Don't worry, I'm alive!

I know I haven't posted anything on here for aaaages, but I've got writers block or something to that effect.

The truth is that my dad was home from tuesday until thursday this week and during those days I spent as much time with him as I could, so blogging wasn't really a priority. Since he left I just haven't been bothered. But I'm back!

There's this crazy bathe-in-the-freezing-fucking-sea thing going around on facebook and my feed, as I'm sure yours, is filled with idiots jumping into saltwater holding 5 degrees. I can't wait to get nominated, I have the perfect plan of what to do! Kristine said she was going to nominate me, and I hope she does!

I'm going to England tomorrow!!! Yay! My flight to Oslo leaves at 7am tomorrow, I have to be at the airport at 6am, so I have to leave home at 5am and get up at 4am. Oh my life! the good thing is that I get to Winchester at like 3pm, so I'll have a few hours to nap and stuff before going to the pub, haha! Do you want my packing list? Of course you do!

Big stuff:

• Suitcase: Check! Can't really forget that, can you? 
• Suitcase No. 2: Check! I'm packing my stuff in a small suitcase now and puting that one in my big suitcase so that I can have two suitcases on my flight back. Suitception? Yup! 
• Bag: Check! Hand luggage for my flight back home.
• Clothes: Check! Not going to bother listing my clothes, let's be honest, you're not that interested, are you?
• Make up: Semi check. Packing tomorrow morning, can't look like a pig on the plane, can I?
• Toothbrush: Check! Don't worry, I have two, I'm not leaving the house with morning breath smelling like dead horse.
• Shoes: Check! Converse and ballerinas.
• Medicines: Check! Realised yesterday that I had one pill left of the heart medication, so had to get more today.
• Medical certificate: Check! To provide to the extenuating circumstances board who granted me general concessions for my school work.
• Pencil case with content: Check! For the exams, they're hand written.. *sigh*

Hand luggage:

• Passport: Check! 
• Ticket reservation numbers: Check! 
• House keys: Check! Almost forgot them though..
• Phone: Check! 
• Wallet: Check! I don't actually know if they say wallet or purse in England, but it's there anyway.
• Tablet: Charging.
• Chargers: Phone charger packed, using the tablet and computer chargers, so packing those tomorrow morning. 
• Headset: Check! x4. Got to be sure, right? 

I think that's all! If it's not, I can get it in Winch if it's important, I'm not staying there that long.

I can't wait to go back, I really miss Winchester and my friends and everything and everyone, but I can't believe we're almost done with the year already! I mean, where the hell did the year go?? It feels like it was yesterday I was hugging my parents goodbye at the airport to leave for England in September!

Right, I have 3,5 hours to get some sleep before I have to get up again, so I think I'll have to finish now. Sleep tight!

I'm back!

I haven't forgot you. I know it seems like I have, but I haven't. I'm back bitches, and this is what I've been doing for the past 10 days!

SPAIN!

Playa del Ingles was absolutely amazing. The temperature was just perfect, it wasn't cold, but it wasn't so hot that we were half dying on the beach, secretly wanting to go back home. We had some days of less good weather, the day we arrived it was actually raining! However, I'm sort of glad it did because it gave us the chanse to walk around townand get to know the place a little before spending the rest of the week lying spread eagled on the beach. We also had a day where we could hardly see the sun for all the clouds, so that day I decided that sun cream was unnecessary. Do I need to mention that I was so sun burned that I didn't sleep much the following night? Probably not.

Yep. Sun burned, alright! Apart from the places where my sun glasses covered the skin, of course, making me look like a reversed panda.. Anyway! See the necklace I'm wearing? IT'S A DRAGON! I got it at a jewelry store in Playa del Ingles and his name is Norbert. He's a Norwegian Ridgeback and if that makes you think that I'm the biggest Harry Potter geek you've ever met, then that sounds about right.

We didn't actually do much, we didn't go on any excursions or anything, we just relaxed and recharged batteries, but that's really all I wanted to do, just get away from everything and not really need to think about anything at all. We ate a lot of good food, got tanned and read a lot. It really was all I wanted it to be. Happy with the way the trip turned out!

Outside the hotel, the day we left.

Since I came back, reality has given me a shock or two. I'm having some issues getting enough modules for next year, because I've already done three of them. However, if I don't do 8 modules next year, I won't get funding from Norway to study the year after and since I don't exactly have £10,500 to pay for tuition myself, that could be a problem. Worst case scenario, I'll have to take a gap year between next year and the year after to make enough money to pay for everything, and I am definitely not prepared to do that!

I've also kind of been let off from work. I haven't been fired, I haven't quit, but they simply don't have room for me anymore. I do understand it though, sales has quadrupled since september when we changed the consept of the restaurant and since I'm not home that much, my skills are a bit rusty. They have a team of people that work well together and that makes things run smoothly and I completely understand that that makes my boss reluctant to change things, since they are already running so smoothly. In other words, I'll get called in in an emergency when nobody else can work, but I can't rely on that for money until September, so I've started looking for something else to do. The plan is to apply at the store across the street, which is a food store like Sainsbury's and M&S, my boss where I've used to work knows  the guy who runs that store, so he'll give me a good reccomendation and I'll hopefully be able to work there! I'm also applying to a gas station in the next "town". They make fast food and stuff and I have a lot of experience in that area, so hopefully I'll get that as well and I can work my ass off all summer! I really do need the money because I think the money I get from Norway to cover tuition and rent and everything this autumn might be a little short, since the rent is more expensive and with bills and everything, I really need a buffer to fall back on in case it isn't enough. Grown up points? I think so.

Today, I'm taking on the role of telephone lady. I have a lot of stuff to work out and hopefully I'll get through them all today. The good thing is that since my brother is at school an my mum is at work, I have the house all to myself! Oh, and my dad comes home on the 30th! I haven't seen him since I drove him to the ship on the 2nd of January so I'm really looking forward to him coming home! I'll probably cling to him like a dog to its owner for a while, but I'm a daddy's girl, and I think he appretiates the fact that I like spending time with him when I have the chance, so that's alright.

Right, I think that's enough rambling from me in one go, don't you? Yeah, thought so.