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The daily life of a student commuter

Hello everyone, Welcome back to my blog. Today’s going to be a collection of the most annoying and strange things that have happened with my travelling life as a commuter student. Most of it is me having a rant..what changes. But before that let’s recap the week.  Had an okay week this week. Mostly was just finishing off a project and trying to stay motivated with my studies but also got to see the beautiful Christmas lights out and about :) . Also went to visit my boyfriend this weekend and it was so so lovely to have a weekend off and to catch up with him. Spent the weekend shopping for Christmas presents and just enjoying each others company. Also went to a pub for a couple of drinks Saturday afternoon as a nice little date. Picked up a new pair of glasses today and it feels like the last few month of eye sight have been a lie… THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE. Just wrapped all my Christmas presents to the smooth voice of Michael Buble…sigh.. And here we are at Monday ...

Study tips and tricks

Another week gone, where are you going November?!?!? How have your weeks been? Mine was a rollercoaster of a week. It started with a sickie bug that made me feel quite poorly and I watched The nightmare before Christmas which was very very strange. I don’t know what I thought of it to be honest…. The rest of the week I was a bit of a stress head with 3 projects to hand in. But im happy to report that I managed to get them all in… PHEW. At the weekend I went to get my eyes tested and guess what… another few notches blinder than I was before so yay for me and my useless eyeballs. But I did go out for a chai latte and cake with my parents which was really lovely. And here we be back at Monday again. Todays been a long day of study and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share with you my study day/ tips. 1)       Start the day off right! I went for a walk this morning and found that moving my body and getting some fresh air put me...

Music and Meandering

Happy Monday peeps! After about 40 minutes talking to Clyde from Spotify… shout out to Clyde… I bring you my Spotify playlist although my account seems to hate logging in….yaaaaay. After a dropped connection, Clyde and I’s conversation was cut short so goodbye Clyde. Bet I made his evening…. Heres a link to my favourite songs of all time. I’d love to hear what songs you are loving right now. Hope you enjoy! My music picks   This week was pretty good as I had an excursion with uni which was pretty fun. Just walked around a massive estate and learnt about how they manage the land in an eco friendly way. The weekend was really relaxing. Went to Millets farm which is basically like a garden centre and farm combined…heaven ik. Had lovely soup which was great as the weather was pretty chilly! Was really nice to have a look at all of the Christmas decorations and start to feel excited for December to come. Looked through the food section and wanted to buy everythi...

Best books

Monday Monday Monday hello again! After last week being a little bit of a mess this one was so much better! Spent a few days off, carving pumpkins, eating takeaway curry and lying in bed for longer than I care to admit. Bliss. Although now I’m wondering if my “much needed?” time off has really mucked up my schedule for the next half of my uni term… gulp. Instead of dwelling on the sheer mountain of work I need to do I thought I would procrastinate further by chit chatting on here about my week and sharing a few books on my shelf which I have loved and some waiting to be read!   Carved another pumpkin. Yes another one. This time rather spookier than the other! Me and my boyfriend also went to costa because hello Christmas drinks and more importantly hello cute Christmas cups! Enjoyed walking around the shops and taking in the Christmas lights, decorations and gift sets (yesss)… Had a rather blustery walk along the sea front and went clubbing so all in all quite a busy...

What a week....

Hello again everyone! How have all of your weeks gone? Mines been absolutely, unbelievably shocking… Its been one of those weeks where you wonder if the world is trying to spite you. 12 hours of typing up data was enough to start off my week in a bit of a huff, followed by a cancelled lecture… I was not a happy bunny. After a not so great presentation, a stressful driving lesson, software not working and probably another 15 things iv tried to forget, I am back here again a week later. Everything has been more difficult than it should have been and its left me feeling all together quite annoyed. So sitting down to write this is making me feel a little better… even though the clocks have changed and its now dark at 5…..why. Enough of that rant. Good things have happened! I went out on Friday night with my friends and stayed over the night. It was really good to let my hair down and relax for a day after such a hard week. Also I carved this loooovely pumpkin. Look how cu...

Autumn reflection

Happy Monday folks! Where has this last week gone? In fact, how has autumn nearly come and gone! Scarfs, candles, pumpkins, warm drinks and leaves, this time of year is so lovely. This season is always one for getting back into the swings of uni/school work and coming to terms with the fact that summer is now a distant memory, the nights draw closer and the weather gets more and more dreary with each coming day…. Yay? But after a few years of study, I feel like I have got into the balance of life/work but every year September brings around the challenge all over again. With what feels like mountains to do, sometimes the things I enjoy seem to slip. So, having just been set 5 projects all due by December, I thought now would be a good time to outline what I find are the best ways to manage those stressy times but still get what needs to be done… well… done! 1)       Lists – an old but true suggestion. Write everything down. The stress of forge...

Pony Land

Me and my boyfriend went on our first holiday together to Exmoor national park. We spent 5 days camping on a farm near Porlock which was especially good for the local pub (Beer and pie? YES PLEASE). We started off our holiday by setting up the tent and getting everything organised which took kind of forever but then we had our little house all ready to go (and without even starting a domestic)! We went to Dunster castle and had a really lovely time exploring the grounds and looking out at the views from the roof garden. We also enjoyed a tea in the greenhouse cafĂ©. It was a really beautiful day and the gardens flowers were all in bloom. We also went on a tour of the Victorian kitchens which was really interesting although we were the only 2 under 40!   We had a look at Porlock weir which was a really quaint fishing village which was nice for a nosey and had nice views along the coast.     The next day we had quite the adventure going to Lynton...