2014 has been an eventful year to say the least, it's been a hard year full of sadness,new beginnings, loss, love, happiness and exams. Although its been a hard year i wanted to finish the year sharing my favourite memories from the year. 2014 began with myself and my parents sitting in our living room watching Jools Holland like we do every year. I love seeing in the new year with my parents especially now that i am getting older because whilst i could be out getting drunk i am with the people who i love the most before i get to the age where i am seeing in the new year with my own family. January was quiet as always. February was the month where i celebrated 6 months of my first real relationship, it was also the month when i found out my brother and his girlfriend were going to have a baby and that i would be an aunty for the first ever time. February as you all known is Valentines Day, which i spent my first ever Valentines with somebody. It was most of all the month in which i had my interview for Nottingham University to study Broadcast journalism where they recorded me doing a broadcast and where i had to write 200 words on why i wanted to be on the course. It was the scariest day but it confirmed that this was the course i wanted to study and what i am currently doing at University.
March was a huge month for me because it was St. Patrick's Day, In Birmingham it is considered the best day of the year. Luckily the sun was shining, the parade was in full force for families and couples to watch. However, for the teenagers and young adults we were all too busy drinking from 8am and in the Old Crown pub in Digbeth singing to irish songs and downing the alcohol. As always i got drunk to quickly and did not end up staying out and went home at 4pm drunk. The following week was my 18th birthday, but as always not many people wanted to come out for it because they'd blown their money on Paddy's Day. So it was myself my family and my boyfriend who went to TGI's, i was spoilt with beautiful gifts and then proceeded to Pop World in town with myself, and 5 friends. I also took a day trip to London with my boyfriend for my birthday, he paid for us to go to London, go to Madame Tussards and go on the London eye which was terrifying. It was an amazing day, probably one of my top 5 days of the year.
The next big thing was May which was the month where i went to see Lord Of The Flies at Birmingham Hippodrome with my parents, i loved it as usual. May was also the month in which hardcore revision started and i had to resit my english exam to upgrade my previous grade. I spent most of May in the Drama studio practising my Performing Arts exam piece and in the library 12 hours a day trying to remember everything i'd learnt in the year. Most of all it was the month in which i left my Sixth Form, we had a great leavers day with an assembly and we all got to dress up fancy, we then proceeded to the local pub to drink in the sun, then to our friends house to drink MORE through the night. (if anyone thinks i am an alcoholic i swear I'm not).
June was the devil of all months as it was the month of all my A Level Exams. The month had a horrible with a loss i my life. First exam was the dreaded english exam which i thought i was fully prepared for. 10th june saw the Media Exam which i enjoyed weirdly enough as i knew the exam inside out and had lots to write about. But....19th June.....my Performing Arts Exam in which i had to be a demented child, a girl raped and abused by her father for 30 years, emotionally and mentally damaged. An exam in which i had to talk about being raped by my father and how i enjoyed it, murder, anger and hanging myself. The exam itself was performed by myself and two other amazing girls, it went amazing but so much of my life and effort was consumed by the exam it was good to have it done with. However, the next day, 20th June, was PROMMMMMMMMM! On this day i had tanned, got my makeup professionally done, hair curled and in my dress. Then i had 5 girls over and 3 boys for pictures, food and drink and then we all proceeded to the prom. Prom was amazing, we had photos in the gardens and danced, drank and best of all had shots with my teachers. Then i went to Propaganda, a club, where i danced and drank til 5am.
Prom was my favourite day of the year.
July was the month where i performed in the school summer show which was a medley of our Head Mistresses favourite songs and musicals as she was leaving the school for retirement. I enjoyed the show, old friends came back to perform it was nice having the whole performing arts family back together. Performing is my favourite thing in the world and doing a final show with all my friends around me was sad yet comforting.
September was the biggest month of the year! The month started with my best friend Ciara moving to University, she was still living in Birmingham but in halls. It was then my brothers girlfriends baby shower, i got to meet new people who were now family and got to play sperm games with my family....slightly awkward. Then i had to start shopping and packing all my stuff to move to Nottingham to go to University. Once all this was done i had a family meal to say goodbye to all my love ones before leaving Birmingham. 20th September saw the moving day where i had to put all my stuff in the car and move to Nottingham, it was scary, sad and so exciting. I got to Nottingham unpacked all my stuff and said goodbye to my parents which in turn created a lot of tears. It was also my first night of freshers where i went to a beach party with two of my flatmates in beach wear, we also met 4 lovely people who ended up being the flat across from us, people who are now our closest friends. Freshers was amazing, don't get me wrong i didn't handle it well, i had lots of homesickness, nights were the flat stayed in and watched films instead of drinking and times where we had to go to McDonalds for ice-cream to comfort ourselves.
October was the month where i returned home for the first time to see all my family and friends for the weekend. I loved visiting everyone because it had been a month since leaving everyone behind, i got to catch up on gossip and got spilt by my parents. I did return the following weekend though as my baby niece had been born so i wanted to meet her for the first time. It was the most special part of the year meeting her for the first time, she was so perfect. Leaving her to return to Nottingham was horrible. October was also the month where my year and a half long relationship ended.
December was the month in which i came home from Nottingham for Christmas for the month, i visited my old school to help out with their christmas show which was 'Frozen'. It was great going back to the old cast and seeing everyone but it was horrible not being a part of the actual show and just being backstage. Been an Frozen enthusiast myself seeing the show was great and i knew all the words, naturally. Here were up to modern day where i am currently spending time with my family for christmas.
That was my year. I only spoke about the good things mainly because looking back on the year i can only think about the negatives and i really wanted to look back and write about the good things that happened. This year i have changed o much in the fact i am more confident and independent. I have lost friends and gained friends. Lost and gained family.
Hope you all have a good New Year and great Christmas.
March was a huge month for me because it was St. Patrick's Day, In Birmingham it is considered the best day of the year. Luckily the sun was shining, the parade was in full force for families and couples to watch. However, for the teenagers and young adults we were all too busy drinking from 8am and in the Old Crown pub in Digbeth singing to irish songs and downing the alcohol. As always i got drunk to quickly and did not end up staying out and went home at 4pm drunk. The following week was my 18th birthday, but as always not many people wanted to come out for it because they'd blown their money on Paddy's Day. So it was myself my family and my boyfriend who went to TGI's, i was spoilt with beautiful gifts and then proceeded to Pop World in town with myself, and 5 friends. I also took a day trip to London with my boyfriend for my birthday, he paid for us to go to London, go to Madame Tussards and go on the London eye which was terrifying. It was an amazing day, probably one of my top 5 days of the year.
The next big thing was May which was the month where i went to see Lord Of The Flies at Birmingham Hippodrome with my parents, i loved it as usual. May was also the month in which hardcore revision started and i had to resit my english exam to upgrade my previous grade. I spent most of May in the Drama studio practising my Performing Arts exam piece and in the library 12 hours a day trying to remember everything i'd learnt in the year. Most of all it was the month in which i left my Sixth Form, we had a great leavers day with an assembly and we all got to dress up fancy, we then proceeded to the local pub to drink in the sun, then to our friends house to drink MORE through the night. (if anyone thinks i am an alcoholic i swear I'm not).
June was the devil of all months as it was the month of all my A Level Exams. The month had a horrible with a loss i my life. First exam was the dreaded english exam which i thought i was fully prepared for. 10th june saw the Media Exam which i enjoyed weirdly enough as i knew the exam inside out and had lots to write about. But....19th June.....my Performing Arts Exam in which i had to be a demented child, a girl raped and abused by her father for 30 years, emotionally and mentally damaged. An exam in which i had to talk about being raped by my father and how i enjoyed it, murder, anger and hanging myself. The exam itself was performed by myself and two other amazing girls, it went amazing but so much of my life and effort was consumed by the exam it was good to have it done with. However, the next day, 20th June, was PROMMMMMMMMM! On this day i had tanned, got my makeup professionally done, hair curled and in my dress. Then i had 5 girls over and 3 boys for pictures, food and drink and then we all proceeded to the prom. Prom was amazing, we had photos in the gardens and danced, drank and best of all had shots with my teachers. Then i went to Propaganda, a club, where i danced and drank til 5am.
Prom was my favourite day of the year.
July was the month where i performed in the school summer show which was a medley of our Head Mistresses favourite songs and musicals as she was leaving the school for retirement. I enjoyed the show, old friends came back to perform it was nice having the whole performing arts family back together. Performing is my favourite thing in the world and doing a final show with all my friends around me was sad yet comforting.
September was the biggest month of the year! The month started with my best friend Ciara moving to University, she was still living in Birmingham but in halls. It was then my brothers girlfriends baby shower, i got to meet new people who were now family and got to play sperm games with my family....slightly awkward. Then i had to start shopping and packing all my stuff to move to Nottingham to go to University. Once all this was done i had a family meal to say goodbye to all my love ones before leaving Birmingham. 20th September saw the moving day where i had to put all my stuff in the car and move to Nottingham, it was scary, sad and so exciting. I got to Nottingham unpacked all my stuff and said goodbye to my parents which in turn created a lot of tears. It was also my first night of freshers where i went to a beach party with two of my flatmates in beach wear, we also met 4 lovely people who ended up being the flat across from us, people who are now our closest friends. Freshers was amazing, don't get me wrong i didn't handle it well, i had lots of homesickness, nights were the flat stayed in and watched films instead of drinking and times where we had to go to McDonalds for ice-cream to comfort ourselves.
October was the month where i returned home for the first time to see all my family and friends for the weekend. I loved visiting everyone because it had been a month since leaving everyone behind, i got to catch up on gossip and got spilt by my parents. I did return the following weekend though as my baby niece had been born so i wanted to meet her for the first time. It was the most special part of the year meeting her for the first time, she was so perfect. Leaving her to return to Nottingham was horrible. October was also the month where my year and a half long relationship ended.
December was the month in which i came home from Nottingham for Christmas for the month, i visited my old school to help out with their christmas show which was 'Frozen'. It was great going back to the old cast and seeing everyone but it was horrible not being a part of the actual show and just being backstage. Been an Frozen enthusiast myself seeing the show was great and i knew all the words, naturally. Here were up to modern day where i am currently spending time with my family for christmas.
That was my year. I only spoke about the good things mainly because looking back on the year i can only think about the negatives and i really wanted to look back and write about the good things that happened. This year i have changed o much in the fact i am more confident and independent. I have lost friends and gained friends. Lost and gained family.
Hope you all have a good New Year and great Christmas.