Oversharing and overeating.
If you read last week's post, you'll know that I'm struggling to get my Masters application to a point where I'm happy with it. Turns out, ex-lecturers are pretty difficult to track down for references too!
At the rate that I'm going, I may never actually get my application finished, but on Monday, I thought I'd better start swotting up anyway. Hence all the books.
I also found the notepad I used whilst I was on work experience with the BBC last year. Most of the notes above (if you can even see them) were taken when I was answering phone calls from the public and passing them onto the relevant producers. The rest were from writing cues for presenters; which is basically writing down what they have to say. (I still can't quite believe they trusted me to do that!)
Again, whilst taking photos for my blog; on Tuesday, this guy stuck his nose under the lens to get some attention. Such a poser.
On Thursday, we treated ourselves to some lovely fish and chips from King Street Fish Bar in Belper. I can see why it's voted Chip Shop of the Year by Belper News readers. But, there are only two chip shops in Belper, so... it was always going to be 50/50, wasn't it?
Just look at them!! That is a small portion (Yes, really!) Needless to say, I couldn't eat all of it.
And on Friday, I ended up venturing out for a meal with my parents at ASK Italian in Derby (which I'll be writing about soon). I used to go there quite regularly, but haven't been for ages! We tried to take a selfie, but it kind of went wrong...
It's totally worth going just for the wonderful honeycomb cheesecake.
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Another thing... I feel the need to vent about this. Very sadly, last night, a 16 year old boy was accidentally hit by a train in my hometown. Unfortunately, some felt the need to write on Twitter about how this inconvenienced them, rather than expressing their sadness or sending condolences. This really annoyed me, because there's honestly no need to be that selfish. People like that make me feel misanthropic and disappointed in humankind.
So, seeing as some people can't be decent, I'll say this: My thoughts are with that boy's family, the train driver and the emergency services too. It's awful and terribly sad.
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As you know, my Mutti's been poorly, so I've not really had the most exciting of months, but I'll ramble on anyway...
Lumie Light
Who knew you could get so excited about an alarm clock?! I got this the other week and I have been so happy with it (so I should be for the price...) Basically, it's an alarm clock with a light on it. The light gradually gets darker before bedtime; to trick your mind into thinking it's sunset and therefore time to sleep. In the morning, it gradually gets lighter for half an hour before the alarm goes off, to simulate sunrise, and gently wakes you up. The alarm klaxon is pretty shocking though.
This is the only alarm clock that's woken me almost every day since I got it. I'm such a heavy sleeper that I have to have about 16 alarms set (no joke) but now I only need one with this! Very pleased!
Baking
I've been baking a bit more recently, and you'll be pleased to know that I've not burned the house down... Yet. I'm starting to find it quite a cathartic exercise and I'm whisking by hand, so expect me to have guns of steel soon.
Ha.
La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo
Now, I was a little mean when I wrote a review on this last year, which you can read here. However, this has been my go-to moisturiser for the past few weeks.
My skin has been dire recently. Even though I've been drinking loads of green tea and two litres of water a day; and eating relatively healthily too, my face keeps on erupting in these gigantic, painful zits. This is the moisturiser than I've been using to try and stabilise my volatile skin. It's kind of keeping them at bay a bit; better than any other moisturiser I own.
Yeah, I know I promised that I'd write a new blog post every Friday this month containing a new recipe; but I've obviously not been blogging for much of February. Sorry. Maybe we'll have Foodie Friday in March instead? We'll see. I've 'mastered' baking, but it depends on whether I can cook anything without burning the house down...
Epiphany
When times get tougher, it makes you realise that all the little things that you spend loads of time worrying about are actually quite insignificant. This month has been the month that I've decided certain people aren't worth chasing, they're not worrying about and they're not worth the time of day.
Without sounding too hedonistic, I've realised that it's better to focus on the people that make you happy, rather than the ones who don't.
(I'm going to shut up before this post gets too deep.)
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