when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Hey! I guess this blog post may not appeal to everyone but I saw a few people doing it and thought I'd jump on the bandwagon. It's basically just going to be random facts about myself and my life, read on at your own leisure. If you already know all of these facts about myself then you are basically me and are living a secret life in the form of another person. 1. I'm 100% obsessed with salt, anyone that knows me (even briefly) will know how much I am addicted to salt, it's pretty bad really. The amount of times people remind me of my future slow and painful death is increasing by the second. I have to have it on everything savoury and I mean, everything. One time I couldn't decide if peanut butter was sweet or savoury so I applied salt to it anyway.. tasted good to me. 2. Along with salt, I am also addicted to ice poles. It's never too cold for ice poles and I will always have some in the freezer. I could get through an infinite amount in just a day if I wa...

Hello! I thought I'd update you all on the pleasant fact that I have officially passed my first year at University! I am super proud of myself if I'm completely honest. Everyone doubts themselves at moments and there have been plenty of times where I have felt as though I am not capable of doing something, so to have got two firsts in one of my modules (my favourite one at that) was a massive shock to me and completely amazing and overwhelming. When someone who actually has a degree in your subject of interest tells you that you're doing good and you get that push in the right direction where you know you're actually doing well, it desperately gives you that confidence you hope for. I really needed that. All I can say is that I can't wait to pull my socks up even more in the upcoming year, especially with it being based more around the Television element of Journalism which is what appeals to me the most. I never thought I'd be excited to study.. Who am I? I ...

My Mother is a very strong woman but just recently I was reminded of this even more. Eight whole years ago she blessed a couple with an irreplaceable gift- the gift of life. My Mother signed up and joined an agency called C.O.T.S (Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy), it was just something she had always wanted to do and I admire her so much for actually doing it. I was pretty young at this time but definitely remember finding the whole process exceptionally strange. I remember comparing it to something like 'Blind Date' as letters would come through the door fairly often with a profile of a couple, it would state information of theirs from whether they live with pets to if they smoke or not. It was our job as a family to pick out a couple that we "liked the look of" in terms of whether or not we felt they would make good parents for this future child. It was a hard process, naturally, because we had the power to change a couples lives- it's not something you...