Monthly Archives: October 2010

DAY 5 A letter to an ex

I’ve been with Rob for just over 5 years now and actually don’t have an ex to write to….unless you count my playgroup boyfriend…..

Dear Joseph,

Thank you for all the memories at playgroup, kissing under the slide, you putting sand in my hair and yelling “spiders in your hair”, inviting me to your party where you cried. Thanks especially for the pink tea set you bought me for my birthday, we made mud tea with it for years afterwards. Who knows what would have happened if you hadn’t moved to Solihull?

And thanks for remembering me when I added you on Facebook!

Leah xx

DAY 4 A photo of you taken over 10 years ago

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I know I’ve posted this picture before, but all my old photos are at my parents’ house 200 miles away. This is me on my 3rd and 23rd birthdays, one in McDonalds and one in Pizza House. I really want to do a true re-enactment of the 3rd birthday one, I just need an excuse to put my face in a cake!

DAY 2 Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day

Ok, this is probably not going to be interesting, but here goes!

  • Rob got up about 7am to go to work, I normally wake up while he gets ready but I slept through it all
  • Woke up properly about 10am and watched Homes Under The Hammer before getting dressed
  • Watched four episodes of Mad Men. I only started watching it a month or two ago by unemployment has given me the chance to really catch up. The fourth season finished in America last night so I was trying to get up to date but then forgot I hadn’t downloaded the penultimate episode so I was foiled. They’re both on the computer ready to watch now though
  • Surfed the internet for a while, listening to some podcasts in the background
  • Headed into Birmingham at about 5 so I could do a market research survey about cider. I got paid a tenner to look at pictures of packaging. Awesome
  • Met up with Rob and went to Nando’s for dinner where I had my usual mango and lime wuss-burger, chips, coleslaw and perinaise. I realised Rob knows me well enough to make my drink there without asking – a bit of Fanta topped up with Coke. When I lived in Germany, I got hooked on Mezzo Mix which is a combination of the two sold by Coke. I’m still upset they don’t sell it here.
  • Came home and played with Rob’s family’s mental new cats Louie and Max. We got them on Saturday and they’re absolutely bat-shit insane!
  • Watching the last episode of The Inbetweeners which starts in about 20 minutes’ time
  • Probably prepping for my interview tomorrow before bed

                              

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DAY 1 Introduce yourself / List your likes and dislikes

I’m Leah, I’m 23 and I live in Birmingham. I graduated from Aston Uni in 2009 with a 2:1 in German and Translation Studies. I spent most of my time at Uni complaining about how much I hated German and saying I’d never use it again, but after a few weeks into my year of working in a call centre in my native Portsmouth, I decided German really was my calling after all. My boyfriend Rob, who I met on my first day at Uni and have been with (and lived with, apart from my year in Germany) for just over 5 years now, originally moved back to Portsmouth with me after Uni but had no luck getting a job. In June, he finally managed to get work back in Birmingham after nearly a year of trying. I then decided that enough was enough with my own job and quit in September so I could move back in with him and his parents. I haven’t managed to get a job up here yet, but hopefully it shouldn’t be too long; I’ve got a few irons on the fire!

Likes: Internet surfing, translating, swimming, reading, sandwiches, dark chocolate, sleeping, the Aztecs, laughing, IKEA, slippers, making a tit of myself

Dislikes: Being woken up, telesales, people pushing their beliefs on me, bugs, cleaning, interpreting, my hair

There, that wasn’t too hard! I might come back and edit the likes and dislikes, but it’ll do for now! 

Blogging Restart

As you can see from my lack of posts of late, I don’t blog well. I’ve either got something to do or nothing to say. However, things are (hopefully) about to change.

I read on one of my friend’s Facebook pages today about the 50 Day Blog Challenge – You get given a specific thing to blog about each day which I hope will get me writing much more regularly. Here’s the list:

DAY 1 Introduce yourself / List your likes and dislikes
DAY 2 Make a bulleted list of everything that happened in your day
DAY 3 Your favourite film
DAY 4 A photo of you taken over ten years ago
DAY 5 A letter to an ex
DAY 6 List of what you ate today
DAY 7 A YouTube video you find funny
Day 8 A photo of you taken recently
Day 9 List some of your favourite bloggers
Day 10 A letter to the person you hate most or caused you a lot of pain
Day 11 Share your favorite recipe
Day 12 Post a self-portrait
Day 13 Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 14 A song from your childhood
Day 15 A letter to someone you wish you could meet
Day 16 Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes
Day 17 A photo that makes you sad
Day 18 Set or share a goal
Day 19 Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 20 A letter to someone that changed your life
Day 21 Your favourite television program
Day 22 A photo that makes you happy
Day 23 Share one of your current favourite tunes
Day 24 Time to face morph
Day 25 A letter to someone you judged by their first impression
Day 26 Favorite books
Day 27 A talent of yours
Day 28 Favourite places to shop
Day 29 Provide the HEX code of your favorite color
Day 30 A letter to the friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 31 Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 32 A photo you took
Day 33 What you’re craving right now
Day 34 Your favourite quote
Day 35 A letter to your crush
Day 36 Some hobbies of yours
Day 37 A song that you like to dance to
Day 38 A photo of your parent(s)
Day 39 Zodiac sign and do you think it fits your personality
Day 40 A letter to a deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 41 Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 42 Bad habit(s) you have
Day 43 A picture of your favourite place in the world
Day 44 Something that fascinates you and why
Day 45 A letter to yourself a year ago
Day 46 Photos of personal things in your life (pets, family, house, ect.)
Day 47 Birthday wish list
Day 48 A photo of you right now
Day 49 Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 50 A letter to your reflection in the mirror

Only time will tell, and I am going away next week to Athens which might throw a spanner in the works, but I’m giving it a go!