New beginnings & being a grown up.

Let's start off with some good news!

I am doing a degree. Not just any degree, one in my favourite subject - History. Now for anyone reading this who knows me, they'll know I didn't go to uni when I was of the age due to many, many reasons. The main one being my parents decided to follow their dream, abandon their supposedly adult children and move to France. I could have had all the funding in the world to go but I still wouldn't have managed to do it. So I got a job and a flat and tried to adult. Didn't work!

Anyway recently, I decided with the immense support and understanding of my wonderful boyfriend, both families and our friends, that now was the time to do my degree. We're financially stable (sort of), we have no children (yet) and it's something I felt I missed out on as a young adult.

I signed up to OU, weirdly I'm doing the same course my mum was doing when she met my dad! I've waited over 6 months to start, getting my books, converting our box room to a study and buying far too many pens. Now my books and assignments arrived last week and I'm looking at them slightly panicking. I'm going to work my butt off for this though and I know where I want to go with it. I'm ridiculously excited to start and cannot wait to get stuck in. Wish me luck!!

Also we got a new car this month. Upgraded my little roller boot to a slightly bigger roller boot. With electric windows. And central locking. I absolutely love it and as it has 5 doors I feel like a proper grown up in it! It's the little things in life.  

There's also been a major shift at home, I've got a new mattress! Now, this isn't any ordinary mattress, some of you (especially if you live in the US) might have heard of a company called Leesa, they're a relatively new company trying to make sleep more enjoyable and comfortable.
I've recently got the mattress and it's so comfy, much comfier than some of the mattresses I tried. They are a company bringing luxury to the wider world, look them up!
It's a sleep revolution guys!

Now for something a little more serious, I saw something last night that shocked me and probably most people, especially parents. 2 little boys were trying to flee Syria with their parents and unfortunately the boat they were on capsized, 11 people washed up on the beach and these 2 poor children, just 3 & 5 years old, and their mother were just  of them. The images I've seen were horrific and yet, I couldn't stop looking. Those children should not have been on a boat, they should have been safe in their beds, but due to where they lived, this is not possible. Those children and countless other refugees (they are not migrants, they are fleeing a war torn country, not looking for a better job). Maybe this will jump start a proper debate into this 'crisis' and make refugee's lives better until they can find a place to live, be that in the UK or somewhere else in Europe.

Peace out guys! Look after one another x