Not the best of days

Haven't been feeling so good this evening. My stomach is in knots! Just feeling really nauseous which sucks. Like I've eaten and everything but I just feel so bad.

Had a really boring day as well which didn't make life any better. Thursdays are the worst as I wake up at 6:30am for college when I only have 2 lessons plus form (homeroom for Americans). The first lesson is first thing in the morning and the second is in the afternoon with form straight after. So there's hours of waiting around! Next week my second lesson in the afternoon is canceled so I've decided I'm not going to go in...no point really.

Anyway yeah I'm so tired and sick but at least I get a bit of a sleep in tomorrow, wake up at 8:45 on Fridays. Hope you're all feeling better than I am and enjoy your day/night. The weather here is shit at the moment, nothing but wind and rain. And earlier it did those plus hailstorm and thunder all at the same time. Bleh!

Super sleepy so going to bed now (lol ikr lozer). Good night!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Shopaholic

Today I went shopping and managed to pick up some really cute things. I went there for a new book to write in at college but yeah I kind of got carried away. So I thought I would just share them here and discuss them!

So I bought 2 tops, 1 jumper/sweater and a pair of shorts for clothing. The white jumper/sweater was from Primark and cost around £14 and is very feminine and cute. It has a gorgeous floral design on the front and a plain back. It's very comfy and warm, although the arms are slightly cropped a little short as part of the design. But still, it's a very nice piece of clothing for going out in.

The shirt with the American flag print on was also from Primark and cost £4. A nice cheap price for a really cool shirt. When I tried it on it was a little longer than I thought considering I only got a size 8. But still it is a great casual top for casual events or to wear at home.

The red/maroon coloured shirt with 'GEEK' written on the front is from Bank and cost £20 which I considered a great deal. It's very hippy and cool and I think it's safe to say everyone loves a geek! It's totally cute and very comfy to wear. It is also a cropped piece of clothing, similar to a crop top although longer sleeves and different texture. Definitely recommend you one of these!

The fabulous shorts which I am seriously obsessed with right now are from Primark and cost £12. They are very comfortable to wear which is a big deal breaker for me as I have worn other shorts before which were so uncomfortable and horrid to wear. So the fact that these are comfy and funky is pretty amazing. As you can see it has a lovely, almost vintage, design on the front bringing colour to the piece. Love these!

And I have also attached a photo of the book I bought for college and also a new phone case thing for my iPhone. The book is from WHSmiths and was around £4. They come in a variety of colours and include a good deal of paper to last a good period of time. It's nice and light and fits very nicely in my backpack.

The phone case was £10 and also comes in a variety of colours. I bought it from a little phone stall in the White Rose Shopping Centre. I found it surprisingly soft and it looks very cute on my iPhone. If you can see, it's not a normal phone case it's one of those which your iPhone goes inside and kind of acts like a wallet for your phone. Hard to explain but anyway you can see the little strap thing that holds it closed when you are not using your phone.

I also got some earphones while I was shopping from HVM. I had some before but they stopped working. I have a curse when it comes to earphones. Anyway, they cost £5 and are very simple and working well so far. They come in a range of colours, I just decided to go for white. The sound sounds (ha sound sounds) pretty good and blocks out a lot of outside noise which is also helpful, unless of course you need to be able to hear what else is going on around you.

So yeah, these were the things I bought today which I am so so so in love with. Hope you're all good!

☯♥☮ Abbie

Twitter Tuesday

Ok I'm kind of hyperventilating right now. If this post is left unfinished, please find medical assistance. I'm so happy because the one and only Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies) just tweeted me! And it means the absolute world to me that he actually tweeted me because it means he acknowledged my existence!

If you know me, you know I am a giant potterhead. I love the books and the movies, I mean they're practically my childhood. My family and a lot of my friends have never really got into them like me and probably think I'm a total geek. But right now I don't give a shit because this has to be the best Tuesday ever. And believe me, Tuesdays are SO boring! So the fact that I can now say one of the cast tweeted me is magic to my ears!

It also means a great deal to me that Matt specifically tweeted me as we come from and live in the exact same area. He did a signing at the cinema once when Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was released. I didn't even know he was going to be there, we (me, my brother and sister) just came out from watching the movie and there he was with a big que signing autographs!!! And stupid me didn't get one because the que was so long and I was really REALLY nervous. Therefore it means a lot that I got a tweet today!

Basically, this morning I was sat on the bus on the way to college when I saw another bus on the opposite side of the road from ours. This other bus had "Matthew Lewis" written on it above the door where you get on. It wasn't like someone had written it or anything, like it was legit part of the bus! I was literally like the OMG cat and then got all excited in my seat because I thought "Wow wouldn't it be cool if Matt was on that bus?!!? Omg, maybe he is!!!" And then it was decided; as soon as I got home from college, I was going to tweet Matt about it (I couldn't tweet there and then as I had no Internet as I use wifi from home). So literally like 30-40 minutes ago I remembered and tweeted him explaining it and making a joke like "Any chance you were on!?" to which he replied "Nope, fraid not. They just named it after me. Never seen it. Where was it?" Seriously, it was just wishful thinking but I didn't actually expect to get a reply.

I am one happy girl right now.

☯♥☮ Abbie

Stress be gone!

Well, it's done. I did my Sociology exam! I can't even express how relieved I feel and how how happy I am it's over. I suppose I could say I stressed out for nothing seeing as it was pretty darn easy, however I'm not going to. Because it was a stressful experience as obviously I had no clue as to what questions were going to be asked in the exam. If you do Sociology you'll probably understand the following questions we were asked. Ok now to remember them...

1) Using Item A and elsewhere, explain the functionalist explanations of crime (21 marks)

2) Using Item B and elsewhere, assess the gender differences in patterns of crime (21 marks)

3) Using Item C and elsewhere, assess the strengths and limitations of qualitative methods of investigating suicide (15 marks)

4 "Sociology should be treated as a science" Assess the arguments given to support or argue against this (33 marks)

Maybe that's not exactly what the questions were but still very similar to how I wrote them above. Anyway, as I said before, I'm so happy it's finally over as I can now focus on finishing coursework for another subject and then start learning all I need to know for the next exams in June. As for today, I'm going to catch up on some well deserved sleep, eat a ton load of food and do whatever the fuck I feel like doing. All my love,

☯♥☮ Abbie

Snow? What snow?

I cannot believe it took 2 days for the snow to disappear. Basically on Friday night we had a huge snowstorm and it settled on the ground so fast and so thick. The picture on the left of the 2 below is only when it first started, I didn't manage to take one of when it had finished. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy its gone!

A lot of people LOVE snow but in my eyes it is the devil. Hate. It. All it causes is delayed buses, embarrassing moments of slipping and a day of feeling absolutely freezing. Like seriously, I don't give a shit about school/college closing because of it. I just want to be warm and make it to college without falling over in front of everyone or getting snowballs thrown at me by stupid kids. So yeah, I'm buzzing that it's all managed to disappear.

The whole of last week basically consisted of snow. It was disgusting. And I'm slightly confused as to how it managed to last a whole week when it wasn't even that thick yet this weekends snow lasted like a day and a half. Dat shit cray. Another reason I'm glad it's gone is because I have my Sociology exam tomorrow, as mentioned yesterday. I really didn't want to be late or completely lack the motivation to step out of the house because of it.

Now I'm laughing because all I can think of is Michael Macintyre's (hopefully I spelled his last name correctly) joke on his comedy show about how the news is basically all about snow and everything. And also his story of how he got on the "bus" when the snow got really bad and they had to walk home. If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about just YouTube it. He's fucking hilarious. Anyway, I'm going to return to my revision. So nervous yet so pumped for this exam to be over. Although I'm pretty certain I'm going to have to re-sit this exam in June as I'm likely to get a really crap grade. Great, that makes for 4 June exams... Bye guys!

☯♥☮ Abbie

January exams

Here we go. First post. No pressure or anything. So yeah Im Abbie and I'm currently in my room trying to revise for my A Levels, we have them in January and June. Luckily, I only have 1 exam this month (Sociology - Monday, 28th January) yet it's somehow bringing me so much stress. I have legit been crying myself to sleep each night worrying about what the fuck I'm going to do.

There's so much that I need to revise and remember but it's just not sticking in my head. I can't seem to remember anything or motivate myself to even try... help! It's really boring though, all about crime and deviance, who's likely to commit crime, what different theories (i.e. marxists, feminists & functionalists) say about crime and what affects official crime statistics. Doesn't sound too bad, but believe me it is. Not to mention I have a bunch of coursework from another subject that I have to complete on top of it so that I can meet deadlines. Too. Much. Work.

Literally ALL my teachers have been nagging at me because my mum rang them to tell them how worried she has been about me. I feel so lame. But hey, college is hard work ok!? Who knows what University is going to be like. At least one of the ones I applied to has accepted me (on condition I get the grades required). The rest are pending and whatnot. So hopefully I'll cram hard enough to the point that I'll have enough to say in this exam consisting of 4 essays (15 marker, 2 x 21 markers & a 33 marker).

A2 is nothing compared to AS last year. Never experienced such stress for the AS exams. Now I'm just wondering if any Americans will stumble upon this post and wonder what the hell I'm rambling on about... Oh well. That's post 1 over and done with. Wish me luck on this exam!

☯♥☮ Abbie