Well...I'm Ashamed

Hello Everyone.

 Recently, I've been so busy that I've abandoned you all. I feel like I had a baby, then left it for 2 weeks without care. Obviously, I haven't done that. In fact, why I've been away has been much simpler than that. I, Lucy Victoria, have become empowered by deadlines. I have *had* deadlines up until Friday, and quite frankly, after spending on average 9 hours in the library a day, the last thing you want to do is ANYTHING but sleep.

 The good news, now I guess, is that I've finished university for a month and am back home. The other good news is that all my deadlines (this side of easter) have been handed in, so I can actually relax for a little bit of time. Not long however, as I have deadlines in May, and some of these are back to back. On top of this, I'll be sitting exams, so second year, you are KILLING ME. The bad news, now that I am home, is that I am bored. I've been home for just over 24 hours, and all I've done is 3 loads of washing, eat 2 takeaways (and go out for a meal once), AND cleaned my car. That is so not me, and I'm struggling to deal with it.

 I've sat down and tried to write posts. Hauls (I went shopping the other day, and got a few pieces), dating, library advice, but none of these seemed to call to me. So, Blog, I'm sorry for abandoning you.  I guess now that I have a month off, perhaps I should schedule posts so that I don't fall behind, and leave you again. But, for now, I'll try and stick to my schedule of posts Wednesdays and Sundays - but don't be upset if I end up only posting once a week!

 Over this month, I don't really have many plans whilst I'm at home. On Sunday (29th), I fly to Bahrain for 10 days. Expect photos of that, cause I am excited!! My best friend (one of them) from University lives out there with her family, so this year I decided to book up and head out there. The weather is meant to be beautiful this time of year. Hopefully I'll come back with a killer tan, and make my family jealous (Although they are leaving me at the end of the hols so I better not make them too jealous...).

 I also plan to go up to Nottingham at some point, because my best friend from home lives up there whilst she's at university. From where I live, this isn't too far and would be so much fun to visit her again, especially as I had such a good time last year when I visited! Other than this, London should expect a few visits, and I hope to see some of my university friends. I have plans with some of my home friends to go and explore a few things and have a general catch up, but honestly I am awful at keeping in touch with people whilst I'm away, and I should probably make more effort!

 What are you guys getting up too this easter? And if you're in America, I hope you had an awesome spring break!!

 Sorry for abandoning you all, I AM BACK. Also, to all you new followers! Hello and welcome to my ramblings!:)

 Love,
 Lucy Victoria xo

I Think I'm Queen Of Procrastination

Hello Everyone!

 I've recently realised that I am totally queen of procrastination. Honestly, I'm not sure how I manage to get anything done at university. I'm not sure how any of my assignments get handed in on time, how I manage to do any form of reading or how I've actually made it to EVERY SINGLE ONE of my lectures/seminars!. Quite frankly, Sometimes I wonder how I get out of bed.

 If you've ever been to University, You'll know that its a vicious cycle of lectures, not enough sleep, essays, and really shitty food. Value food quickly became my best friend, as did sales so I could actually get some new clothes and treat myself. Anyway, This vicious cycle meant that I was constantly tired (and still am), and trying to balance a social life with the endless amount of essays and review papers, as well as the planning for my dissertation. So, I became queen (yes queen) of procrastination.

 As of today, I have one assignment due tomorrow (heavily planned, but not written), I have another due on the 18th? and another due the 20th. This means that I'm going to be so busy and don't have much time for a social life (but I guarantee I go out anyway - oops). These are my ways of procrastination, which I find myself regularly doing....

 My first, and favourite distraction, are my friends. This means that I would much rather text/facetime/whatsapp them. Or just go bother my housemates to the point that THEY become distracted. This definitely wastes at least 1 hour of my time, replying to messages, looking at my phone for messages, and FaceTiming definitely wastes way more than an hour.

 My second distraction is Youtube. When I want something on in the background, I'll find myself going through my youtube Subscriptions and finding lots of daily vlogs which i haven't watched yet, or midweek uploads. I can waste atleast 2 hours on here, just flicking back and forth between the work that I SHOULD have done and the videos I SHOULDN'T be watching!

 I also find Netflix ruins my education at times like this - C'mon Netflix, why did you need to drag me into watching that series with 3 seasons? Each episode an hour long? Not cool. I also find that I try to watch them at the same time as doing my work, and my screen just purely isn't big enough to watch them both on. Maybe this is where my Ipad could come in handy...looks like I just had an idea. (sorry work!). I recently did a post on what to watch on Netflix...These are the series I'm loving!

 Social Media also needs to take some of the blame here for my lack of motivation. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram...all equally guilty. Course I'm more interested in what Sandy* may be doing (even if it is REALLY boring). Yes, of course I want to read the article that a random group has posted (and my timeline is FILLED with pointless news articles/videos - did anyone else just like heaps of groups in year 8?). Twitter just brings things to my attention which weren't previously (dress situation anyone?), and Instagram just makes me want to post pictures of my food.

 Another website, that I spend HOURS on, is Tumblr. Tumblr is 100% my favourite website in the webspace. I love the simplicity, and I truly believe some of the funniest, wittiest people are on Tumblr. I can just be scrolling through my timeline, and burst out into laughter. If Im unhappy, Tumblr will always cheer me up. After navigating my blog through the webspace for just over 4 years, I feel very strongly attached to it, and am also very proud of the blog it has become!

 Food is another distraction. YES, I would rather be eating than writing an essay. Sure, Housemate, I'd love to go to Sprinkles (the most insane dessert place ever, with like, waffles and chocolate and ice cream and stuff!!). Sure body, lets eat some toast. Oh, you're still hungry? no worries, lets eat that pizza...I swear, when I'm trying to not get distracted, I always do.

 I also use this blog as a distraction. Like I said earlier, I have an essay due TOMORROW. Which I HAVENT done. Yikes. I guess I better start writing:(

 Hope you all have a wonderful day!!
 Love,
 Lucy Victoria xo

The Emoji Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

 I recently saw Troye Sivan's Youtube video on Emojis. In the video, he explained that he had recently been at a meeting where they had to go round the table and describe themselves with 5 emojis. I found this so interesting, and decided that it might be a fun thing to do here on my blog! I've decided to make this into a thing! (Its probably been done before, so if you know who started it please link them to me so I can give credit!) I'm going to tag a few bloggers at the end (no more than 5!) and would like them to do it, and then tag 5 of their favourite blogs! So, without further ado...

One

These Eyes are my favourite emoji on my iPhone. To me, they show when I'm being sarcastic. My texts tend to be very sarcastic and this doesn't always come across well, so when I use these eyes its very obvious! I also use them to question my decisions or what I'm saying! So, these are probably my favourite emoji!

Two

This dancing girl is my almost spirit animal. I use her when I'm talking about partying or going somewhere. If I'm nearly ready, I'll send this emoji! Just one question - WHY NO HANDS?

Three

This cute little smiling emoji is definitely my favourite smiley face! I'm a generally happy and smiley person, so I like the little rosy cheeks and cute grin! I probably use this emoji in every text I send, and it makes me smile seeing how happy it looks! 

Four

Having a nightmare? Don't know what to wear? THIS IS THE PERFECT EMOJI! Whenever I'm in meltdown, and I get a text, I'll send this emoji! This makes my friends know that I'm panicking, and they will help me! I also think its quite funny, looks like the poor thing is having a nightmare! 

Five

 Anyone who says they don't use this emoji on a regular basis is lying. The three monkeys actually stand for 'hear no evil', 'see no evil' and 'speak no evil'. I use this emoji when I think I'm saying something really stupid. Or, if Im just having a laugh, ill use this. Again, I probably use this emoji every day, so definitely means something to me! 

 Ive probably chosen 5 of the most common emojis, but I find that there is so many that I just have a nightmare scrolling through them! Also, Why did apple move the hearts to the last page of the faces!? (and the food...) 

My Tagged Blogs

Jessica and Megan at: Happy Dreamers

Tania at: Tania Garcia

Raven at: Just Write About It

Courtney at: Jacksons Cup Of Tea

Jezebel at: Jezebel Tuesday

 I look forward to seeing your 5 favourite emojis and who youve tagged! 

 Happy Wednesday, 

 Love, 

 Lucy Victoria xo

My Worst Fears

Hello Everyone!

 Happy Sunday! This week has been crazy. I've been out on Wednesday and Friday, so I've just been chilling out and relaxing after those nights. This week the insane dress situation came out. Is the dress blue and black or gold and white?! Absolutely ridiculous. 

 You know what else I find absolutely ridiculous? The fact that I’m Twenty and I have an endless list of fears. The reason this post comes around is because earlier, I was putting off making a phone call. A PHONE CALL!!!. I had to renew my driving insurance, now that I’m going onto my third driving year (since I’ve passed - but I’ll leave that!!), but I found that I could get it £100 cheaper elsewhere. My parents (how could they abandon me at times like this?) told me that I had to ring my insurance company to get them to match the quote. I put it off for as long as possible. around 5 hours later, I got the courage to finally pick up my phone, and you know what? I was fine. Can you call me an adult now?

Number One

I guess the best place to start here would be phone calls. If I know the person well, then I have no problem picking up the phone. If I know someone well but feel that its going to be an awkward conversation, I’ll avoid it. Call me on an unknown number, and I for sure will not answer. Doesn’t matter if I’m waiting for a phone call, I’d rather leave my phone and let it go to voicemail, then worry about calling people back. If I just answered my phone in the first place, then I wouldn’t have the worry of calling people! If I have to be the person to make the phone call, god forbid its not important, because calling people is one thing thats so scary to me. So so stupid right?!?!

Number Two 

 Cats. I am terrified of Cats. Not Kittens, but big cats that walk around the streets like they own the place. Listen up Cat, This is my road, my house is here, why should I have to cross the road? Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind cats that I’ve known since they were kittens (i.e., 1 cat), but if I see an older cat, I will move. Cross the road, walk quickly. Hell no if its coming near me. BACK AWAY. 

Number Three

 Another thing Im scared of, is complete darkness outside. If I have to walk somewhere when its completely dark, I WILL NOT GO. I will not. I also get terrified when I’m at home getting out my car at night. I also do not like driving down unlit roads. Where I live at home, there’s a road which is completely dark, surrounded by a woods, which leads to our nearest nightclub. Sometimes, (when I’m back home), I drive to collect my sister. I always freak out, have to have my lights on full beam and my music up so loud. I WILL NOT BE SCARED. 

Number Four

  Snakes and Spiders. WHO CREATED THEM? I hate Spiders. My house is my house and they shouldn’t be allowed in them. HELL NO. Snakes are gross too. Why should something slither along the floor and be strong enough to kill certain other animals?! I hate them so much. I don’t understand how people have them as pets, If I was sleeping in the same room as a spider or a snake I’d be terrified it was going to kill me. Not Cool nature, not cool. 

Number Five

  Exams terrify me. I’m the kind of person who gets worried about exams and will revise for days. DAYS. I guess the revision thing is good, but the actual panicking that goes through me is horrible. I suffer from mild panic attacks, so exam time periods are not the best for me. AT ALL. 

Number Six

 My friends recently experienced this with me, and will not stop taking the mick. So, fear number six is walking into a room late. Into a room with lots of other people. The other week, me and my housemates were running late to a lecture. By the time we got there, the lecture had already started, and everyone was silent. Ofcourse, I went into the room first and there was NOWHERE to sit. I mean, we would have to ask people to move and they would have to stand up. Now, heres me, worrier, going bright red. Ofcourse, I accidentally mutter a swear word (loudly..) so people at the front turn round. By this time I was out of the door, trying to get into the other one. Now, I moan at my friends when they’re going to be late. “DONT YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME?!?"

Number Seven

 I have so much respect for mothers. Childbirth scares the hell out of me. Why does something THAT BIG come out of something so small?!? Childbirth must hurt so much I can’t even comprehend it. I want children, but I do not want to put myself through that. I guess the outcome is amazing, but why must it hurt so much?!

Number Eight

 Number Eight is so superficial. In this modern day and age, losing my phone is a huge fear of mine. My phone is just part of me. It holds all my music, holds all my phones (my camera broke a while ago!), its got loads of notes on it, and it also has all my numbers on (Which I don’t remember any of!). I guess this one is so superficial. Oh well. 

Number Nine

 I also have a fear of dying. Whether it be me, or someone else. Death is such a terrifying thing, it can happen in any way. I would not want it to be painful, and I don’t want to be really old. Like, over 100. I feel like its going to get to the point when I’m so old I can’t do anything and that would worry me. I would not want this to happen!. Obviously I know I’m going to die at one point, but lets hope thats not soon. 

I probably have many other fears - but I feel like this post has gone on for so long! Does anybody else have any weird fears or share any of mine?!?

 Love, 

 Lucy Victoria xo