Once again i've left it a ridiculous amount of time since i last blogged. I'm back at uni, after managing, probably miraculously, to pass all of my retakes. Now i have to try and pass the exams that i have in only 3 and 12 days, and this is even before all of the main exams in January.

University seems a different place this year, a completely new experience. My days seem to be filled with little simple pleasures; a coffee break between lectures with new made course friends, or a night in the lounge watching tv with the girls. On the fornightly occasion when i drag myself out in repeated outfits, i seem to be able to hold my drink a lot better. I've also found the next day's hangover seems a lot more bareable and contradictory of my former "natalie chundler" status in sixth form and last year. I'm only hoping this new, i dare say mature, attitude to living, where my asda shop proves as equal fun as clubbing in oceana, will pay off, leaving me finishing with a 2:2 this year.

I've been thinking more and more about what i'm going to do when i finish this degree, now only a year and a half away. Nursing seems to be the most enticing and reasonable idea for what i could do, and the fact that looking up courses at Southampton excites me makes me think i should aim in this direction. I suppose all i can do is try my hardest to leave my options open really. Should i remember or have the time to blog i'll keep you posted on this.

it's been a despicable amount of time since i last blogged, especially considering that i've had 3 months of summer holiday!! It's also a bit ridiculous that i leave it until 2 days before i go back to the busy life of uni to write again.

Suppose i never seem to get bored of boredom and doing nothing in particular. I've spent most of my summer watching TV, facebook (and playing an awful version of the sims online), seeing callum, seeing the girls, looking after my two nightmarish puppies and telling myself that the next day i'll make something of my summer. Oh, and i've packed in a few minutes of revision for my retakes.

The retakes really intimidated me, but understandingly so, they do determine the rest of my university education. If i've failed them there's a lot to think about, in terms of whether i should redo the year or just give up and try a degree that i've got a chance in hell of succeeding!!

I'm trying to find a picture of something that sums up my summer, but i don't think there is one that brings it all together! There have been lots of different components to my summer so all i can do is pick one from probably the best night i've had with my friends since i've been home.

just far too incredible, surely can't be real, must be dreaming. There's no way i'm equal in goodness, no way. There's nothing more i want than for it to last forever, just hope my imperfection doesn't get in the way. one whole year with CG <3

taking some cheeky tips from H&M:

- "Avoid the demure connotations of covering up by pairing your long skirt with edgy pieces – a biker boot, say, or a cropped tee. That way, you’ll get the elegance that long provides, but keep your cool. A formulation that has the perfect fashion measurements"

Really like this bikini. All i need is the bod now!

Loving this kind of blouse, they're everywhere. deffers need to get in on this! Really want some cheap high waisted denim shorts, but they seem to be impossible to find!

Might have to search charity shops for some hideous high waisted trousers and go nuts cutting them up!

Need billions of simple but pretty tops like this that i can just chuck on but that look a bit spesh. Love this colour aswell, although, again, needs a tan. die.

oh my, these are soooo cute. investing in a similar pair for sure!

It's probably evident how busy i've been recently, because of the length of time it's been since i last blogged. Easter holidays would usually be the perfect opportunity to catch up, and write a bit about what's been going on in my life.

Currently at uni, with Callum visiting me, and we just heard the ice cream van go past. I'm confused, and almost concerned, at how the music it plays is "the entertainer". I'm wondering what role that ice-cream man thinks he has with children.

I was told of a fantastic method of parenting a while ago, where parents tell their children that the sound of the van actually means the man has run out of ice-cream. I just find that simple and excellent!

i need this weekend with Callie. Currently sitting at his desk, and he's being a lazy bum laying on the bed at 16:56. Until now its been a horrendous week, really.

On Thursday we had a biology of the mind exam. Beforehand i made sure i did lots and lots and lots of revision but, apparently even doing days of revision for only ten questions can't stop me from failing and only getting 20%! It sounds all emo and crap, but my day only got worse from then on. I was walking back after my exam and doing group work because this one guy hadn't put the effort in, when i couldn't find my bus pass. That's £20 odd quid down the drain that I don't have, oh well, mumma and dadda said they'd help me out!

So , yes, this weekend is the de-stress that i need, even though i have to be doing work while i'm here because i have so many deadlines.

Too much to do, too little time for all this work. I'm actually considering changing to Nursing, but i'll keep you posted on how that one works out!

i just got stumble upon. so incredible. already found out so much more about the world. including a new music artist called "Edward Sharpe and the magnetic zeros"

revamped myself this weekend.

I had Paz, Parkie and Nash come and visit me in Leeds for the weekend, and we had such an awesome time. We just chilled on the friday night, watched miranda and ate sweets, and then on saturday I showed the girls town until we met Nasher at the bus stop.

On saturday - this is the revamping i'm talking about - i dyed my hair an auburn-y colour and got my nose peirced. I'm so glad with how it turned out, i look quite different but i like it!

That night we went out to Halo, only us girls plus another few from Grant house. I must admit, i got very very drunk, but it was hilarious, however embarassing and painful the next morning! Parkie reminded me of saying how i was "Pierce-d bros-nose"

Ohh goodness, we made such fools of ourselves, but it really reminded me of the old days, one of the best nights out with them ever. Really made me realise that we really will be friends forver.

I'm excited to see Callum in reading in only 4 days time, it's going to be another lovely weekend i'm sure. I don't have a great deal of money, but if i don't eat much for lunch i can afford the month, just about!

Well, i've completely forgotten to write about the Otley run a couple of weekends ago. Oh man, it was so so so much fun, had a really good night. I was dressed as planned, as a Jellyfish, although i got mistaken for all sorts! I did the whole night on £20 which i though was so impressive considering i did 10 pubs plus Halo after, and still managed to get very drunk. I remembered the next morning dancing on the steps of the parkinson building to Grease's "summer lovin'". oh dear me.

It sounds very silly of me to be writing so much about getting drunk so much, doesn't put me in the best of lights! i won't be going out this week, bit short of money. Besides work is still being thrown at me regularly with different deadlines to reach, and work harder than i would have ever expected. I did however, do well in a piece of work for Genetics that me and some new course friends did as a group. I'm happy to have not only made friends, but worked with them to get 57%!

so in love.

It's been a fair while since i last blogged. About two weeks has gone by, with many events.

1) Callum came up to Leeds for the Valentine's weekend. It was so lovely to see him, really nice. It wasn't such an eventful weekend as the last, just chilled in my room, and tbhjust spent most the time lounging about in bed. lazy gits eh? He bought me a photo frame, which im going to fill up soon with all my favourite people, including him.

The friday night of that weekend I actually met callum in Nottingham where we surprised one of my best friends on her birthday. Her face was a sight and it went really well. Got to the perfect amount of tipsy on the night out, the level of drunk when you make a tiny bit of a fool of yourself, but feel basically fine the next morning. Okay so the picture is awful of everyone, but thought i should jazz up this post with some image.

2) I missed an essay deadline. real kick in the teeth, especially as it was because, initially the printers weren't working, and then the un count weekends as days that you didn't hand it in, even though the office is closed. Oh well, i'll face the 20% penalty, and however much it bugs to say, will have to learn from my mistake.

3) I made a costume for the otley run this saturday. It's really quite good, im quite impressed with my haberdashery. I sewed some ribbons onto a tutu to make a jellyfish outfit, and with my makeup and crazy coloured tight etc i should look the part!

4) Just wrote a job application to work at either old bar or the terrace. two restaurants/bars in the union. The chances of me getting the job are slim, but i hope i get it, it would be so perfect. I'll let you know how that one pans out.

5) I also found out today that i failed one of my exams, the ones i took in january. It really suprised and disappointed me, considering that when i came out i didn't feel that about it - actually thought i had done okay! The thing that really puzzles me is that i passed the lab exam that i though had gone horridly. strange. I'll just have to make sure i do better this summer in the retakes. Me and my course friend have decided to take this as a kick up the backside to get working more!

hmmm ive not been very well and today i missed a whole day of lectures and a lab. I think i need to motivate myself a bit better, i seem to be really lazy and not up for anything at the moment, so i need a rocket up the ass. I need to start researching for my essay on angina tonight, i'll begin with that, and maybe,depending on how tired i am, make notes on all the lectures ive missed since ive been back after christmas. I dunno, i'm just worried that if i don't snap myself into action soon im going to get behind with work. I've bought a diary and it seems so full of deadlines that it scares me a bit.

I had an awesome weekend though a few days ago. Callum came to visit on the friday night. It was a pain in the ass when the coach was delayed by about 2 hours. It turned out the coach broke down, and a replacement was sent, but then the replacement didn't have enough seats for everyone. Then some angry customer starts complaining to the driver, who then punches the customer and gets arrested. Could only happen on Megabus! So, he eventually gets to Bodington after being helped back on the bus by Marcus and Angus, bless them. It was so lovely to see him, i'd missed him so much that as soon as he opened my room door my heart went schizo. On the Saturday i took him into Leeds and showed him the city. Despite being bitter cold outside it was nice to show him the main shopping street with all the big brands (the really posh Victorian quarter). On Saturday night we went out to Halo, it was so much fun. We went with the girls downstairs who are really fun, and i get along with them, even though i don't talk to them that much. Me and Callie were a tad embarassing with our dancing and actually made a clearing around us on the dance floor. oh dear me! Then we woke up really late on Sunday and did nothing until the evening, when we went for a meal to Gourmet burger kitchen with all of our friends. It was so delicious, such a nice restuarant and we got vouchers that made it really cheap aswell! Then on monday we just laid in bed until like 3 o'clock. so lazy i felt like the grandparents from charlie and the chocolate factory ;) eventually we dragged ourselves out of the room and went to the student union to get lunch and i showed him the campus. He went home on Monday night. It was a bit painful, but i'm seeing him in just over a week for valentines anyway!

So yesterday was pretty manic. A really busy day that i think, aswell as maybe something else, resulted in me vomiting and feeling really really tired. It was still quite a good day though, i felt very studeous and proactive, even though i found myself drifting off in the lectures.

We did some really silly experiment in my lab session, where a partner who i had never met before, had to draw where my bicep and median nerve were on my arm. Then we held a device to our brachial pulse and gave it a little electric shock. It was quite funny when my arm suddenly flew out of control and i could feel the current going down my arm! Walking around campus actually made me realise that it's actually a really pretty, nice, open place to study, and i saw a whole new building out of the window when i was taking a nap in the Edward Boyle library.

At 11am i took a break from lectures, tutorials and lab practicals and went to go and see our house for next year for the first time. I was nervous before that i wouldn't like it, after already paying £200 deposit and signing the contract. Me and Gracie hadn't seen it yet and were relying on the girls to have chosen the right house for us. As soon as i stepped inside i knew that they had made a good decision for all of us. I was in a bit of a predicament when i found myself really liking the smallest room and a large room right at the front of the house. I didn't know which one to say to the girls that i wanted because i want my moneys worth from the house and so surely i should go for the bigger room, which i could imagine myself living in. However, the smallest room, which still isn't that small, was so bright and i could imagine myself being scared of being burgled or something in the room near the front. I finally settled on the smaller room because a nice light room is important to me and the downstairs one seemed a bit dark, aswell as stepping down for the other girls because i have the least stuff so the smallest room made sense.

I'm excited to be having Callum visit me tomorrow, for the whole weekend. I really want to show him the uni, might give him a little tour on monday. I'm so excited to pick him up from the bus stop at 11 ish, which is going to feel so late for such an early sleeper, and bring him back to Bodington hall, or bod as most people, including myself, call it. I think on Saturday i'll show him the city, all the shops, cafes and huge buildings. Of course there are nasty parts, like any big city, but i'm proud of living in such a wicked place, despite it's bad reputation! On Saturday night i'm going to take him on an indie night out with Grant house. I'll take him to dry dock, the pub/bar inside a huge boat, first, and then to cockpit, an indie/rock music playing club. I've never been there before but i have a feeling that we are both going to love it! After the crazy night before i think on Sunday we'll just chill around Grant house. I'm hoping to, instead of him spending lots of money on taking me out for a meal like he insists, cook him dinner on Sunday night. I might give mum a ring and find out the recipe for frankfurter egg scramble pasta, i feel Callum needs to experience the taste!

Is it silly to want to skype every minute of everyday? I can safely that that it's definitely silly to have a folder of pictures called "callie" but oh well. We've been together nearly been 8 months now, that seems so long term, in a good way. They've been pretty awesome because he makes me smile a lot.

I couldn't tell you why i'm writing this. it's coming across a bit sloppy and gay but i just fancied it, and i hate the idea of being one of those couples that makes people cringe. I hope we aren't one of those, but ultimately i don't care, i believe we're pretty wick.

Pretty inspired right now. Just read the blog of a girl who's just moved into our house, and it's really good. really well written. Thought i might try and get some content in here, instead of just silly pictures and comments!

I got my timetable today, to my disappointment. I've got about double the modules i had last term so many many more lectures. It's an absolute nightmare to have 9-5 with no breaks, but has its perks.Today i had a couple of hours of break. It was really nice to just stroll into town with a friend, buy chicken and wander back when my friend went home. Listening to Rihanna, yeah i'm truly obsessed, i just felt so at home at Leeds, like i knew the streets and the way it worked, not so much a little fish in an ocean. It was lovely to feel so independent, and motivated me enough to actually sit, listen and even make notes in the lecture to come, instead of taking cheeky naps like I often do.

I had my first ever genetic lecture, it was fun, but waayy too much about plants and animals. I really wasn't fussed about the scientific name for some plant that looked like foxglove to me. oh well, i'm sure they'll get onto the human stuff that i love soon.

I seem quite content, considering the stress that i've had the past couple of days. Finding out that my payment for accomodation was taken twice, leaving me £1300 past my overdraft, and changing my course from medical science to human physiology has proven very difficult to cope with. Difficult phone calls, passing me between different departments, and the squabble between Natwest and uni about who should pay me back i suppose has raised my coping threshold. You can tell of my positivity by how, after every negative statement, i annoyingly make it positive and glass half full.

I was sitting with two people of my course, one who i'd never met before but seemed nice, and they both got out academic planners. I need one of those. so badly. I think i would enjoy getting organised and writing little notes. Have to make sure i don't doodle and write silly things though, must keep it tidy and professional. Think when i eventually get my money back from Natwest i'm straight to WHSmith to invest. I wonder if Wilkos will do them cheaper? most likely, but not for the quality, however much i love good wilkos it cheap price comes at a cost. Saying that i bought 3 litres of coke for something crazy like £1.75 the other day. bargain!

i am not a goon, i'm afraid.

just found a really ridiculous blog. eugh.

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what a silbil eh?

thought i would post a nice pleasant picture.

Invicta Grammar School

Went to recieve my results certificates from my old school today.

It was so lovely tob back there, even for just a short while.

Just so reminiscent of safety, ease and warmth.