Hello Lovelies!

My time at secondary school has now officially come to end and I have to say that I did get a little teary during the Leaver's assembly! Some of my year group dressed up and we had a Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy and Spock and Kirk. The teachers and students made some truly amazing speeches and they even showed some of our photos from year 7 which was super embarrassing! We did get some brilliant pictures though and the whole day really was lovely.


The next day I decided to have a little barbecue to celebrate us finishing school so everyone came over and it was a brilliant evening. We had such a nice evening and we danced and took a ton of photos. We also burnt revision (oops) and sat outside in the rain whilst eating chicken wings and ended up wearing all of mine and my mum's jumpers. Caitlin also bought over some of her vinyls, we had the record player downstairs and we listened to The Beatles, Bob Marley and Arctic Monkeys. It really was such a perfect night and I'm so glad I got to spend it with some of my favorite people who I've gotten to know and love.

Hello Lovelies!

So I got this idea from the wonderful Demi (www.fortheloveofwordsx.com) and I sit here writing this now after finishing my last exam and my last full day of secondary school. It's been a 5 year whirlwind which has left me with so many memories and stories to tell. The people who have had to see my face for the past few years I may never see again. I only met my real friendship group about 2-3 years ago and it's been the best years of my life thanks to them. There's been so many amazing times I've spent with my friends and I would like to leave a little message for them here (I've only used first names but, if any of you guys happen to read this, you know who you are).

Bryony - Where do I start with you, eh? I've known you for the full five years I've spent at AVC and I have no idea how I would've survived without you by my side. We've gone through thick and thin together and the time we spent apart and not as friends was awful and that's never happening again, alright? This isn't going to be our last goodbye because I know that you won't let me go that easy! Thank you for pushing me to do all those school productions with you that I never really wanted to get in to. They've been a blast! Thank you for all the brilliant memories we've created together, like the ridiculous amount of times I've stayed at your house (and you've stayed at mine, you practically live here!). Remember having to wash all that glitter of Beth when you all stayed over? And trying all those gross jelly beans from Harry Potter World? Ah man. This is not the last you'll hear of Kip & Col, not in a million years! xx
Matty - Well, what can I say. We used to really dislike each other through years 7 to 9 and I didn't think that you'd become of my best friends. What happened there, huh? I'm grateful that we overcame that to be honest and we've had so many great memories thanks to this! You're welcome for all the lifts to and from various places over the past few years! The movie days that we've spent at mine have been brill and have got better each time. Thank you for bringing the sweet & salted popcorn! You're one funny guy and it's been great getting to know you. I'm sure that this won't be our last goodbye but none the less thank you for all the amazing times we've had! xx
Jess -  So I've only really got to know you over the last year or so and it's been fabulous getting to know you more as time has gone on. You're so sassy and funny and such a brilliant person to be around! Like I said, I haven't really known you that long but it feels like I have for years! You did a amazing job in Grease and I really do hope that your career in acting takes off. I'd like to also publicly apologize for my poor taste in story lines (TFIOS to everyone else) and say thank you for watching The Perks and (kind of) enjoying it! You're so brilliant and I hope that this isn't farewell (I still haven't got a photo with you god damn it)! xx

Caitlin - Ah man this is a hard one to write because I don''t even know where to start! You're such a beautiful and fabulous person and don't let anyone tell you different. You've helped me through so much over these past years and I'd really like to thank you for that. You've made my time at AVC really enjoyable and it's a shame that I didn't get to know you earlier. We've created so many memories together that I will treasure for a long time. Like spending hours upon hours cycling last summer and taking 3 Polaroids hoping to get one without your eyes shut and our various treks to Costa and getting hit by pieces of bagel and making Google Translate say ridiculous things. I know that you've gone through some tough times and you have done so brilliantly getting past them. You're so strong and you are going to do so well in the future, ily xx

Tyler - So I met you when we we're doing the school production of Bugsy and then we lost contact for a year until production time rolled around again and well, here we are now. It's weird to think if I hadn't come to see Bryony in her play with you, we would never have been as close as we are now. You're so brilliantly funny and a all-round good guy! I didn't even realise how much we have in common (um Pewdiepie?)! We've had so many great memories (baking cakes, Cards Against Humanity and Back to the Future!) in the short time I've known you and am looking forward to making more. Thank you for everything Tyler and this is 100% not goodbye! xx
I'd finally like to thank all the brilliant teachers I've had over these years and also thanks to my whole year group. To be honest, I couldn't really ask for a better bunch of people to grow up with! Sorry if you don't like all this soppy stuff, I just wanted to share this with everyone!:-)

Hello Lovelies!
I know I haven't written a proper, full-on post for a few weeks and that's because of the ridiculous amount of exams I've had to endure. However, I only have 2 left and after that I have so many exciting things to look forward too! I thought that I'd let you know what will be happening over the next month or so and the sort of posts which you can expect to see!

My last exam is on June 23rd and after that I have finished year 11 so, that Friday we will have our 'Leaver's Day'. This is when all the year 11's come into school in some sort of fancy dress or costume and we all have a day just talking and relaxing after the stress of exams. This will be so fun and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone dress up! Also during this week, I will have all of my group of friends over to burn our old revision which we no longer need. We're going to roast marshmallows and have a enjoyable evening with each other!
The next HUGE event after this is our Prom. Our's is on July 4th (woo America Independence Day!) and is going to be held in a very fancy house with a beautiful garden. My dress is very nearly ready and will be with me in the next week or so. I already have my shoes and have booked in for my hair and make-up to be done for me. I don't want to give my whole dress and outfit away but, my dress is a light blue...

*hint hint*

Finally, from July 25th to August 1st I will be in Rome, Italy! I've been wanting to go here for so long and it is going to be so very gorgeous. My family and I are going to see the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain which looks a-maz-ing! You can all expect a very long post on that when I'm back and a lot of photos to accompany it. I'm not 100% sure if I will have wi-fi whilst I'm out there or not but, if I do, I will line up a couple of posts to upload while I'm there.

The Trevi Fountain