Back From The Dead

Hey,

So I haven’t been posting about the last few months because an extortionate amount of things have happened recently. I felt so overwhelmed by everything – good and bad that I didn’t find time to also blog about it!

So, what has happened recently?

1. I am consistently getting Bs and even As in some of my classes in tests! I know this sounds silly but considering how awful my results were, it cheers me up somewhat to know I might be able to fix it.
2. My UCAS application has officially been sent off! I might hear from universities in the new year and the prospect of that is both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Like what do I do if I don’t get an offer from any university?! What do I do if I do?! It’s all this bit daunting future that makes me crave my younger years rather a lot. Seems safer in a way but more boring too.
3. We’re getting a puppy! That’s right, December 21st the Stapleton-Bray household are receiving a small pomeranian cross puppy called Comet. In a way it’s rather my fault we’re getting him as a result of some bad stuff that i’ll talk about further on. My Mum started looking at puppy photos to send me to cheer me up and ended up with her looking at actual puppies… and that’s how Comet living with us came to be! We’re very excited and the owner even gave us an advent calendar with ‘Count down to Comet’ written on it, which I think is super sweet.
4. I got work experience in a neonatal baby unit! In October I got to work in the Trevor Mann Baby Unit in Brighton as part of my health and social course work. The entire work was entirely observational as i’m not qualified really to do any serious work (although I did get to hold a baby’s head as she was having a brain scan!) and the staff were lovely too! I learnt so much from the experience such as what causes Jaundice, what the different symbols on the monitors mean and how to treat different diseases. It was easily a highlight of my whole year and definitely went on my personal statement.
5. I saw Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil live in Brighton! On Halloween a friend and I went to go see their tour while we were dressed up as zombies. It was an amazing experience filled with singing, nerdy references and serious laughs. I wish I could relive that whole night again!
6. I also got a Christmas Job! I had an interview on the phone with a lovely lady about a job as a stock room assistant at Debenhams in Worthing. I passed that interview, had an interview in person and have currently have had five shifts and loved all of it! It’s actually quite fun to do ‘picks’ and ‘access’ and the staff are also nice too (even if I got told the children’s section was haunted and that I managed to faceplant in front of customers today!)
7. Comic Con was a thing that happened! In October, he and I went to London Mcm Comic Con and spent the day buying merchandise, meeting cool people such as Tomska and his creators and we saw a ton of cosplayers. I bought many weird and wonderful things from Pop Vinyl’s to a plushie blue alpaca. However, the ride home was less fun as He had a panic attack causing us to miss many trains (not that i’m blaming him!) This caused our parents to think we’d died as we didn’t message straight away and caused this mass hysteria. Luckily, it was resolved pretty quickly.
8. We decorated the house for Christmas! Everything is covered in tinsel and covered in tacky Christmas stuff and I love it. Makes me feel so festive. I even made Christmas cookies with my little sister today in the shape of festive jumpers and bells. The music is also a constant in this house too! Yes, I also have bought presents and given out Christmas cards too.
9. I was nominated for a psychology award! Despite not doing too well in one of the psych exams, my college has decided that I am worthy of an award for it! I’m actually really happy as i’ve been putting in a ton of work recently. We got a new teacher recently as the last one left on maternity leave and he seems to be having a positive effect on our whole class… hopefully it continues!
10. That brings me onto the less great news…. the same day I passed my phone interview I was ecstatic and decided to celebrate by changing into PJs and watching a happy movie. However, this was cut short after He arrived at my house and broke up with me seemingly out of the blue. I mean, I had an inkling it would happen after accidentally reading some unsavoury messages he’d written to friends about another girl and myself… it was this huge mess that caused me to cry myself to sleep. It was awful – everyone was so kind and considerate but I was in serious pain. My Mother being the sweetheart she is, went out and bought me a ton of white chocolate, a milkshake and flowers as if it was her fault. That helped somewhat. Within a few hours of the breakup I started getting messages from Him asking to talk and that he was sorry… It was this huge mess I couldn’t deal with. Talking to him helped but also didn’t. However, I heard him out and decided to forgive him and give him another change (against the advice of practically everyone, ranging from my Mother to random boys at college. In a twisted way, it’s kind of fun to think about). Things are hard at the moment and he’s still talking to the other girl but i’m doing my best to try and let it go and fix things. It’s tough work and i’ve had 0 sleep but on the bright side, i’ve not cried recently. We’ll see how it goes – my friends are adamant i’m going to regret saying yes to him once again but who knows, maybe it’ll work out for the better.

Well, those are the main things that has happened to me recently!

Until next time,

Megan Stapleton

Exam Fever

Hey,

So now it’s half term, most of my AS exams are over. I’m quite pleased to say most of them seem to have gone well! Biology unit 1 was a bit all over the place and sociology unit 2 took me a few minutes to get into the ‘grove’ of writing… but over all it’s been fairly positive. My last exam is the 1st of June.

The problem with doing exams is that every year I will get ill around exam period. Every year. Naturally this makes studying and actually writing the exams more difficult than it already is… but it seems to be on it’s way out now.

A few ‘events’ have gone on during my few exams that have made them more interesting over all. For sociology unit 2 I had a ridiculously runny nose. I asked this older invigilator for a tissue. He gave me a funny look before walking off and bringing me a writing booklet. ‘Booklet?’ he asked. ‘No, can I have a tissue please?’ was my reply. He then proceeded to try and shove the booklet into my hands, still saying ‘booklet?’ It took a few minutes but he eventually figured out what I said and I finally got a tissue.

The second ‘event’ that occurred was in my biology unit 1 exam. Before the exam started, this girl asked if we could have the clock we were using moved up higher so she could see it. The invigilator complied, moving the clock up. Just before the start of the exam, said clock proceeded to fall off the wall, smashing onto the floor. When this was placed back on the wall, it was noticed the hands on the clock were no longer working. This elderly female invigilator then went to go get the same male invigilator from earlier that morning in sociology. She got him to fix the clock. Meanwhile, to us she said ‘It’s all well and good being a feminist until you need  man to change your tyre at the side of the road!’ before chuckling to herself. It was honestly, bizarre. However, it put everyone at ease before the exam due to laughing so it may have been somewhat beneficial.

I don’t know if this is true in all colleges/sixth forms, but i’ve found at AS the invigilators are a lot nicer and more relaxed than they ever were at GCSE. The invigilators actually smile at us when we pass in the corridor now instead of staring past.

In other news, Ireland had a referendum and approved gay marriage! Go Ireland!

Well, hopefully unit 2 biology goes well! I’ve got the rest of half term to study then i’ve got the exam..

until next time!

May The Fourth

Hey,

So on the 4th of May, or ‘Star wars Day’ I went round a friend’s house and watched Star Wars for the first time. I’d always been put off of it in the past as i’d been told it was boring and dull. However, when my friend was selling ‘tickets’ to watch every film in order I was excited. There was also lots of free, delicious food.

I arrived with my friend and we were actually a bit late as we got lost. Luckily, they weren’t far into the film and I managed to make sense of what was happening. I actually really enjoyed all the films I watched –  I watched the three prequels and one ‘main’ film before I had to go home. The story line was significantly better than I had been led to believe. I was actually disappointed when I had to leave because I couldn’t watch the rest. I licked the prequels but I don’t feel I had enough of the main storyline to really pass a judgement on that.

It was a lot of fun, lots of people I knew were at this meet up, which made the whole experience a lot more fun overall. I’d definitely watch them again – although maybe that can wait until after exams. Although the tickets were somewhat expensive, as it was charity to fundraise for my friend going on a trip I didn’t really mind too much.

Speaking of exams, my exams start next week. On Monday. I’m honestly not that worried as I feel prepared for these exams. The other four exams however are yet to be seen..

Until next time!

Megan Stapleton

The Fault In Our Stars

Hey,

It was fathers day last week. However, due to a lack of money I decided to make him some chocolate cupcakes instead, and give him a card. My brother opted to just throw chocolate on top of them when the icing was done. However, the evening couldn’t have gone more wrong if it tried. We didn’t have any measuring cooking utensils so I estimated a lot of it, without being very sure. The mixture could have gone either way but actually ended up being completely fine. Once the cupcakes were in the oven we realised the freezer had been unplugged since the morning. As a family that are practically living off food in the freezer this was bad news. It also meant a lot of food that was no longer safe to eat had to be thrown away – hundreds of pounds worth. What could be saved had to be cooked really quickly.. but my cakes were already in the oven so there wasn’t much room to get it all done at once. This led to My nan, mother and I frantically trying to tidy up cupcake mixture, salvage food from the fridge and make sure said cupcakes didn’t burn all at once. 

Once that was all under control, I set about making the icing. However the icing turned out ridiculously watery and unusable, so my nan had to sit there and pour almost two packets worth of icing sugar into this mixture to salvage it. Eventually the cupcakes were finished and decorated. The only issue was that now we had TOO MUCH icing. The cakes were practically drowning, there was too much to tip away down the sink and if we threw it outside, it’d attract rats. The only thing we could do was sit and try and eat it all to a level where we could throw it all away. This wasn’t practical my healthy eating plan but there wasn’t much else we could do. 

So on Thursday, he and I went on our first date in a little while. We decided to go see TFIOS (in my defence it’s the first romance movie i’ve asked to see) and he agreed. We had a class first lesson so we went into school for that, then headed home to get changed and have some lunch.

Around half one we left to go get a bus into Worthing. The actual film wasn’t until half four, but we figured we’d have time to goof off in town for a bit. The bus took a little while to arrive but once it did arrive, we were swiftly on our way. There was a minor issue of the bus driver not having enough change to give me but that was resolved pretty quickly. 

When we arrived in to town, the first thing we decided to do was go double check what time the movie was on – and it still was half four. By this point it was ten past two, so we still had a while yet. He went to a money machine to go get some money to pay for tickets and we went to I Love Candy to get two pints of Pick’n’mix sweets – one each. We agreed we’d buy sweets outside of the cinema to save money. We then went to WHSmiths to go buy a drink to stash (which we ended up drinking before the actual movie). 

With plenty of time left, we headed to the beach. It was actually a really hot and beautiful day. He tried to teach me how to skip rocks but failed miserably. It was fun to watch him try and get the rocks to go further each time. We then sat on some rocks and just… talked. No stress of exams or school. (Well technically at this point I had two exams left and he had three but neither of us were particularly worried.) 

We took pictures of each other – we planned to use it as a comparison picture of our faces before and after the movie that was supposedly going to make us cry. However we ended up just keeping the pictures and setting matching pictures of the other person as their background pictures. 

After a while we decided to go venture into town to go explore a bit more and kill some time. The first shop we visited was CEX. We visited the shop for Him – he wanted some new games. However, I was the one who actually came out with a game as I found Scribblenauts on the DS which i’d been wanting for ages for only six pounds. 

The next shop we visited was GAME – this time He came out victorious with three new games that individually cost twenty-ish pounds online. He got all three for less than thirty pounds… He was very pleased with himself. While waiting in line we looked at some of the silly little ‘on offer’ things in the basket such as stickers and key chains and agreed neither of us would realistically buy them. They were just fun to look at. 

Next on our hit list was HMV. Not for any particular reason, we just wanted to go have a look around as sometimes they have interesting things there for really low prices. We looked at lots of different posters and talked about which ones we WOULD have up in our room (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Gamer related or The Hobbit posters) and which ones we WOULDN’T (Little Mix, One Direction, Football related, ETC). We also found all of the games we bought in the other shops for much higher prices – we were both very pleased about that. After poking around the CDS, DVDS and Games, we finally left the shop empty handed.

The last shop we decided to visit was Waterstones. While I had no money left after bus faire, pick and mix and a DS game (I didn’t have much with me in the first place) I did find two books I really wanted which I mentally added to a list, to look up later. He didn’t find anything he was after and vaguely trailed me the entire time we were in the shop. It was kind of sweet. We both agreed that we’re glad the other person likes books and video games as it keeps things interesting, conversation wise. 

With just under an hour left until the movie started, we headed back to the beach. We skipped rocks, drew faces on other rocks with chalks, tried to make the biggest splash by throwing things into the ocean, inspected our games and just in general messed around. It doesn’t sound very fun but I promise you it was. It was nice to just let go and enjoy each others company. 

Finally with fifteen minutes left till the movie began, we went to the cinema, bought our tickets and headed into the Foyer. Even though we had previously agreed not to buy anything at the cinema, He ended up buying a medium bucket of sweet popcorn to split between us. It was mostly gone by the time the movie began.

The cinema was practically bursting at the seams with the number of preteen girls crowded into the room, each desperate to get as close as possible to the screen. It was the most full i’d seen the cinema… ever. However, it was the first day the movie was being shown at this particular cinema, so it was to be expected.

The actual movie itself was really, really good. He doesn’t usually like romancey films but even he agreed it was pretty good. However, neither of us cried. Secretly though I reckon I would have cried if I was by myself or with my friends, but oh well. This meant there was no need for an ‘after’ shot of us as we looked exactly the same. The other girls in the cinema all visibly were crying.. they also all gasped loudly when the main love interest came onto the screen and even squealed when he kissed the other protagonist. 

We ate an insane amount of popcorn, sweets and other food that day. I dropped my nearly empty pint of sweets in the cinema but I take that as a sign that I should have stopped eating them! Not exactly productive to my non-diet diet. Especially as i’ve been eating a lot of junk food lately – and I don’t like it. Oh well, i’ll try and eat as healthily as possible after Tuesday. (Final exam so we’re all celebrating with bad food, but i’m going to limit myself a lot more.) 

We took the bus back to mine, and then he insisted on walking me home. I dumped my stuff off and essentially walked him back to the bus stop and waited with him. However due to some work being done on the roads, the bus was extremely late so I couldn’t sit and wait with him as much as i’d have liked. Once I was home, I got a panicky call from Him essentially saying he’d lost his bus pass so he couldn’t get home. After practically tearing my room apart with the assistance of my mother, he called back saying he’d found it in his bag. 

Oh well.

This weekend, my father took my brother and I out in our motor home to go to Bunn Leisure. We got back early today and the weather was amazing. It was the summer solstice and it was also felt like the hottest day of the year. We could only stay for one night so we had to make the most of it.

We spent the day relaxing in the sun, eating out, eating the cakes described at the top of the entry (they turned out really well surprisingly!), reading, going to the beach, eating icecream, going to the arcade, swimming, doing over an hours worth of walking, watching a Black Eyed Peas tribute, and we even saw a Doctor and The Medics liveshow. All in twenty four hours. We got home really late that evening and essentially went straight to bed. It was certainly a fun day but it was also exhausting.

Even though I applied suncream all over my body three times through out the day I STILL ended up with sunburnt shoulders. It isn’t fair. Really hurts but oh well. I KNOW I covered both shoulders each time but apparently I didn’t do a good enough job at it. 

My national insurance number turned up this week too! I am officially a person that is recognized by the government! Knowing my luck though, i’ll loose it. I hope not though – that’d get messy. 

My last GCSE exam ever (hopefully) is on Tuesday! I’m so excited. God knows what i’m going to do once i’m completely finished with school though..

Well that’s my life since the last entry. It’s certainly been busy.

Until next time!

-Megan

Fourth Times’ The Charm

Hey, 

So  lot has happened lately.

Last weekend I explored Arundel Castle with my Dad and younger brother. While we were not allowed to take pictures inside, my favourite part of the castle was easily the two story library! It was very wooden and beautiful. The books inside appeared to all be very dull (encyclopedia’s and whatnot) but the place certainly had charm. We then had a picnic and watched a joust between two people dressed up in clothes appropriate for the sixteenth era. They then went over the history of various weapon that were used in England. Overall, it was a very fun afternoon and i’d probably go again –  even if my ears were ringing after the amount of canons I heard go off.

I’ve been going to a lot of revision sessions. I have two Maths exams, two Film studies exams, and English exam and a History Of Surgery. The revision sessions themselves have been really helpful, and i’m glad I went. The teachers essentially went over certain parts of the course a lot of people struggled with, and we revised them. It wasn’t as bad as i’d been expecting. 

I went prom dress shopping today, and even got the dress! I won’t give away any details, other than the fact that it is red and is being personalised slightly. 

We actually attempted to go into town at eleven o’clock. We originally wanted to go to a shop in Portsmouth but found that it was too far to drive – even if they did have pretty dresses. However when we were nearly in town, the car started leaking water and overheating massively, so we had to go home. This was my third attempt at prom dress shopping so I was really disappointed. 

We went home and had some lunch while Mum called a mechanic. The price for the repair was too expensive so she just sighed and said we’ll save up for it. Meanwhile, we couldn’t go shopping. 

However, Mum’s boyfriend volunteered to drive us into town and drop us off. He’d also pick us up when we were done. After lots of thank you’s we set off. 

After we set off into town, we went to what we thought would be the most useless shop, just to get it out of the way but to still have a look. It was a bridal shop and despite the pretty bridesmaids dresses in the window, it didn’t have any prom dresses. 

We set off to our second shop of choice that was down one of the lanes. Immediately I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of dresses. There were dresses of all sizes, colours and types. Mum picked out a Cinderella type blue ball gown and I picked out a plain red dress to try on. Both needed a few alterations with pins to fit but once on they both felt so comfortable and pretty that I almost couldn’t bare to take either off. The blue dress definitely had the ‘wow’ factor, but the red dress, with some changes had promise.

We decided to venture into the other two shops on our list, have me try on some different ones, take pictures of me in each one and then pick over tea. 

The next shop we went into was a lot smaller but still had a lot of selection… just not really in my size. The dresses I tried of ranged from dark blue to red to pink. A lot of the dresses were very pretty but they either didn’t fit well (even with pins), the material felt uncomfortable or I just disliked the dress in general. The staff inside was very lovely and the dresses very cheap… but the dresses weren’t me. 

We decided to venture to the last shop but actually couldn’t find it. After walking around the seafront and exploring some of the lanes, we gave up and got a cup of tea and a cookie each. We looked at each of the pictures and decided on THE one. 

On our walk back to the shop, we discovered it was very busy and decided to come back in half an hour. While we waited we did some  grocery shopping. When we walked into the shop again, we tried on the red dress one more time, got the alterations needed recorded and then paid in full. Even with the cost of the dress and the alterations that need to be done, I still have enough money for shoes! I’m very excited.

I can go try it on a final time and pick it up in two-three weeks. I’n so excited!

My final exams are drawing closer… the only exams i’m truly worried about are maths as I need a C. But with a bit of luck, I should pass. Here’s hoping! 

Until next time!

-Megan

Half term

Hi, 

So the month is drawing to an end, and quite a bit has happened. 

I’ve completed exams for biology, chemistry, physics, english literature unit 1 & 2, History of Medicine, Nazi Germany and Sociology Unit 1 & 2. It’s great. I no longer have to go to the lessons for these subjects meaning that more often than not I get to sleep in while everyone else leaves. Or, I get to go home early.   and none of the exams were especially difficult outside of science. I thought chemistry was my worst science but according to how I felt when walking out of the exam, it might just be my best. Physics.. we’ll see. It went better than biology I reckon, but not by much. 

However, I still have exams for English Language, History of Surgery, Maths calculator + non calculator and Film Studies – which has two papers. I’m getting through them though! The only exams I have left that i’m worried about are, predictably, maths. However i’ve improved! Before Christmas I was an E- student. Now i’m three marks off of a C. Just need to work on getting onto a steady C. I’m getting more confident though.

Now it’s half term. I have just over a week and i’m determined to not spend ALL of it revising. Maybe half of it. But i’m also going to try and have some fun and catch up on some of the books that have been slowly multiplying in the box under my bed. Should be good. 

On bank holiday monday I could potentially go shopping for my prom dress! I’m super excited. The place i’m (hopefully) getting it is called Para Siempre and it’s based in Portsmouth. If it’s not open I might go at the weekend instead. Either way, i’m happy. I’ve been waiting for this for months and it’s so close. I have two hundred pounds to spend and I intend to use it wisely! 

It was my little brother Nathan’s birthday this month. He turned fourteen. It’s weird to imagine him as fourteen years old.. I guess I still picture him as my annoying seven year old brother? Oh well. It was a fairly quiet birthday as it was a school day (unlucky.) however after school we went over to a lady called Julie’s house. She unveiled my brother’s Thor themed birthday cake – and it tasted as good as it looked! It was a Thor hammer with his name inscribed into it. It also had a Captain America shield and a Hulk fist punching through next to it.  He seemed to enjoy the heavily Thor and Science themed birthday. Some of the highlights of the presents included a telescope, a metal detector and a large collection of new Minecraft and Marvel themed posters. 

Recently, we went to Brooklands park with my brother, sister, Mum, Him and I. It was a ridiculously hot day that led to me getting sunburnt shoulders, but in the grand scheme of things it was worth going. We all played with my sister in the park and sat by/jumped into the paddling pool. Half way through the day He and I split off from the main group and go sit on a nearby bench, near the main pond. Being the random person he is, he creates an entire Eastenders-Esq story line for each of the ducks that led to us both in laughing fits.

Overall, this month has been very positive. I’m looking forward to finishing my exams for good though!

Until next time,

-Megan

 

Prom dresses, underwear shops and graduating high school

Hey, 

So on Sunday I went out with some friends. It was my last opportunity before exams… and it was fun! While there was a small group of us, I tried on my first prom dress, I had my first Starbucks and was dragged into about ten different Underwear shops. Yes, you read that right. 

My friends and I got the train to Brighton. Once there, we immediately searched out food and found ourselves at Starbucks. I’m not exactly what I ordered as everything seemed to be in a foreign language, but the drink I got tasted like strawberries and the fruit I had with it was delicious. 

After that, we set off exploring different shops – I got to have a look round Waterstones and bought The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of a Window And Disappeared and The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden. My friends were on a mission to embarrass the boy who was with us as much as possible and dragged us into every shop from Ann Summers to Primark’s underwear section. I think they succeeded – he started standing outside of the shops after a few of them. It was funny. 

My friend saw the shop she got her prom dress at and decided we should go have a look around. While the dresses inside were very pretty, they were all far too long for me.  However my friend found a beautiful red dress and forced me to try it on. It was awkward to get into by myself, so both the girls with me had to help me do up the back. However once it was on… I liked it. The only issue I had with the dress was that it was too tight, too long and didn’t have straps. Everything else – the material, the colour and the pattern… was perfect! Now I know what to look for. 

We stopped off at some different shops but eventually got tired and decided to head home. 

The journey home was pretty uneventful. We did get lost a few times though! Once on the train, we all settled down for the twenty minute journey. I was sat with one of my new books and my friends pretty much all fell asleep. While it was a fun day, it was definitely tiring. 

In other news, this time next week I will have had my first GCSE exam.. how scary. It’s only biology but jeez i’m scared. I don’t want my exams. I’m so stressed about all of this and can’t wait for it to be over! On the bright side.. or not, depending on how you look at it… I graduate high school officially in two days! I’ll still have to come in for lessons but it marks the end of my ‘official’ time at school. I wont have any more new lessons and it’s all solely revision. It’s a little draining, really. 

Aaaaah

I don’t want this. Somebody stop the earth, I want to get off.

Until next time!

-Megan

Exams are looming

Hey,

So my first exam is arriving very quickly – it’s less than two weeks away. At least it’s an easy exam (biology) to ease me into it. I’m actually really nervous about my exams, and have been getting so stressed about it. All this revision is killing me! At least they’ll be over by my birthday…

So last weekend I went out with some friends into Worthing. It started with a small group of us – but we met up with others as the day progressed. 

Even though the weather was forecasted to be horribly moody and rainy, it wasn’t actually. It was even close to warm. 

We got the train into town and headed straight for KFC. We spent the rest of the day exploring different shops, being silly and taking pictures…  even if they are really, really blurry. It was really fun – even when He started complaining about the ‘girly’ shops. He did apologise later on. The day seemed to end waaay too quickly, and my friend Rhiannon insisted on getting on the train with me, and walking me home. Probably a good call on her part, as i’d have most likely gotten lost. Ah well. We’re heading out into town this weekend just before exams start to have a bit of fun before we really do have to buckle down. I’ll probably revise for two hours afterwards, anyway. 

This time next week, I will have graduated from high school. That is quite frankly, terrifying. Where did the time go?! How am I nearly out of high school?! It seems unfair, almost. Oh well. 

I get my prom dress soon! It’s official – i’m getting it during the half term sort of in between exams. Bad timing really but i’ll make up for it with revision. 

Until next time!

-Megan

 

National Citizen Service

Hey,

So we have broken up for the Easter holidays. We have two weeks off that should be spent eating chocolate, watching movies and having fun. What am I doing, you ask? I am spending most of my holidays at school, at revision sessions. Each session lasts 2 hours, and there are three a day, plus an hour for lunch. I’ve been there monday-wednesday this week, and next week I am there Tuesday-Thursday. How fun. 

Actually, the sessions themselves aren’t that bad. The teachers often bring sweets, they try to make it fun too with little activities and it’s not a bad way to see friends pretty much every day. However, we have to sign in an out for every single session individually and some of the people that turn up to the revision sessions just to mess around and not to actually revise… are not people I’d like to see during my supposed week off. 

I did have a weekend off last week where I went to go see my cousins in Derby, Ethan and Dylan. It was nice to see the family. We didn’t really do anything so it was boring in that aspect. However I like my family – even if they were using gamer terms I didn’t really understand for most of the weekend. Tomorrow I might be going camping too with my father and brother. Most of it will spent revising though, which isn’t that fun. 

People tell me i’m revising too much – an hour a day during the week and two hours during the weekend, with the exception of revision sessions where I am pretty much revising for six hours. However my exams are NEXT MONTH. My first one I believe is on the 14th of May – i’m just over a month away from that. Honestly, i’m terrified for my exams. I feel so under prepared. On the way up to Derby I revised in the car for just over an hour, and an hour on the way back. I then got home and watched a few revision videos. It’s not like I don’t go outside and meet up with friends, or go on other websites that aren’t revision related. However, I often have revision videos in the background. 

I was going to go prom dress shopping with my Mother this Easter holidays. I originally wanted to go last month but Mum said to hold fire until next month as most dresses weren’t even in shops. I figured this was fair enough and waited..and waited… and waited! Now it’s the actual holidays, I have to wait until the end of the month to know if I can go. If I do go it’ll practically be the day before my exams, which will probably stress me out more than anything. I know I sound somewhat spoiled.. but I was really looking forward to prom dress shopping. All the other girls who are going in my year have one and I don’t. I’m not just saying that either, pretty much everyone I know has their dress. I guess I just feel a bit let down is all. 

I signed up for something called NCS – National Citizen Service. It’s a bit similar to the University Summer School at Sussex University as it’s a week without parents and I get to experience life without them to pick up after me – however this time it’s longer than a week. There are three sessions – for the first one it’s five days where I am staying on a campus and get to do team building things and in general doing fun things, such as zip lining. The second one is a few days after, the team I got to know on the team building days and I get together again to come up with a project to help give back to the community. After that, we have 30 hours to implement it. At the end of it we get a signed certificate from David Cameron. It sounded like a lot of fun. It’s in August, and I honestly cannot wait.

I also ‘officially’ got accepted into the Academy on a conditional acceptance (I get the required grades, blah blah blah) I’m super happy! I knew I had been accepted as they told me in the interview. But there is a difference between told it in person, and getting it formally written down and pretty much guaranteeing me a place. 

He and I are doing really well – nothing bad has happened between us and we seen happy as ever. 

 

This year is certainly looking more and more interesting. Prom, Year books, A day in London for my 16th birthday, actually turning 16, NCS, GCSE results and college. 

 Until next time!

-Megan

Lots has happened!

Hey,

I have been told I need maths intervention. I’m so awful at maths I need extra help. Oh well, i’m not too fussed about the help. I’ll go and try to work hard. It’s the only lesson i’m not doing well in. So, I know what I have to revise. He has offered to help though, which is good. I’m slightly sceptical as to how much work we’d actually both end up doing. By past experiences, we’d revise for half an hour and then just mess around. Who knows though, right?

So recently a lot of things have happened. On the 18th I went round His house all day. We spent the day relaxing together, watching movies and tickling each other. It was a fun day. It was my second time round his his house ever and he actually tidied up more this time than he did the first time I went round!

I’ve decided on the type of prom dress I want! I want it to be a long, red dress with straps. However as i’m short, I have to try them on before I can buy them. So i’ve gotta save up to go out into town with mum. I’ll probably start saving up the most after His birthday as most of my money is going towards that at the moment. I had a really good idea as to what to get him, but apparently his friend is giving him the game to him for free. Now I have to come up with three new decent presents and order them by mid February. Aaaah. 

I got my exam time table last week! For my REAL LIFE GCSEs! I’ve already done two GCSEs but they were easy – I didn’t have to go through SIXTEEN exams for them though! So nervous about it all though. It’s scary. This effects my future! My earliest exam is in May – so not even that far away. My final exam is the 25th of June. I also got my Mock exam results – I got A*-C in everything except Maths, where I got an E. 

On the 19th, i went into Brighton for a girl’s day out with five other girls. We got the train there and were in town until four pm.

On the train, one of my friends pressed the button to shut the train door just as a man walked through it. He got trapped but quickly got through. My friend was so embarrassed she was a laughing pile on the floor. 

We eventually got off the train and after a slight trek, found a KFC to have our lunch in. After this we explored all the weird and wonderful shops Brighton has to offer such as Cyber Candy, Snoopers Paradise and New Feel it. We didn’t buy stuff at a lot of the shops but they were fun to poke around in. I definitely would go again! After a slight detour to Waterstones where I bought To Kill a Mockingbird, we went to the pier and chilled out there. We ended up unintentionally splitting up into two groups. One group with the most money went to the arcade  and the other split off to get icecream.  

After trying to find each other, we regrouped and walked back to the train station to catch the train back. However one of my friends had been feeling ill all day and had thrown up in public. After a quick tidy up, we were on our way. 

The train ride back was fairly uneventful, besides some smoking 13 year olds freaking out when my friend started blowing bubbles. That was… interesting.

Until next time!

-Megan