I’ve not been setting my alarm recently, because I still technically have a week of Easter break left. On top of that, when I sleep in Nottingham, the slightest thing will wake me up. I know that if I don’t wake up when I hear Alana get up (around 7:30-8 am), then the postman will usually wake me up about 9:30. Yes, I sleep so lightly here that someone putting a letter through the door downstairs wakes me up. I can’t help it, I get defensive when I’m not at my parents’.
So today I had a bit of a lie in and got up around 8:30. Had a shower, went downstairs and got breakfast (cereal), watched a bit of tv and then settled down with my laptop to type up some notes for my stylistics assessment. I purposely try to choose essay questions that I feel are within my grasp, and I dislike vague questions…I should probably take more risks, but I like questions I feel comfortable with. Anyway, for this one we had to choose our own literature to analyse, and I’ve really outdone myself and got out of my comfort zone with the book I’ve chosen. It’s not difficult to read, it’s just difficult to analyse from a stylistics perspective, and I could well imagine spending my whole life doing various stylistical analyses of it *sigh* If I do it well though, I think it will be very rewarding, and I really need to pull my grade up on this module because I did so horrifically badly in the exam…gah.
I got bored doing work and looked around the net for cruises – we haven’t had a family holiday for a long time now, and my mum and sister are not overly keen on flying, plus I want to go somewhere new and different. Possibly lots of new somewheres. So I called my mum to tell her about one I’d found which looked pretty good, but talking my dad into it may prove more difficult!Â
So I typed up my notes, had a snack of a yoghurt and then went to the nearby sandwich shop to get lunch (a tuna mayo baguette with salad, and crisps). I had to queue for a while, which I kind of expect at lunchtime, but it’s only open till about 2 pm so I guess I should have gone earlier than 12…heh.
The afternoon was spent making adjustments to my stylistics work, and then I took a book and my ipod to bed for a nap around 3 pm – no idea why I got so tired at that time?! Didn’t bother to set my alarm and sure enough, I got woken around 6 by a little kid collecting old mobile phones. Slightly strange, but whatever. After that, I did some Internet browsing, a touch more work, and then made myself dinner – Maltesers and 2 slices of wholebread bread with blackcurrant jam. So nutritional…
I was just sitting down watching Emmerdale when my lovely friend Tom rang. We had a nice chat and then I watched the rest of Emmerdale and the last half of Gladiators – bring back 1993 is what I say 
I’d just got back on the Internet again when my phone rang again. My friend Em had apparently entered me in for a prize draw with some modelling/photo studio in London and I’ve won this month’s. Which basically means I get 5-6 hours of a makeover, various treatments and stuff, and a photoshoot. All free, with the exception of buying actual photos, which is optional. Plus, I get to take a friend. So I’m really excited about that, but have no idea what to wear. I get to take 5-6 outfits, so I may buy some more clothes tomorrow with my non-existent money.
I called my dad, and I chatted to him and my sister for a bit, and then my new phone told me I had another call coming through, which was Hwan-Min, hoping I could set up his wireless network over the phone. Which was really not going to happen as I’m not a hardware kind of girl 
Plus I had enough problems with my own wireless router, so yeah.
 And I chatted to Em on MSN and she told me about a couple of pics on facebook of the photoshoot she and her friend had, and the pictures look amazing which made me more excited 
So yay, things to look forward to.
Since then I’ve been wasting time online, and I really need to do at least another hours’ work before I go to sleep (I’m in bed typing this!) so I will finish here and return comments quickly. I have to sign up for next year’s modules tomorrow and Sarah’s coming to stay the night as she wants to get out of Sheffield, so I need sleep.
Sorry this blog was so boring – twas a bit of an experiment..
*waves* Hi, I'm 
LOL, I’m a light sleeper also.
Yeah, and I’m the same as you for picking questions to write essays on that you feel comfortable with. I think a lot of people do that. LOL. It helps you get a good grade, since you’re comfortable with those kinds of questions. lOL.
Hehe, my family and I never have family vacations, but I’m not complaining. Hehe…
Woah!!! Crazy that you won that contest! Congrats! Have fun with that photoshoot and makeover!!
Hey, the photo stuff sounds super cool! Hope we get to see some pics
I thought this entry was pretty interesting! I would read about anyone giving a “day in the life of…” Maybe I should try it next time I’m stuck for something to blog about. That photoshoot also sounds like a lot of fun! I always wanted to try something like that!
Thanks for your comment! ^_^
Yeah, the shooting was really sad…I wasn’t sure if it made international news (I guess I didn’t realise how big the numbers were), but it’s still making headlines here.
Hey! Thanks for your comment, yeah, I’ll definitely be interested to see what this kid ends up like once he gets to high school! :O
I love your layout, so simple and pretty, they’re awesome photos too, perhaps I’ll take a leaf out your book and use some of my Japan photos in my next layout!
It’s not boring at all
I wish I could go on a cruise.. But that ain’t going to happen any time soon 
You still have easter break? *jealous* Mine ended over a week ago… xD
I find that I wake up around 9am on holidays, without an alarm… its frustrating cause sometimes I know I’m just too tired and need to sleep in, but I can’t lol.
And definitely! I am soo scared and defensive without my parents around, I sleep upstairs all on my own and my parents downstairs.. and upstairs is quite spooky so it irks me =(
You seem to do soo many assignments everyday.. even over your easter break! Poor thing.. good luck, I hope you do really well! And it’s something totally different (or at least ‘out of your comfort zone’ so who knows? Maybe it’ll get you extra points cause its out there… lol.
Lmao. I hope all your dinners aren’t so umm.. unhealth? =p Lol. You need your nutritions! Minerals, vitamins and all that jazz lol.
Congrats on the photo shoot! Sounds heaps exciting.. make over wooo! I’ve never had one.. but I assume it’d make you feel glamorous and be heaps of fun hehe. ANd sharing it with a friend, awesome xD
Experiment aye? Well, it was a good blog to read lol =) not boring at all.. I shudder to think how hard it must be for people to read my blog, big paragraphs of all useless information lol. Eeeep.
Take care gurl! =)
hey that photo shoot sounds like fun
hope u talk ur dad into going on that cruise, it would be awesome
take care
So you pretty much had a lazy day then! I’d love one of those again – I’ve been so busy the past few weeks. Wednesday will probably be a VERY lazy day for me though, hopefully, because it’ll be my first realy day ‘off’ from school (study leave before the exams!). Pretty much looking forward to it.
Ooh that photoshooting souds great fun! And that cruise – well yea I’m not much into cruises but I guess it’s a lot of fun if you can actually sleep well on a boat! Haha. I hope you’ll get your dad into it though! Good luck!
LOL I agree, bring back 1993! [darn that rhymes]
love this yellow skin. love your entire domain, jenni
so happy to have dropped by here 
God bless,
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Wow you are a light sleeper lol. Good luck with the coursework, sorry to hear about the exam.
Oh cruise that sounds good, hopefully your dad will agree. Congrats on winning the photoshoot.
hi, i stumbled onto your site while searching for blinkie tutorial linked sites and yours came up. I was going to exit when I saw you were in Nottingham. I was interested because Im doing a family geneology update, found a lot of ancestors from Nottinghamshire and Devon, and thought it would be fun to say hi to a uk-er from a usa-er. im 51 and making a few blinkies for my daughter. So, hi and bye, from one computer to another, and im also an english buff. drop a note if you feel the urge, thanks for “listening”, brenda in Kansas, usa.