First Year Of Uni! - UPDATE

Hiya lovelies, 

Okay, so it seems like only yesterday I was writing posts about what to bring to university and what Freshers was all about and now I'm sat here finishing the last of my assignments back in my parents house. Time has gone so fast and it's sad in a way to think that I'm almost a third of the way through my degree and the housemates I've lived with for almost a year will no longer be my housemates. I use the term 'in a way' because in reality, living with 10 complete strangers with 1 kitchen and 2 bathrooms is absolute hell at times. But all in all, I view these people as my family, I'm closer to some than others and way too close in some cases. I've gone through highs and extreme lows with these people and experienced things during my time in the house that I wouldn't want to go through with anyone else. 

One perk of the house was meeting my best friend Paige. When people say living with someone makes or breaks a friendship, we got creepily close as friends. Before we even moved in, we spoke on Facebook and sent snap chats to each other (the no makeup, chins out kind). On the first night we drank fruit cider and gossiped and the second day we bought vodka and peach schnapps and it's safe to say we shared common interests. She is one of them people who you can turn to when you have an issue, don't feel scared to cry in front of and feel sad when they're sad. We've fed ducks together, taken beach trips and cooked terrible meals and in all honesty, I don't think anyone understands our friendship. If you asked me what the best things I'd gained from uni were, one of the things would definitely be having her as a friend.

I think overall, my first year of university has taught me a lot, It's taught me to be way more patient than I would usually, to not spend all my money in one day and then starve for the rest of the week and most of all to listen to the rules people give you regarding closeness with housemates. You learn from your mistakes, right?

Thank you for reading,

Eleanor Rachel 

xo

Halloween 2014!

Hiya lovelies,

Once again there has been a humongous gap between me posting different bits and bobs and I apologize yet again for that. As you may or may not know, the Friday just gone was Halloween. Yes, for once I actually made it out the house to celebrate and had a really good night. Me and one of my housemates and best friends Paige dressed up as dead cats (original, I know) and we went a tad bit crazy with the makeup and blood. We went to the student union Halloween party at about 10 pm and then at around 1 am we went and socialized with neighbors in various houses. I don't know if I've previously mentioned it but the accommodation I live in is a square of terraced houses. Bearing in mind I've lived here over a month, Halloween was the first time I'd spoken to half of my neighbors and they are such a friendly bunch.  Here are some photos from my night below and I hope you enjoy.

Thank you for reading this post. I'll try and be back soon with another blog post shortly,

Eleanor Rachel

xo

A Bit Of A Catch Up - The First Weeks of Uni

  

Hiya lovelies,

So I know this post lacks rather a lot of depth or meaning to it but part of the reason I'm sharing these photos is simply for my own personal reason. When I look back on my blog, I love seeing what I've been up to and the photographs that went alongside this. It's almost a way to capture memories and keep them alive for a little bit longer. On the day this is posted and the day I've been writing it, I've been living away at university for 1 month and a day. There are highs and lows for living with people that I would never usually associate myself with and I have learnt a lot about myself in the process.  I do plan to keep blogging but it gets more and more difficult as I almost feel that because I live with so many people, I need to be sociable when I don't have work that needs to be done.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the photos posted and I'll see you soon.

Thank you for reading,

Eleanor Rachel 

xoxo

I AM A TERRIBLE BLOGGER

Hiya lovelies,

So as you can tell from the title, I've started to fail slightly at this daily blogging malarkey. We all knew it would happen and it didn't really take long to be honest. From now on, I have no plan. I've mainly been spending my days packing and sorting for university which is scarily in under 2 weeks time. If you would like a list of what to take, I shall sort that out for you. I have also come across some photos which I haven't seen in a while so I might do some throwback posts. But other than that I have no idea what to post. I need to buy some batteries for my camera so until then, you may be stuck with diary style entries with poor quality photos a few days a week.

I'll try and take some photos of my day tomorrow even if it isn't very interesting just to give you an update of what's been happening. Once again, I apologise for my lack of motivation and I'll see you soon.

Thank you for reading,

Eleanor Rachel xo

A Long Ramble- You Don't Have To Be Happy

Hiya lovelies,

So today I'm going to share with you a part of my life that probably doesn't belong on the internet being shared with you but I'm embracing it. The truth of the matter is I'm not a happy person a lot of the time. There are a large amount of days such as today where I do not want to get out of bed almost out of fear of what the day holds. It's now almost 7pm and I feel super drained although I've not done anything in the day.

I feel like there are constant expectations in life that you should either be super happy and bubbly or you're labelled as depressed, when that's not the case at all. Depression is a serious illness which means you constantly feel down or have low self worth and to me, a couple of days a week where I don't want to face the world is nothing in comparison. I think everyone should have days when they don't have to socialise and can focus on resting their mind and getting themselves up to top form.

In my honest opinion everyone is different, things affect people in different ways and that's what makes a human special. The way I live my life may make other people tut or think of me as lazy but at this moment in time I'm not going to go and set myself unrealistic goals that mean my good days are worse even are there are more of them.

I know this was a rambling post for today but I'm just sick of judgemental people. I apologise for the rant and I hope you enjoyed (probably not the right word) reading my point of view.

Thank you for reading,

Eleanor Rachel

xo

Nothing Worth Reading ...

Hiya lovelies,

I think it's safe to say I'm already starting to fail at this whole daily blogging thing. It's hard because I always have all these good ideas but putting them into happening is a whole other ball game. I'm writing this just after midnight on the 2nd of September and I think it's safe to assume I'm regretting saying I'd blog everyday. There will be days when I have something planned for you to read and I'll be ahead in the game and have billions of posts scheduled to keep you going. However, like today, there will also be days where I just natter about rubbish.

Monday (yesterday) was one of them days where you just sit on sites like Facebook and Instagram and actually enjoying playing games like Criminal Case.... I kid you not, it's addictive. I also spent a long while taking photos on my laptop, so this post will probably just be me sharing them photos.

There we have it guys, my wonderful face..... I joke. I'm sorry for the lack of quality content but I will make sure to have some written in the upcoming days.

Thank you for reading

Eleanor Rachel

xo

Nothing Planned?!?!

Hiya lovelies,

So today I basically have nothing planned for you and I apologise for that. I have spent so much time getting organised for university and making sure I'm fully prepared that I guess in a way I may have neglected this blog to a certain level. You should however know that there are a few exciting posts coming up including a guest blogger, a few hauls and other bits and pieces so keep an eye out for them.

 

What I'm basically trying to say is this post really has no meaning in itself but is really just here to give you an update and more information into what's going on in my life and go into a bit more detail on the things that I've mentioned in other posts briefly. I think it's important to give you all a bit of background information into why I post the things I do and buy the things I buy.

 

The most important aspect of my life is University and moving out. The more I think about it, the more dread is just entering my system because there is so much to do before I go. If you haven't  been reading my blog for a while, the course I am taking is 'Childhood Studies' and I am living on campus. This means that I'm sharing a house with up to 9 other people with a shared living space and kitchen, 2 bathrooms and my own bedroom/study area. I will make sure that as soon as I move in (20th September!), I will do a post on how I have 'decorated' my room. I also had to buy everything I would need to use in the kitchen as nothing is provided. I have recently purchased a new laptop which I am using to write this post and I love it to pieces.  The next blog post you see will probably be about this laptop and what apps and things I've already downloaded. This is in fact my Christmas present this year but I needed a new one for uni as my old one was pretty close to death.

 

I apologise yet again for the lack of organisation towards this post and if you have any ideas that you would like me to write about, please do not hesitate to email me at elliew59@live.co.uk
Thank you for reading,
Eleanor Rachel
xo

 



I Got Into Uni!!!

Cute little knitted flowers around the railings <3

Hiya lovelies,

So as you can probably tell by the title, I got into the University I chose. I am currently writing this on the Thursday night of results day and honestly I'm so pleased. The night before (the Wednesday) I was honestly in a state of panic. I was shaking with dread and couldn't think straight at all. All I could think was 'What if I don't get in?' I had no back up plan to fall back on and what job was going to accept me with terrible A-Level results.

So we went for a family trip to the beach in the evening, as you can see above. We had an ice cream, skimmed stones across the sea (I can admit failure on that one), and then we went to the amusements on the 2p machines. I honestly had the loveliest night and it was so good to just have a relaxing trip out with the family and spend quality time together, something that doesn't happen an awful lot nowadays.

Anyway, onto Results Day, I needed 220 UCAS points to get accepted to do 'Early Childhood Studies' and I got 300, so I was well and truly pleased with myself.  I think when you get results, it's important to focus on how ou feel you achieved as a person and not compare yourself to anyone else. As long as you feel that the work you put in reflects your results, that's all that matters.

I hope everyone got the results that they were looking for and let me know if you would like more of these type of posts or what you would like to see more of.

Thank you for reading

Eleanor Rachel

xo

The Stress of A Level Results Day

Hiya lovelies,

So if you are reading this on the day it is set to be published then it is Wednesday and tomorrow is Results Day. For those of you that may not live in England or know what A- Levels are, they are basically what decide whether you get into University or not, dependent on your grades.

It is one of the most horrific parts of the school year and even just the thought of around 2000 students cramming into a hall not big enough to hold everyone is making me feel slightly nauseous.

My plan of action is to catch the train at around 8.30am to arrive at college for just before 9 o'clock. There are however a few things that you need to bring yourself if you are going, just in case the results are not what you expected and the morning doesn't go to plan.

• Bring your mobile phone and make sure you have enough charge and credit to be able to ring universities through clearing. A phone will also be likely to have a calculator so you can work out how many UCAS points you have earned 
• You also need to bring any documentation with you that will identify you as being a UCAS applicant with your identification number on. This will help you to go through clearing.
• Buy a copy of the telegraph (newspaper) on the morning especially so you can see which universities are offering places through clearing.

But most of all, GOOD LUCK to everyone getting their results tomorrow. I hope you achieve as highly as you wanted and you should be proud of making it through your A-Levels.

Thank you for reading this post and I hope you find it useful. 

Eleanor Rachel

xo