its about being able to fly

New friends

2009-11-16T02:15:00.002Z

Its funny, coming somewhere where you don't know a soul. Where no one knows who you were a year ago, let alone three years ago, or five.
No one knows how much you've grown and changed, or what has made you the person you are today.
Sure, little bits get shared. It comes up in conversation. Or you make an effort to say it. But its just not the same as having known someone for years and years.

Its nice though, I suppose, being able to be whoever it is you want to be, with absolutely no expectations on you.
Not that that should change who you are but there is no denying that it usually does.

I love my friends here and never would have thought that I would make such good friends in such a short space of time. It makes all the difference too.

Germany part 4

2009-09-03T10:45:00.004+01:00

Once I'd left the herb garden I had a couple of days to myself, which I spent by the Rhine. I spent my time sitting reading by the river, went for a long walk to another village, looked in the wee touristy shops, went to a concert in the church, and befriended some Americans at the hostel and played carads with them. Some of the time we played uno and the people at the next 3 tables along were all also playing uno, which made us laugh. That hostel was also super cheap, it was great.

I then got the train up to Bonn, checked into a hostel there, and got a train and bus to the airport to meet Gemma. It was such a badly signposted airport! I was going all over the place to try and figure out where to meet her. Got to the right bit in time though. It was exciting to see her again :D

We spent a few nights in Bonn, a few in Cologne, a few in Brussels, and a few in Amsterdam. We had fun doing touristy things. I think Amsterdam was my favourite of the cities, but Bonn was also a lot nicer than I expected, it had plenty of green spaces. Brussels had far too many tourists. Cologne didn't have an awful lot to do, other than the cathedral of course, and the weather wasn't fantastic which probably didn't help. We went to a number of markets in various places, I love markets.

We flew home from Amsterdam and it was so nice to get back to the greenness here!, although I had a fantastic trip, of course :)

Germany part 3

2009-08-31T17:28:00.003+01:00

After my 3 weeks in the Black Forest were up it was onto another 3 or 4 trains to the Moselle Valley, to work on a herb garden for a fortnight.

I loved my two weeks there.

Got on very well with the woman who ran it, Maiga, and also with an Australian volunteer who was there for the second week.

The work consisted mostly of watering, repotting, and plucking herbs for restaurants. I now know more herb names in German than in English!

For the first week I was using German pretty much the whole time, and then once Sophie was there, she doesn't speak German so when Maiga was there we spoke English and when her parents were there I interpreted.

Maiga lives in a flat above her parent's house, and we had the house next door. Her mum made our food for us, and we had some yummy meals - lots of herbs of course, and lots of healthy stuff.

Her dad was a great one for talking and loved to tell stories, he was very interesting too.

One day we decided to take the afternoon off and drive to Trier for lunch and to look at some Roman ruins and stuff, and once we were done there we decided to go to Luxembourg for dinner. Had a bit of a walk around too, it has a pretty park bit in a valleyish part but other than that it didn't seem like an overly exciting city.

While I was at the herbgarden there were some serious thunderstorms, but there was also plenty of lovely sunshine.

Photos from the garden (lots of plenty photos! are here)

Germany part 2

2009-08-08T11:23:00.003+01:00

Having left Sophia, I took 3 or 4 trains to end up in the Black Forest.

On the way I stopped for a picnic lunch in a town called Villingen and had a bit of a walk around there. It was pretty. I then continued on to Sankt Georgen, where I was met by Hans Hartwig. There weren't too many people on the platform, so it was easy enough to figure out which one was him, and he immediately recognised me thanks to the resemblance on the Orr side of the family. We went to the car, which turned out to be one of these:

A two-seater electric car, with pedals too but thankfully we didn't have to use them! The whole top opens forwards. And my rucsac just about fitted into the back!

We arrived back at the farmhouse just in time for Kaffee und Kuchen, after which it was straight out to the vegetable field to do some weeding with Anke.

The next three weeks consisted of more work in the vegetable field, including it being plowed by oxen; bringing the cows up to fields in the morning and back down in the evening; helping to make cheese; selling cheese at the market (and not being able to understand people!); getting stung by nettles; getting chased by geese; looking after the children; eating lots; making hay; and other farm-ish work.

They also involved meeting lots of people. When I arrived on the farm, as well as the family (including 4 children), there was one guy there for a year, one school pupil there for 3 weeks, a woman and her daughter there to learn cheesemaking, a pair who had been building a raft to sail along the Danube, who set off a day or two after I got there, as well as a couple of others who were sometimes there and sometimes not, to make cheese or help with the market, or do finances. It took a while to figure out who everyone was, but they were all very friendly! During my stay a few others came and went, so it was very interesting to get to talk to all these people - and definitely improved my German!

The area around was beautiful, and one afternoon we went and climbed a near by tower to get a better view of the area, but even around the house and fields it was beautiful. The weather wasn't fantastic, and there were a number of thunderstorms at the start, but it did mostly stay dry.

I don't have an awful lot of photos but the black forest ones are here:
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn157/clareorr/Germany%20etc%202009/Schwarzwald/
and Spiekeroog ones are here:
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn157/clareorr/Germany%20etc%202009/Spiekeroog/

Germany part 1

2009-08-04T16:33:00.005+01:00

So I figured I may as well resurrect my blog and write about what I did in Germany. Probably in 5 parts or something. In the unlike event that someone is reading this, hello!

First I flew to Stuttgart, with a change in Heathrow on the way. My plane to Heathrow was late, and I just about made the connection, switching terminals, so it was no great surprise that my luggage didn't show up in Germany. I was met by Sophia, we talked to the BA woman about my luggage, then got the train back to her house - in a way it was quite handy not having to carry all my luggage on the journey home! The next few days were spent in Stuttgart, and my luggage was delivered to the house about 2 days late.

We then set off on Thursday at about 12:30am, to drive 700odd km to the north sea - me, Sophia, her brother, and parents. Dozed on and off throughout the drive. We made it up well on time to get a coffee then catch the first ferry across to Spiekeroog, one of the East Frisian Islands. Cars are banned from the island (hurrah!) so we loaded our stuff into containers to be put onto the ferry.

The crossing took roughly 40mins, during which we ate our picnic breakfast, and on the other side we were met by 2 friends staying in the same place as us, who had brought a wagon to transport our luggage back there. We stayed in familyholidayhouseishthing, which had lots of family-sized flats. Well, when I say family-sized, I mean they had everything you needed for 2 weeks crammed into the smallest possible space.

After a nap and lunch, we went for a walk along the beach, and this set the precedent for the next fortnight. Sophia taught me to knit, we spent lots of time reading, sitting on the beach, a couple of chilly swims, walks, and with the others staying in the same house as us, most of whom know each other from many holidays there.

Sophia and I were then to leave before the rest of her family, taking the train back to Stuttgart. After paying a couple of limbs, we spent most of the day sitting on trains from the top of germany to the bottom. Thankfully it all went smoothly, connections worked, and we even got back earlier than we expected. I had 2 more days at Sophia's, during which we relaxed, watched a couple of films, got all my washing done, and just about managed to squish it all back into my rucsac!

What can one man do?

2009-05-12T20:30:00.000+01:00

Inspire a million.

I have a new blog

2009-01-09T12:00:00.001Z

for while I'm away:

http://clareinsenegal.blogspot.com/

(How original, I know!)

2009-01-05T22:37:00.000Z

I like this.
(Its a past postsecret)

Icicles.

2009-01-03T22:26:00.010Z

We went for a walk yesterday, in the Mournes. It was cold and grey, but it was (mostly dry). Some of the paths were icy. It was strange. Meant we had some pretty funny near-slips. We also found quite a few icicles along the edges of bogs. Baaaah.A big ugly fire.
It was really good day though =]

2 Timothy 1:7

2008-12-26T13:23:00.001Z

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

All these people.

2008-12-21T21:48:00.001Z

Its a big world out there.
A big world filled with people.

All these people who we know.
Ones we have known forever,
ones we have only just met.

Ones who we say just hello to,
ones who share our everything with.

All these people who we have met, and have forgotten.
Ones we only met for a moment,
ones we knew so well, but so long ago.

Ones we think of occasionally,
ones we never remember.

All these people that we'll never get to meet.
Ones who live across the globe,
ones who live around the corner.

Ones who we'd argue with,
ones who would understand us perfectly.

Its a big world out there.
A big world filled with people just like us.

The book of I

2008-12-10T23:08:00.000Z

I started a notebook, about 3 months ago.
I guess you could say its like a condensed diary.
I write one sentence in it every day, starting with the word "I"

I feel...
I am...
I was...
I did...
I made...
I need...
I went...
I let...
I lost...
I should...

I like it.

2008-12-08T18:27:00.001Z

Tomorrow can be anything.

Make of it what you can.

Look at the stars

2008-11-29T14:40:00.003Z

Look how they shine for you
And everything you do.

Do you see the stars? The ones who are there, every step of the way? The ones who are cheering for you, the ones who pick you up every time you fall.

Do you see the stars? The ones who are helping you succeed, who are always there to support you. The ones who have confidence in you even when you don't.

Do you see the stars? The ones who even when you ignore them, even when you hurt them, they don't give up on you. The ones who never stop believing in what you can achieve.

Tuesday.

2008-11-25T12:32:00.003Z

I went to the cinema last Thursday evening with mum. To a french film, Il y'a longtemps que je t'aime at Queens Film Theatre. I love QFT. It was a very good film, very sad.

On Wednesaday evening I was babysitting. That was fun. Lots of questions, about anything and everything.

Yesterday morning I went to school before work. For the first time in about two months. I had nice chats with a few of the language teachers.

/pointless post

Photographs

2008-11-22T22:24:00.000Z

Sometimes, whenever you take a photo, you end up with strangers in the background. Whether its a popular photo site, with other people trying to get the same photo as you; or people who just happened to be walking/standing/sitting behind/beside/in front of whatever you were taking a photo of; or just a stranger that you wanted to take a photo of (like certain people who were in Romania liked to do).

So, you've got all these strangers in your photos. Maybe you don't even notice them, don't think about the fact that they are there. Maybe they're blocking out part of the photo you wanted to take. Or maybe they're adding to that photo.

Then, how many strangers have photos with you in them? A little bit of your life that they've captured on their film, whether or not they meant to? The people you have in the background of your photos, are they the same strangers who have you in the background of theirs? Perhaps sometimes they are, but not often.

Usually its just two paths that crossed for a moment, but that moment was captured forever.

Words.

2008-11-20T19:56:00.001Z

Actions speak louder than words.

But sometimes words are all you've got.

A picture speaks a thousand words.

But to every person its a different thousand.

Words.

Written.
Spoken.

Read.
Heard.

A letter.
A phonecall.

An email.
A conversation.

There are two parts always.

If something it is written, If something is said,

then it has to be read. then it has to be heard.

Running out of words.
Being left speechless.
Because of good things, or because of bad.

What do you say to that?
What do you say when hugs aren't a practical option?

Words.

Sometimes they say what you want them to,

but sometimes you forget how to make them say what you want to.

Clouds.

2008-11-18T22:49:00.000Z

I was driving home this afternoon. Late afternoon, when it was starting to get dark. The sun was going down. And the clouds were in the sky, as they usually are.

There were 2 different types of cloud. I possibly once knew their names, but now I don't. There were puffy ones. Going from white to gray. All through the sky, in all directions, high and low. Then there was a band through the middle. A thick band of red cloud, picking up the colours of the sunset, making a stripe through the sky behind the puffy clouds.

2008-11-17T22:10:00.000Z

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. -Barbara Bloom

But what does it mean to be human?

2008-11-16T15:10:00.000Z

Are we human?
Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human?
Or are we dancer?

What is it to be human?

We have memories.
We have cultures.
We question things.
Brain size, language, that's what separates us from chimps.
Morality, empathy, reasoning. Do these belong only to humans? Do they even belong to humans as a whole?
Care and compassion.
Freedom to make decisions.
The ability to emote.

Do we ask science what it is to be human? Or do we ask psychology? Religion? Sociology?

According to Genesis 1:26, "Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness" (NIV), or, "God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature. " (The Message)

Made in the image of God.

Physically, metaphorically?

A reflection of God's qualities.
A reflection of God's spirit.

Our capacity to love. To love unconditionally.
Our freedom to make decisions, to act according to our decisions.
Our creativity.
Our conscience.
Moral responsibility.
Language, communication.
The mind of man.

After all, we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
Hurt instead of healing
After all we're only human
Is there any other reason
Why we stay instead of leaving
After all

Today.

2008-11-13T20:57:00.004Z

So, as I'm sure most of you know, I like wee quotations.
I have a word document of them on the computer.
Sometimes I stick new ones that I've found in at the end,
sometimes at the start,
or sometimes randomly in the middle somewhere.

The first two right now are,
"The only day worth living is today."
and
"Life is so much larger than just today."
except that I realised they kind of contradict each other.

Or do they?
Maybe not.

Its about living in today, about not regretting the past, about not worrying about what the future will bring,

but also remembering that today is a part of something bigger. Its not an isolated day. Its part of your life, its a part of everyone around's lives, its a part of the world.

I was reading an article the other day about an African tribe who have no history. They don't talk about events which happened before their birth. They talk from personal experience only. Their language, which consists of 3 vowels and 8 consonants, appears to defy grammar rules which all other languages follow.

They live in the present. The past doesn't matter. The future matters. All the matters is that they exist now, that they are surviving now.

Today is the only day we can live, but today is also part of something so much larger.

Change.

2008-11-12T22:21:00.003Z

What is it that makes us who we are?
What defines you as a person, and when do you stop being yourself, and become someone else?

Everyone has many sides. If one of those sides changes, does that mean that you're not you anymore? Or is it only if they all change? What if the focus shifts from one side to another?

If you change the outside, does the inside change?
If you change the inside, does the outside change?

When you change, do you have to leave people behind? Does a change of one thing result in a change of everything?

Changing your perspective. Changing your ideals. How much needs to change? How much has already changed? Are you the same person you were a year ago? Do you want to be that person?

Emotions change. One day you feel this way, the next day you feel that. One minute you feel this way, the next you feel that.

Are they really truly yours if they don't last?

What can you claim as yours?
What can you claim as you?

My brain is making absolutely no sense tonight, so I really don't expect you to understand this.

Losing touch

2008-10-31T18:49:00.001Z

can happen so quickly,
and bam
things aren't how they were.
Or are they?
Its too hard to tell.
Something has changed, but how much?
Is it too late?

Repeat.

2008-10-29T19:03:00.003Z

Sometimes, there is one song that I will listen to over and over.
And over.

For hours, or for days.

The past few days, its been Swans by the Format.
I don't even know how I found it, but I've listened to it about a billion times recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJManH2Nv8k

At least come join me
Within the belly of the big blue beast.
Set asail, catch a breeze,
And come on

Don't forget to fill your suitcase.
Now watch it sink,
Cause where we're going we don't need a thing.
Not a map, or a seed,

Cause where we've been is who we used to be.
We started wrapping our regrets in cloth
Are you defined by all the things you want...
Or did you get caught
Up in the things that we are not?

You were born to believe you can't get lost,
So when you run, you always get too far.
Now there's nothing you haven't seen.

But where we're headed we have never been,
Past the pavement that we used to walk,
Past the people that we used to know.
Now come on, go
Past the people that had broke our hearts.
We started laughing at them from afar.
But now we've climbed too far without a rope.
Now come on, go

No we're not swans,
Nor are we as ugly as we think we are.
We don't take to compliments but please don't stop
Now come on, come on,

We are not swans
We fit into eachother, we are russian dolls,
Where somewhere in the centre sits a beating heart.
But come on, come on,
We are not swans.

Now do you feel we've gone too far
Or do you feel we've reached the top
Or do you feel like letting go
Now come on, hold on,

We are not swans,
Nor are we as ugly as we think we are.
We have fallen fast, but we aren't falling far
Now come on, come on,
We are not swans,
Our fathers gave us features that we didn't want,
Our mothers claim those features made them fall in love,
But come on, come on,

We are swans.
We are flying higher than our counterparts.
We have got eachother I'd say that's enough.
Now come on,
come on,
come on.

The trail you leave.

2008-10-27T23:36:00.002Z

Its funny, the memories you find lying around.

Whether its on your computer, or in the real world.

A picture.
A few words.
A story.
A letter.
A CD.

Out of the blue.

Something you'd forgotten about,
moved on from,
left behind.

Something which brings a piece of your past back to you.

And they say that a hero can save us.

2008-10-26T14:04:00.003Z

I'm not gonna stand here and wait.

Who are your heroes, and why?

What makes a hero heroic?

Doing the right thing?

Courage, bravery?
Departure on a quest?

Determination?

Putting other people first?
Superhuman strength?

Standing up for your beliefs?

Standing up for other people?
Being favoured by the gods?

Overcoming your past?

Exceeding expectations?
Superpowers?

Following your heart, even when society disagrees?

Modesty?
Immortality?

Fighting for a cause?

Meeting a tragic death?
Being remembered through tales?

One person's hero is another person's trouble maker.

If things were different....

2008-10-24T22:32:00.001+01:00

...
but they're not.

One of those weeks.

2008-10-23T16:07:00.001+01:00

Monday was Wednesday.
Tuesday was Monday.
Wednesday was Thursday.
Thursday is Friday.
So Friday's gonna be Tuesday?

Today

2008-10-21T22:35:00.000+01:00

I went to the travel agent's,
but their computer system was down.
They were meant to phone me when it was fixed,
so I went into town for a bit, then went to Botanic,
where I sat, wrote letters, and took pictures :]

It was pretty cold, but it was bright and sunny (until it started to rain, and I came home.)

And some more here.

The little things.

2008-10-20T22:33:00.001+01:00

Autumn leaves.

A rainbow.

Webcams.

Texts and phone calls.

Smiles.

What little things have made your day today?

2008-10-18T20:59:00.000+01:00

Reactions.

2008-10-16T22:13:00.001+01:00

Everyone reacts differently.

Whether its because of what they've seen, what they've heard,
or what they haven't seen and heard.

Something that's obvious to you isn't always obvious to others.

Something that's useless to you isn't always useless to others.

Something that's shocking to you isn't always shocking to others.

Stop and listen.

2008-10-14T22:39:00.003+01:00

Stop and listen.
You ask, "How are you?" and then you go back to your thoughts. You assume the answer is going to be, "Fine, thanks." You don't bother to check if that's the real answer, or just what they're saying.

Stop and listen.
All it takes is an ear and a few moments, to listen to their story of how their day has been, of what they are planning for tomorrow.

Stop and listen.
As they tell you what's been niggling away at their brain all day. Let them let it out, let them know that there is someone willing to give them some time.

Stop and listen.
When they talk, and remember, so that next time, you can bring up those things, you can ask them about them.

Stop and listen.
So they'll know there's someone who cares.

Its strange...

2008-10-13T21:26:00.000+01:00

... how sometimes we see so much, but often we notice so little.

... how sometimes, to know how you're feeling about something, you have to tell someone the whole story, and then as you wait for them to respond, you realise what you want them to say, and how you actually feel.

... how sometimes the one thing you least expect to happen, happens.

... how more than sometimes its the little things that break your day, and the little things that make it.

... how sometimes other people can know you better than you know yourself.

... how sometimes its the past you yearn for, and sometimes its the future, when really the present is the only time we can live in.

I'd been putting it off

2008-10-11T18:26:00.002+01:00

but today I finally re did my template.

I'd been putting it off because this newer version of blogger (which has, admittedly, been out for ages by now) didn't like the html of my previous template, so I was worried that I would have to figure out what everything meant and do it all again myself.

Turns out, its now easy to do things and I didn't need to use any html of my own =]

So yeah.
That is that.
Yay for not having to do things yourself?

Those who wish to sing

2008-10-11T17:18:00.003+01:00

always find a song.

When its a matter of perspective, you'll probably find what you're looking for.

If you're looking for the negatives, you'll find them. If you're looking for the positives, you'll find them. They won't necessarily be the only thing you find, but you will find them.

When you look for destruction, its what you'll find. If you're looking for beauty, somewhere among the destruction there it is.

It may seem like there is silence, but if you listen hard enough, someone always sings.

Hope

2008-10-10T22:04:00.001+01:00

Hope is, I think, my favourite word.
At least, my favourite-meaning-of-a-word, which is, admittedly, a rather different thing.

–noun
-the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
-something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.
–verb
-to believe, desire, or trust

Hope. Its a positive word. A belief that something different, something better is possible.

Hope, faith and charity are the three theological virtues.

Hope can be in a person. In a life. Hope that that person can help, or that they can be helped. Hope that someone loves you back. Hope that someone will do something for you.

Hope that things will get better with time, that more opportunities will arise. Hope that your decision is the right one.

Hope that a war will end, or a sickness will leave.

Hope that you'll get to back to where you were before. That you'll see the ones you miss. That they are all safe and alive. That you'll get to walk where you once walked. That everything will work out. That, even though it can't be the same, it will be as amazing.

There are days when words come,

2008-10-09T21:57:00.001+01:00

there are days when thoughts come,
and there are days when they both come.

Today is definitely one of the middle. One where I come up with lots of titles, lots of things I want to write, but I can't manage to get them out.

Perhaps tomorrow.

Its the end of the world as we know it,

2008-10-06T19:32:00.000+01:00

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

Is not every moment the end of the world as we know it?
Every moment our world changes, whether or not we realise it.
There are the big things.
Births. Deaths. Whether its someone close to us, a celebrity, or just something we hear about, it can affect us greatly.
There are the little things. One small action, one small comment and our world is changed.
The world isn't as we knew it.

Having said that, do we ever know the world, if even for a moment?
We think we know it, but there is so much we haven't seen, so much we haven't experienced.
Even the little bit that we have seen, that we have experienced, it continually changes. It isn't itself for more than a moment. Whatever I mean by a moment.

Things go up. They come back down. Do a 180. Back to being good. Bad. An oil spill. It vanishes from the media but not from the world. Or else it vanishes from the world but the media hold on, making of it as much as they can.

The world is fluid. Its always changing. Lives are being created, destroyed, changed. We barely know ourselves. We barely know one another. How then can we know the world at all?

The things that make you think.

2008-10-05T14:07:00.001+01:00

Little things. A few words, one sentence. Its sits there, in your head. It won't go away. You've got to ponder it. To disect it, and put it back together. To work out what it means for you, how it affects you. What it means for other people.

Everyone reads things differently. Picks up on different things. Some people open their eyes wider than others, look around them more. They notice the others around them. The things that make them who they are. The things that make them not be who they aren't.

All the people you know, all the people you meet, every single person has their own story. The series of events which they have lived through. The good times, the bad times. Easy and hard. The other people who they have known, whether for a moment or a lifetime, who have influenced them.

We can never know what their full story is. Pieces are hidden. Pieces are forgotten, neglected. Its continually changing, but what seems trivial now may have been a massive piece of the story once.

The things that make you think aren't always the big things.

Dearie me

2008-10-01T22:46:00.000+01:00

its been a while.

So. I have a job now! 3 days a week in a cafe/deli. Its been good so far, mostly, with the occasional not so nice customer. And they're expecting a health inspection any day, was meant to be Monday but hasn't happened yet.

Yesterday I was also in the office at my dad's school, mostly doing photocopying, which wasn't overly exciting but hey tis money. Ha. I'm going in there tomorrow too.

Spent yesterday evening writing lots of lovely letters to those people who have gone off and deserted me for uni :[

This weekend just past I did a TEFL course. It was pretty intense, as it was all day both days, but there was a lot of useful stuff in it too. Hopefully I'll remember it all when the time comes to use it!

GEMMA

2008-10-01T22:38:00.003+01:00

is wonderful <3

Goodbyes.

2008-09-17T21:32:00.000+01:00

Lauren left last week.
Kudzi leaves tomorrow.
Everyone else (well, those who are going) leaves Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

On Thursday we went out for lunch to say goodbye to Lauren.

Friday evening Ashlea, Lise and Kudzi came here. Lise and Kudzi ended up being here for a long time :P And we were being weird. As usual. Photos of our strangeness will soon be on photobucket. It was a very fun evening!

Today, we went up to the Ice Bowl for some bowling and to say goodbye to Kudzi.

On Monday evening I went out with some of the old focus ones. That was also really good. A few of them I hadn't seen in months. We went to a pub quiz, although Winnie and I got there about half way through, and of course I wasn't much help with the questions.
They'll all be leaving again as well.

My job hunting has properly begun, lots of applications to fill in. Yawn.

Belfast!

2008-09-10T17:22:00.002+01:00

So, home again for almost a week.

Actually I forgot to mention how we almost missed our plane home. We flew from Turkey to Manchester, and that flight was delayed by an hour, so we nearly missed the flight back to here. Involved a sprint from one terminal to another, checking in about 20 minutes before the flight was due to go (thank goodness they let us!), quickly through security and we got to the gate just before boarding started.

Since I came home, I have been attempting to look for a job. I've sent in one application, and am trying to finish writing my CV so I can apply for some more. I hate writing things like that.

Sunday was Martin's 21st so we went out for dinner on Saturday night, and then had family over on Sunday afternoon. It was good to see some of the cousins again =]

Last night, Kudzi had one last party before everyone heads off various places for uni =[
It was fun, but I'm rather lacking in sleep now! Looking forward to a quiet evening.

Turkey.

2008-09-09T19:14:00.000+01:00

I was home from Romania for about 4 days, and then went to Turkey.

There were 5 of us went, and it was a international youth exchange, so there were people there from 6 different countries - Northern Ireland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria, Italy and France.

It was supposed to be for 18-25 year olds, but some of the others were older than that which at first made me feel really young but by the end it was fine.

When we first arrived, we were the first ones to get our rooms, which were for 2 people, and it sank in that we would have to share with a stranger. That worried us, but once we met the people we were sharing with, it was fine. They were all lovely.

We did some workshops - dance, drama, painting sculpture. We had international evenings - sharing food, drink, music, dances, tales. We got to see some of Turkey - a visit to the beach, a trip to the bazaar, and a day visiting historical sites, including the ancient city of Ephesus.

We were busy but we did also get some free time, to sit and talk to the others or to relax. Everything was run in English, putting us Northern Irish ones to shame by how good some of the other people's English was despite it being a second language.

Lots of fun was had, with lots of new friends, and the weather was a whole lot better than the weather is here right now!

Romania and Turkey

2008-09-05T22:14:00.003+01:00

Its been a busy month.

Firstly, Romania.
It was amazing.
There were 9 of us, there for a bit under 2 weeks.
We stayed in 2 different villages, 4 nights in each.
In the mornings we ran kids club.
Parhida, the first village, we had around 60 kids. Nyuved, the second, we had about 18.

The afternoons, most of them, we made and gave out food parcels.
To elderly people, and to some families.
We gave them their parcels, we prayed with them, and for the lonelier ones, we sang a song.
It was heartbreaking. They opened up, they told us the stories of their lives.

One woman had no children, no siblings and her husband was dead 20 years. She was, I think, 80 or so. She had health problems, the light in the room we were in didn't work, her house was tiny. Her sole reason for living, she told us, was Jesus. She woke up, and thanked him for a new day, every day. We couldn't even talk directly to these people, it was all done through an interpretor.

Lots of the houses we went to gave us food and drinks. We couldn't eat it all, but felt that refusing was rude. That led to some funny situations.

We did some other things. Went swimming with the young people. Had them over for a goulash evening and campfire. Took part in the Sunday service.

Afterwards, we had 2 nights in Budapest before flying home, so we got to unwind there. We did both a bus tour and a boat tour, and ate lots of pizza. That was good.

Secondly is Turkey, but I'll save that for another day.

Romania photos are here though I still have some to upload.

Romania

2008-08-10T23:49:00.003+01:00

tomorrow.

I'm excited.

I'll be back on the 22nd, and hopefully I'll be better at making updates thereafter.

Home

2008-08-06T22:34:00.001+01:00

for a few days.

France was great.
Sitting around in the sun.
Floating around the swimming pool.
Visiting castles.
Going to markets.
Street entertainment.
Enjoying the scenery.

Photos to follow... once I sort through them.
100 deleted so far. 400 left.

France tomorrow

2008-07-28T19:43:00.001+01:00

for a week.

Yay!

I barely know where I'm going.
Here's hoping I make it =/

My parents have been in Spain for the past week, so I'm meeting them at a train station.
Provided I don't get lost.

Sunrise

2008-07-26T17:54:00.000+01:00

I've been doing a lot, and not much this week.

I've been in Common Grounds working 4 times over the past week.
Went to see Wall-E on Tuesday. It is so cute!
Stayed at Gemma's twice.
Went to Bangor last night, for ice cream and a walk and a play in the park.
Got an injection. It wasn't sore at all.
Stayed up on Thursday night until the sun came up. Why? Why not! Then I slept for a few hours.
Had people here on Monday night. That was fun =]
Finally got all my photos from Sophia's visit on photobucket.

Over the next month, I'm going away 3 times =/
Leaving on Tuesday to go to France for a week with my family.
Home for about 6 days then off to Romania with focus for 12 days or so.
Home for about 4 days then off to Turkey for a week.

Then I need to find a job...

Come and gone

2008-07-18T14:05:00.002+01:00

Sophia was here for 10 days. She left yesterday =[
We had a lot of fun. I'm working on getting the photos up at the moment.
There are far too many of them. No surprises there!

We went to the North Coast on Saturday.
I love it up there.
The giants causeway, mussenden temple, downhill beach.
The weather stayed good.
Such a lovely day.

We went to the beach again on Monday, with my school friends.
The weather was even better that day.
Paddling. Picnic. Sitting in the sun. Laughing with friends.
It was gorgeous.
I want to go back to the beach.

July?

2008-07-07T19:45:00.002+01:00

I was just reading over old posts.
Posts from April.
Its hard to believe that was 3 months ago now.

Its even harder to believe that Zambia was almost a year ago.
Time just gets faster and faster.

Last weekend was Summer Madness. It was a lot of fun. And pretty wet, but we survived anyway. Photos are here:
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn157/clareorr/
:]

The rest of last week the local churches were running a streetreachish thing in the area.
Kids club, teenage drop in, litter picking, gardening, car wash, fun day in the park, stuff for adults. I did a bit of everything.
We had crazy amounts of children, almost 60 one afternoon :|

Yesterday and today I have done almost nothing, other than recover. And Gemma and I made white chocolate and raspberry muffins last night. They are yummyscrumptious.

Tomorrow, Sophia comes from Germany, for 10 days.
I hope the weather is better than it has been.

You should

2008-06-25T16:32:00.001+01:00

watch this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

Life

2008-06-24T23:29:00.002+01:00

My mum isn't well. She was in hospital last week, had a torn retina. Now she can't see much, and has to keep her head down.

On Friday was our leavers service. It wasn't sad. I'm glad that's all over now. Got our yearbooks too, I like it :]

Was in Common Grounds on Saturday, and then went in again today to cover my Mum's shift. That was fun.

Stayed over at Kudzi's house on Saturday night. There were fewer people than usual, but I enjoyed it nevertheless.

Going into school tomorrow to give some Thank You cards etc. Say my goodbyes.

Tiredness

2008-06-18T19:36:00.003+01:00

Cambridge has been much fun so far, but I am very tired.

Monday morning I did my last A level Woooooo!
Then in the afternoon I flew over here.
In the evening was the May Ball, it was great. Food, music, dancing, fireworks, and some other things.
We made it to the survivor's photo, at around 6 AM.

Slept until a while after noon yesterday to make up for it.
We went out for dinner last night as well, it was lovely, and we did some stuff with other maths people.

Today we got up bright and early (well, 8am) and went for a 17 mile walk, with 5 others. The weather managed to stay mostly dry so it was good walk but tiring. We got the train back to Cambridge, which took about 15mins compared to our 5 hours of walking...

Cambridge

2008-06-15T21:34:00.000+01:00

tomorrow.
One more exam tomorrow.
3 hours of French.

Friday night was a focus residential.
In the Stormont hotel.
It was a lot of fun, and very interesting.
And not much sleep was had. Ha.

I never have to do physics again.
Yay!

I had a picnic on Friday in Botanic,
with school people,
instead of our road trip in the evening.
The rain managed to help off for us :]

I keep meaning

2008-06-08T22:40:00.001+01:00

to write stuff here,
and then don't get round to it.

Examness continues,
but I'm nearly there.

Math is over forever.

Physics will be over forever on Wednesday.

Woooooo.

This has been a fun weekend.

Visiting Aoife in Ballynahinch on Friday evening.
Common grounds yesterday.
Bbq at rachel's in the evening, hide and seek, disappearing into hedges.
Today, Church, some revision, some procrastinating.
Focus :)

8 more days and the exams are done,
I go to Cambridge to see Martin.

Yet another monday?

2008-05-26T21:21:00.000+01:00

The sun has been staying out these past few days.

Its been good.
Cycles.
A walk in the park.
Sitting in the garden.
Road trip to the beach on friday night.

Not long to go.
3 weeks today.
Then the summer can begin.

Sophia is coming over,
she should be booking flights tomorrow.
I'm excited!

9 mile cycles and visits to the headmaster

2008-05-20T16:12:00.004+01:00

I have started cycling again.
Well, whenever I say that, I mean that I have cycled 3 times in the last 2 weeks. And I plan to continue to do so on the days I don't have to go into school.
I cycled along the river today, along the towpath. I didn't end up quite where I expected, but I found my way out of the forest anyway. It was really lovely.

I got a cheque this week, for £500. Its from the Bulkeley-Evans Scholarship Fund, for my gap year. The headmaster had written a reference for me so I decided I'd go and thank him. I was kind of surprised that I got to talk to him almost straight away actually. It wasn't at all awkward, he's really nice.

Yesterday was the physics practical. It went better than I expected. Last Friday was a maths paper, which was fine. 4 done, 13 to go. Less than a month to go.

On Friday, Kudzi, Lise, Lauren and I went on a road trip to Aoife's in Ballynahinch - starting with us attempting to break into Lise's house (she did tell us to). We even managed not to get lost on our way there. We went to the park, I should have photos on my photobucket soon of our funness.

So

2008-05-13T21:50:00.001+01:00

they have begun.

Two done, lots more to go.

Its all sunshiney outside.
I sat in the back garden to revise today.
And in the park on thursday and friday.

Only ~5 more weeks though.
And then they're over.
Then I can properly enjoy the sun
if its still around by then.

I sold jewellery at my old primary school's fair on Saturday.
I made about £90.
And then I bought a new iPod in the auction
because my old shuffle is gradually dying.

A man from Romania came to focus on Sunday
to talk to us about what we'd be doing, what it would be like.
I'm excited now about going :)

2008-05-07T22:37:00.001+01:00

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The round
pegs in the square holes - the
ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules and
they have no respect for
the status quo. You can praise
them, disagree with them,
quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you
can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

2008-04-29T20:05:00.001+01:00

Neglect

2008-04-27T17:30:00.000+01:00

Life is busy - isn't it always?

Its been a nice week.

Mostly.

7 more days of school.
7 more days of uniform.

I played monopoly last night. Dear knows when I last played that. Needless to say, we didn't finish.

I also managed to find my way home from Mary's, having driven her home, in the dark, without getting lost. I was impressed.

Its all bright outside. I love it.

I don't know what to write in the yearbook.
*sigh*

Its been a good few days

2008-04-20T16:45:00.004+01:00

except that we are getting our yard paved, and this involved cutting up lots of concrete, starting at 8 am yesterday, right outside my bedroom window. It went on all morning. And the house was trembling.

But yes, other than that, its been good.

Baking on friday with gemma.

UP gathering yesterday.

Kudzi party last night.
Late night road trip to try and find food.
Lack of sleep.

Lots of homework.

Its nearly the exams.

Sunshine

2008-04-17T20:24:00.000+01:00

Its amazing the difference the sunshine can make to your mood.

I love it.

14 days

2008-04-16T22:15:00.001+01:00

left of school.

I can't wait.
Though I will miss the people.
Some of them anyway.

No more uniform.
No more tie.
No more blazer.
Thank goodness.

About 5 weeks of exams.
And then the summer :)

More formalness

2008-04-13T19:23:00.003+01:00

So, Friday night was the Campbell formal :)

Here is me:
Chris and I:
And again:Holly and I:

Our official photograph is here.
And the rest of my photos are here.

What should I sew next?
Haha.

3

2008-04-08T14:32:00.002+01:00

I just realised that my blog turned 3 yesterday.

3 years of random babbling from me.

I'm surprised its lasted this long.

I could go into how I've changed, how its changed.
But I won't.

I'm off school sick today. Bleh.
I forbid myself from staying sick.

Life

2008-04-07T22:00:00.001+01:00

is busy.

Lots to do for school.
Sewing to do, to finish my dress/wrap/bag for Friday.
Went shoe shopping today, bought shoes for Friday.
Baked buns today for German.
Went dancing this evening. That was really fun.

Graham and Orlagh's welcome back party thing was really good.
Saw lots of photos.
And our journey there involved circling a few roundabouts a few times each.
We got there in the end though :)

Weekendness

2008-04-04T22:12:00.002+01:00

I'm excited.
Its a 3 day weekend.
I have a ton of work.
But other than that, its going to be good.

Gemma and I are baking tomorrow.
And then having an adventure called finding our way to Hillsborough!
Then we get to see Orlagh and Graham back from India woooo.

3 days

2008-04-02T21:41:00.000+01:00

since the easter holidays.

5 more weeks til study leave.

Then 5 weeks of exams.

Then its over.
Forever.

Hailstones

2008-03-30T14:03:00.001+01:00

I love sitting inside, watching the hailstones, listening to them.

And now they have gone and the sun has come back out, and outside looks pretty again.

I don't want to go back to school tomorrow. Only about 6 more weeks though. Then a month or so of exams, then its over forever.

Its been a good easter, perhaps not as productive as it could have been but I have done a lot :)

I didn't realise the clocks changed last night until almost 11pm (or 12). Oops. At least I realised before I went to bed though I guess.

Arklowness

2008-03-27T14:05:00.000Z

I was in Arklow, in Wicklow, at the weekend with focus. It was fun, we did a load of stuff - archery, orienteering, zip line, assault course, photo treasure hunt, beach game, etc etc.

Somehow I even managed to be on the winning team for archery wooo!

But it still wasn't as good as they used to be.
I guess I just miss all the older ones...

My photies are up here.

Other than that, I have been doing well in avoiding my schoolwork!

I have been jewellery making and dressmaking. Definitely more fun.

Happy easter

2008-03-20T18:24:00.002Z

I got my ears pierced a second time today.
It wasn't too sore.

I also bought some more dress material :)

I really should be doing school work. But there's so many other things I'd rather do.

Tomorrow I'm going away with focus, until monday. It should be fun.

The weather has turned worse. Wet and windy. I rather liked the sunnyness we had.

Today I met someone from primary school who I haven't seen in at least 4, if not 6, years. That was nice.

I keep

2008-03-17T21:16:00.000Z

starting off writing a blog, and not getting round to finishing it.

Today was a good day. First day of the easter holidays, lovely weather, and the schools cup final - 36-0 to Methody =D

I had a good weekend too. Friday night was a quiz to raise money for Romania. I think we came about 10th out of 12, but it was fun.

Saturday was common grounds, and then Kudzi and Ash's joint 18th (everyone is growing up now! lol) which I enjoyed.

Yesterday afternoon I went to a service in a nursing home to help sing (not that I can sing well, but anyways...), it was a lovely wee service.

This week I plan to sleep and do some schoolwork, and also some sewing :)
Hurrah for the easter holidays..

Its not Thursday

2008-03-13T18:25:00.002Z

Today doesn't feel like a Thursday. Or a Friday, Monday or Wednesday. It doesn't really feel like a Tuesday either. I think they invited some new type of day and are trying it out today. They haven't worked out what its called yet, or if they have then they haven't told me yet.
I must admit though that its working quite well so far, for me at least.

Ahem.
I'm not completely deranged.
I promise.
Only slightly.

I tried to claim to Gemma yesterday that I was normal. It didn't work....

Already?

2008-03-10T21:31:00.000Z

Its Monday already?
Monday is nearly over already?

Someone this evening thought I was 22 or 23 :)

Its almost the Easter holidays. Yay.

On Saturday night I stayed over at Mary's.
We watched The Notebook.
It was so sad :(
But we had Ben&Jerry's ice cream to save the day :)

Gemma and I are having a baking afternoon on wednesday.
I'm excited!

Its official

2008-03-06T16:59:00.002Z

I sent off the application for senegal last night :)

3 months starting next january, teaching english.

(If they'll have me that is :P)

Dong

2008-03-03T21:11:00.000Z

I had a great weekend.
Common Grounds on saturday. I love that place.
Then lunch and town with Gemma :)
Dinner out with Mum and Dad. Yum yum.

Sunday, Church.
Homework.
Focus.
It was good.

Tomorrow I'm going to the semi final of the rugby schools cup.
I'm going to freeze.
They had a chanting practice in the whitla hall at lunch today and I had prefect duty in the foyer.
That made me laugh.

Rugby

2008-02-27T21:08:00.002Z

I went to a rugby match today!

It was the methody v campbell schools cup quarter final.
I wasn't going to go but I got persuaded.

It was quite fun, even if I didn't always know what was going on.
We won 17-0 :)

One of our chants was part of the carmina burana as we did it in senior choir last year. That was pretty funny.
Oh oh oh totus florio!

Sunday

2008-02-24T17:10:00.000Z

Its Sunday again already.
This week has gone pretty quickly.
3 more weeks and its Easter holidays.
2 months after that my exams start.
Another month, and they're over.
No more school.
Ever.

Fionaness

2008-02-18T21:46:00.002Z

I went to coventry to visit Fi on friday and come home today.
Much fun was had!

Including...
... figuring out how to use her mic
... a long voice chat with niall on said mic
... some cheese grater and whisk music during said chat
... a day in birmingham dandering around
... some sock shopping :)
... sweeny todd
... 80p pizza
... not getting lost in birmingham
... me making my way to warwick and back today to see the uni
... almost a disaster of our quorn dinner :P
... me being on about 5 buses, a train, a cable shuttle airlink thingy and a plane, all today
... and much more.

It was good :)

Formalness

2008-02-14T20:53:00.005Z

The dress :)
It was well worth the effort.

The bag.
(Made up as I went along)

Me in my bedroom

With Chris and my corsage :)

My friends =D

So I survived the formal last night. It was really fun! Everyone looked lovely.

Afterwards I went back to Kudzi's and got a wee bit of sleep, then at about noon we decided to go down Botanic for breakfast :) pancakes yum yum.

I need sleep now...

The rest of my photos are here for anyone who wants a looksie :)

Finito

2008-02-12T21:04:00.000Z

The dress is done :)

We have a half day tomorrow.
I'm hoping for a dossy day.
Lots of people aren't planning on coming in.
They will be off getting their fake tans.

Why on earth would you want to look like a tangerine?
I don't get it.

I'm going on Friday to visit Fi.
I'm excited :D

So far I have had 3 birthday cakes.
My mum made one for my party on Friday.
Then Gemma made one for focus on sunday.
Then Miss Moore made me a cake and muffins for German today.
Yum yum.

Do you

2008-02-11T22:18:00.000Z

have nothing better to do during your half term than throw water bombs at random people? Apparently not.

Yet you still managed to miss every time.

Well done.

birthdayness

2008-02-10T19:17:00.000Z

I went out on friday for dinner for my birthday. It was fun :)
Then last night we went to Gran's for dinner, and then today Nana came for lunch :)

According to Lise I'm now the most adult in our group of friends as I'm 18 and I can drive. Go me! lol...

The formal is on Wednesday and my dress isn't finished...
It should be done on time though.
I've made a bag, a wrap, and jewellery this week.
I drew the line at making shoes though!

Splash

2008-02-07T22:17:00.000Z

Busy busy busyness.

We lost the german debate yesterday.
Oh well, it just means we don't have to stress over the final :)
and we did well I think.

The dress isn't finished, but I made a bag and a wrap.
6 more days.
Hopefully it'll be done.
No, it should be, there isn't too much left to do.

Today I randomly bumped into Fi hurrah :D
And we managed to miss her street when I was driving her home :S but it meant we got to take a country road instead :)

I got my exam timetable today.
I have a clash between 3 german papers and a physics one.
Ughhh.

Happy

2008-02-03T19:00:00.000Z

I am in a good mood at the moment :)

The dress is going well :)

Gemma said something really funny yesterday. But I don't think she'd want it repeated :P

The German debate is scarily close. But meh.

It was freezing today. I want more snow.

I hate homework. Especially literature homeworks.

It

2008-02-01T23:17:00.000Z

is snowing =D

Bring on the snow!
Though probably it won't amount to much.

I have

2008-01-28T22:32:00.000Z

a pile of 10 notebooks sitting beside my bed.

Ten.

And almost all of them are used for something.

Ahem.

Today

2008-01-27T19:25:00.000Z

has been a busy day.

Why do I still do 4 subjects?
Why do we have to do literature in french and german?
Why am I doing the German debate?
Why why why?

Being busy is good for me though.

The german debate is on wednesday week. Ahhh.
We are not at all prepared.
Oh well.
Its not like we were any better prepared for the last one actually.

There is

2008-01-25T15:17:00.000Z

a man in a bright yellow jacket with a power hose on top of the roof of the house behind us, cleaning it.

I don't know, but that made me laugh.

Some people

2008-01-24T22:00:00.000Z

Some people, the conversation is awkward from the start. You seldom talk. Or maybe you talk often, but about the little things. The trivial things.

Some people, the only reason you are still friends is because of the frequent contact, the effortless friendship. Not to say you don't care, but its easy to care.

Some people, they are always there but you know that even if they weren't so close the contact would be maintained. The friendship would last.

Some people, no matter how long you haven't seen them for, you can talk to for hours when you do talk. You pick up wherever you left off. A conversation can start with something so trivial, and end up on a completely different level. Whatever little communication you do have means the world.

Classes

2008-01-22T22:26:00.000Z

So last night Kathryn and I started a jewellery class at the Castlereagh Tech. Or whatever its called now. It took us a while to find the right bit of it. The class was in a crazy technology workshop room. We were the only people. We felt rather out of our depths! Loads of the other women had their own tool boxes and stuff :S

However, we survived, and it was fun :) Hopefully it will be useful and I'll learn stuff that I'll actually be able to do! It wasn't beading, it was working with metal and stuff so I'd never done anything like it before really.

Tonight Sarah and I started a ballroom/latin dance class at fisherwick. I was going to go back to last term's salsa class but it was full up, so we started this instead. We did at least 5 different types of steps, so it got pretty confusing, but I really enjoyed it yay. There were lots of people at it.

It has begun

2008-01-20T21:34:00.000Z

The sewing of the dress has begun :)
So far, so good.

I had a lovely day yesterday. Common Grounds. Lunch with Ruth and Mary. Forestside with Ruth, Mary and Laura. Bought a hoodie in Forestside. I had an amazing idea of something I can do with it. All I need are some fabric pens...

I also finally got a new Zambia hoodie. I got a bigger one coz the other one shrank a bit in the wash. It is massive and I love it so much. Sosososo cosy :)

Tomorrow I'm starting jewellery classes. I'm excited!

Winnie the Pooh Day

2008-01-18T23:12:00.000Z

My sources had informed me that today is Winnie the pooh day yay!

I've been out for dinner the past 2 nights.
Last night to Belvoir golf club with Zambia people. Was really good to see them again :)
And then tonight to La Tapas with my parents. It was yummy. And we had fun being pass-remarkable on people's strange outfits for going clubbing haha. Our seats were perfect for that.

I have lots of homework which needs done this weekend. Yuck.

If anyone has a pork pie hat they want to lend me in the next week, let me know!

sickishness

2008-01-16T11:48:00.000Z

I'm off school sick :( and I was off yesterday too :(

I have lots of French and German lit stuff to do but I don't want to. I don't like literature.

Graham left for India yesterday, for almost 3 months. He is supposedly keeping up his blog while he is there: http://duffbuff.blogspot.com/

Everyone in school is obsessed by the formal. its not for almost a month people!!

What should I do for my birthday?

Musings

2008-01-13T14:05:00.000Z

I don't like our new French lit book.

Last night I finished cutting out my material for my formal dress.

The past week has gone so quickly.

I love postsecret.

I survived driving to/from school by myself on Friday evening for our open night. Claire even trusted me enough to give her a lift :)

My 18th birthday is too soon. Yet I also can't wait.

It feels like we've been back at school for ages.

Last night I also watched Love Actually. It was good :)

Vroom vroom

2008-01-10T20:55:00.001Z

I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST TODAY YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

*major excitement*

Party in Clare's car!

Haha no... seeing as its not my car... but woooo!

ploink

2008-01-09T20:54:00.000Z

Back to school this week, sadly. It hasn't been too bad though so far. I made a cake for German on Tuesday as it was Mandi's birthday on Monday. That was good.

I've started cutting out the material for my formal dress. I also have someone to go with now woooo!

I've forgotten what I was about to do. oh well, I'm sure I'll remember again.

Today was a half day. So is tomorrow. And the day after. Yay for open nights, even though it means I have to go in on Friday evening.

I hope your week is going well.