Life Update ~ Where Have I Been?
Hello! I’ve been
rather absent lately, and I would say that it’s because I’ve been so busy –
which technically I have been, for me at least – but not enough for it to be an
excuse, so how about we just gloss over that and instead be positive about the
fact that I’m back!
So what have I been up to?
Well, I moved out of my flat and moved back home for my final year of university. It made sense financially since I spend so little time actually in class and because flatmates have never really worked out that well for me! I made a little video of my moving out if that sort of thing interests you...
I spent a day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and
went to talks by Derek Landy (the Skulduggery Pleasant series) and
Cassandra Clare and Holly Black (the Magisterium series, but more importantly to me,
Cassandra is the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, which I’ve already raved about!). I’ll be honest, I’ve seen
Derek Landy at the Book Festival twice before, the first time I hadn’t even
read his books - my friend had a spare ticket and invited me along! The
thing I love most about these talks is the informal Q&A style, there’s a
very brief introduction by the authors and then most of
the time is spent answering questions from the audience which is always
interesting. The one thing I would say is
that if you’ve been to a talk with the same author before, the same questions do
tend to come up. After the talks are
signings which is always nice as you obviously get to meet the authors and ask questions - my
friend and I had to dart back and forth between the two queues as
although their talks were two hours apart, Derek spent so long chatting and
taking photos that we actually saw and met Cassandra before we managed to speak to Derek so we were the very last people to see him!
My family and I spent an impromptu few days in London for my parent's anniversary. I love London, I went down last Christmas for
the first time after spending years wanting to go. It was very casual, we visited the British
Museum the first day, I wandered down the Strand, Regent Street and Oxford
Street in the pouring rain on the second day, and then I spent my third day
walking the Southbank from Tower Bridge to Westminster, making sure to cross
Blackfriar’s Bridge along the way (if you’ve read the Infernal Devices, you’ll
know…and yes, I am that sad), before meeting up with my parents again to spend
the evening touring St Paul’s Cathedral.
I already can’t wait to go back, I’d love to live there someday - I have
a plan that I want to live there for a bit of time before I settle down and
have a family (I personally do not want to raise children in a
city), it’s just a shame that it’s so expensive!!
The best selfie I could get on top of Tower Bridge |
A few days later, my mum and I spent two nights
in Glasgow as my mum had an event to attend. This was perhaps even more chilled
than London, I literally just spent a day looking around the shops before
meeting my mum to see The Hitman’s Bodyguard (a fine film,
nothing groundbreaking but enjoyable).
Since then I’ve been back at University, woohoo…I’m so
glad this is my final year, I’m nearly finished 😂
Now that I’ve thoroughly bored you I’ll let you go, if anyone even made it this far. I hope you’ve been well and hopefully I’ll see
you around these parts again soon 😉
♡
P.S. IT'S FREAKING AUTUMN!!
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