching me go, i asked my friend to come and meet me before i got to her house and i did it with all of the hoohar. But i guess today, it was really really nice to see that progress has obviously been made, because i just went “dad..i’m gonna go see if Loz is in give her her present, back in a bit!” and just walked round there rang the bell, waited, saw her :) was there for about half an hour before i came home again. On the way home i had a really lovely feeling of ….i want to say familiarality..because i used to walk back and forth from that street almost constantly…and fact that i was walking back, by myself, so happily and “normally” it felt that way again. Which i was also thinking about when i walked the other way back from the post box, just these small things i used to do without thinking, i now really enjoy doing and remembering :)

Sorry this has been so long!! Well done, and thank you, if you made it this far without dropping off xD I finish in honour of Bonfire Night with this song for you all :)

Katy Perry – Firework

Also, i know it’s early and it’s a christmas song, but i’ve been getting into Michael Buble’s christmas album and this song makes me beyond happy!! [i say it’s early, i saw a shop today with LOADS of christmas decorations..i just thought..ohh dear…]

Michael Buble – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Farewell x

Day 95

Oh Em Gee, Michael Buble is on Jonathon Ross soon!!! <3 Like..in 25 minutes!!! *melts*

I have had a ..very…pretty day. I’m gonna call it that because i think that’s what it’s been xD I saw Tash and Emma who i haven’t seen in ages, and i also saw Claire last night who i haven’t seen in ages either! Everyone keeps commenting that my hair is really long xD It’s longer than i’m used to but..i don’t think it’s grown in a while..

I’m gonna do  bit of a bullet point thing again, i mostly do it for all you lovely people reading this!! [I say that…i’m not sure i’m interesting enough for anyone to read it but…i shall take this moment to say, if you are…aww…thank you :D <3] Mostly because, i find it difficult sometimes to read things in huge paragraphs..i know i can go on and on and on and on….i’m doing it now….

Today i went out into the town with my dad….i shall tell you of the wonders of my trip!!

• So, i basically started with trecking up to Superdrug which is kinda routine for me because i can  monitor if it gets easier, and i’d like to say it is! I got there really easily, especially compared to the first time i ever tried it and it took me one and half attemps :P
• I went into some clothes shops just to make myself really uncomfortable, haha i didn’t feel nervous really but i feel so awkward, in shops with all posh lovely clothes and i’m in my jeans and hoodie, slouchin’ around the shop haha i’m just like “i so don’t belong here..” but i think going in and out of shops for 15 minutes alone feeling awkward as i did was quite an achievment :)
• There was a guy juggling loads of balls, it was awesome, he wasn’t amazing but it was fun and entertaining!
• It was a really nice day today, it’s been so cold and miserable, it was still a bit cool, but it was sunny and really nice :D
• There was also a busker on a guitar who is always there, he’s this old man and he’s not the best but he always makes me smile he’s so much fun and he’s always bouncing around singing away! It’s great!
• There was also a pair playing some irish like music with a violin and guitar, it was really lovely, i gave them the change from my cheese and onion pasty xD
• Another point! I got a pasty today, i had the choice of 2 pasty shops fairly near eachother, and i almost went into the closest one because..exactly that it was closer…but then i thought “no..i want to go to the other one..it’s only a few feet more!” so i did :D and then when i go there the girl behind the counter started refilling the shelves so i had to wait and i was just standing there like *awkward* ..but …survived..and someone else came over in the end…ate my pasty and laughed at my reflection in a window i was sitting by because i’m SUCH a messy eater, especially pasties, i was making a state of myself! xD
• Went into a shop near where i was sitting eating my pasty, ultimate awkward again because i was like the only one in the shop, but at least that time my dress sense sort of fit in xD So i looked a bit more in place…
• As i was walking up the stairs to where i eat my food, someone had written “you are beautiful” on the stairs, it was a nice pick up to see!
• Went the sweet shop at the other end of the street for my dad even though i felt a bit iffy….it was a very tiny, packed shop, but it is one of the cutest places EVER!! It’s like a proper old fashioned sweet shop! All sweets around on all differnet shelves and plus there’s loads of halloween decorations around it at the moment too, so i made myself stay inside the little cramped place and look for what my dad wanted..turned out it wasn’t there…xD

My morning listening to Graham Norton and showering and getting a bit of a lie in with Lenny [my cat xD] was much much fun!! :D Also, when we came home from chester i sat and did some maths work listening to my ipod with all 1270 odd songs on shuffle!! I LOVE finding random songs i forgot i had, best part was..dad was mowing the lawn so i could sing like a mad person as loud as i wanted…it was SOOO much fun…

Also..i actually listened to “I Made It Through The Rain” it felt very wrong but i LOVE the song, and i LOVE John Barrowman whose version i played…i haven’t heard it in MONTHS. I’ve always turned it off because i didn’t feel like i deserved it because i couldn’t listen to it or sing it or whatever i do without feeling like i was lying, but i figured i’d give it to myself, it was a bit emotional, but lovely, and i remembered all the words still xD

Fun day!! :D Now, i know i’ve written loads already so i wont bore you with more…i’m planning hopefully tomorrow to do a “how much i’ve improved and the challenges i’ve overcome” thing tomorrow, in the 2/3 weeks i’ve been at Uni :) So that should be nice for me to focus on how i’m progressing in a short amount of time :)

Farewell x