My Trip To Paris

Well I'm back!!

Had a fabulous time, loved it all, my boyfriend is not that keen but he did enjoy it. I am a true tourist whereas he isn't so that why it appealed to me more.

Seen a whole lot of sights, Eiffel Tower (didn't get up it) Notre Dame, Saint Chappelle, The Louvre, Arc De Triumphe the list goes on. I took 76 photos so i shall try and get them on here at some point.

Walked to the top of the Arc De Triumphe 510 steps to the top as the lift was broken ans the staircase was a tight swirl up and down was very dizzy. The view was amazing but it was very high. The Champs Elysees was very very long and we must have walked it about 8 times. Some lovely shops on there. There is a little road off it that had all the designer shops on it, Chloe, Dior, Chanel, Prada, you name it, it had it. But it was only window shopping as my credit card couldn't even afford a purse never mind something worth wile.

Went on a lovely boat trip down the Seine, but there are a lot of homeless people living in tents under the bridges on the bank. The only thing i disliked was the fact that wherever we went we got ignored and people never had any manners whatsoever.

Would like to go back maybe around November or even the Summer. We were already planning our next trip on the plane back, its either Milan or Rome..

Will try and get some pictures up on here to show you

Wow

I went to see The Feeling at a gig last night... Wow, they were fantastic, such a performance. There supporting act were The Fray, another Wow in fact The Fray were outstanding.
If you have not heard of The Fray check out there new single 'How to save a life' its great.

Had a really good night which was the start of my fab weekend.

I am off to Paris tonight/early morning tomorrow. I have so much to do that i feel so-disorganised. I come home late Monday night and I'm in Uni first thing Tuesday so i have some work that needs to be done for then. I also have to pack and were only going for a few days.

This is only going to be short as i have tons to do.

Hope you all have a great weekend and i will post a review and pics of my trip.

Speak soon

Im on track for a 2:1 grade

Had a meeting with my tutor today over my grades i received last week, as well as my previous grade i had got in the first semester. She took a look at each one along with the comments and feedback that the lecturers had left and she has told me i am well on track for a 2:1 grade. I am so happy!

I was quite worried that i weren't getting the hang of university life as well as the work that was involved but i feel a lot more content with it now. The good news is i know i can do better if i just put my mind to it.

I decided to go the library after my meeting to get some books out for my assignment i am determined to make the assignments i have to do for May better than i have done before. I feel confident in my head its just getting all my ideas down onto paper you see that's where i struggle, I lack the ability to speak and write academically. I think i need to touch up on my writing skills too.

Tonight me and mum have decided we are going to spoil ourselves (well her, i only go to keep her company) and go the bingo. We are both having a night off from cooking etc and going to splash out hoping to win some money.

I cant believe its only 4 days till my trip to Paris, its flew over so fast, it will soon be here and gone in no time.

My boyfriend rang me before to tell me he had just seen an elderly gentleman get ran over lorry and it was horrible, he sounds a bit shaken up as he witnessed it but the paramedics came straight away. I hope the old man was OK. I will keep you updated.

Right back to my chores

Tallulah

I do wonder!

Well i got told yesterday that my dad has apparently told all his friends that now i am at university i 'won't' be having any children, which was very nice of him considering i knew nothing about this!! It came as a real shock to my mother who knew nothing about this but i was wanting to know where he got this information from!!

Going to have a rant now!!

Is it possible for two people who are so different to last?

The reason i ask is, my boyfriend is so different to me at the minute we both come from totally different backgrounds. Whilst he just about got through Secondary School i go on to go to University. We don't share the need for education and to progress in life. He sees my friends as 'geeks' and tells me i am turning into a 'bore' now i am at University. i think i have grew up a lot considering my friends in uni are twice my age. It really hurts when he makes these comments. As i have put a lot of stuff on hold as well as sacrificed a awful lot of things to get where i am now. I do wonder if at times like this 'will this work'? He supports me to a point but he is not emotionally there for me when times get hard, i don't think he understands the pressures that are on.

Don't get me wrong i do love him but at times i do wonder!!

Today i am going to attempt my assignment i have to do on Policing. 3,000 words and i haven't a clue where to start.

Not long now till my trip to Paris getting slightly nervous, I'm sure i will love it but I'm just dreading the trip to the hotel. I always get a sickly feeling in my stomach about something bad happening like the hotel will not know who we are and have not confirmation from us. I know i always think the worst but i am wanting this to be perfect!! And i still have to conquer my fear to get myself up that Tower.

On Tuesday i start my training for my 10mile walk i am doing for Marie Curie Cancer Care, me and my mum are doing this walk in April to try raise some money for this fabulous charity that i strongly support, so we are tyring to get fit enough to last the whole 10miles. I am then going to start training for the 5k Run I'm doing in September. I'll end up with legs like Arnie!!

I shouldn't say this but I feel a cheesecake moment coming along!! Yum...

Speak soon

Tallulah

Results day....

Had a good day today...

Got the results for an exam and 4 assignments from Uni. I got 52% for my exam which I'm a bit disappointed with as i thought i had done well in it but i passed so its OK.

In my assignments i got 60%, 60%, 68% and a 82% which I'm quite happy with. My tutor told me to aim for 60% in each assignment to be looking at a 2:1 grade at the end.

I have a slight problem though, the module i done where i got 82% had a grading error i think. The module was a series of tasks that i had to complete. The marking was done on a sheet which had all the questions and the number of marks available for it.

Now i got some marks off the total grade because i had not done a set of tasks, yet there were no tasks on the paper that we were given yet my grade has been marked down because of this. I am very pleased with my 82% but i feel that this is not fair. but i think everyone else will be in the same position but i feel a bit cheated. I am going to see the tutor next week to query the grade.

So tonight i am going to spoil myself with a nice Chinese meal, its reading week next week so i am off but i may go in on a few days to do some work. I can now go on my trip to Paris (in 8 days time) and really enjoy myself now as i don't have them to worry about now.

Speak soon

Why Bother?

Not in the greatest of moods today.

I'm referring back to my post about my boyfriends mother confiding in me with an aspect of her health and not telling her son, well she only went and told her son that i knew and was keeping it from him...

She told him all about this like it was some great secret, behind his back and i knew he weren't pleased. He came up to me and said 'i believe you know something about my mum that i don't' it put me in a horrible horrible position. I hate keeping things from him and yes i wanted him to know but the way she told him was like, all this was just normal. She didn't explain why i kept it quiet or not. Then after all that she doesn't even bother telling me the results after she begged me to not tell anyone...... why do i bother?

I sometimes think I'm too nice to people, i go out my way and get nothing back in return yet i don't learn i just repeating the same mistake over and over again.

OK that over with now...

Funny thing happened to me yesterday, woke up at 7.30am frantically searching for a pen, i had dreamt of my essay question in my sleep (sad i know) and had sorted out the arguments that i was going to use whilst i was dreaming and subconsciously i must have woke myself up to note them down. I went back to sleep and woke up normally and looked at what i have wrote and i have got the basis of a really strong structured essay, so pleased at myself for that.

Right food is calling me

Speak soon

Snow!!!........ WHY???

I hate snow!

why does it have to snow? i sound like a misery but i really do hate it. It does not serve a function, it only makes easy lives turn hectic. well it did to me on my journey to uni.

I decided to wear a pair of Timberland boots which are apparently made for walking! Well that's a lie, i could not walk properly was walking like a penguin trying to stand up straight and not fall over as the floors were very slippy, the boots did nothing to save me!

god help me if i lived somewhere that had snow more than twice a year which is what we get here at the minute. Today was just the same only the snow has turned to ice and it then decided to snow again as well as trying to keep remaining upright. It says that tomorrow is gong to be heavy snow! that's all i need!!!!

I think this blog is just going to be a moaning one today, not got much to speak about which is really positive. University was boring today, just didn't interest me at all. I'm going on a placement and we had a 2 hour lecture on what makes a charity a charity? 2 HOURS... it bored the living daylights out of me!! At least i have not got it now for 3 weeks or so.

This weekend i am going to study really hard i have 2 lots of 3000 word essays that have to be in and i am thinking of starting one this weekend so I'm not stuck till last minute doing them both.

Diet has not really took off, i just can't say goodbye to all those lovely foods. I think i'm just going to have to exercise a bit more instead.

Right thats me done
Speak soon

The Letter

Proof of what can happen if a wife or girlfriend drags her husband or boyfriend along shopping . This letter was recently sent by Tesco's Head Office to a customer in Oxford:

Dear Mrs. Murray,
While we thank you for your valued custom and use of the Tesco Loyalty Card, the Manager of our store in Banbury is considering banning you and your family from shopping with us, unless your husband stops his antics.

Below is a list of offences over the past few months all verified by our surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's trolleys when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine products aisle.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, "Code 3" in housewares..... and watched what happened.

5. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

6. September 15: Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing department and told shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring sausages and a Calor gas stove.

7. September 23: When the Deputy Manager asked if she could help him, he began to cry and asked, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"

8. October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, picked his nose, and ate it.

9. November 10: While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in the Housewares aisle asked an assistant if he knew where the antidepressants were.

10. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously, loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.

11. December 6: In the kitchenware aisle, practiced the "Madonna look" using different size funnels.

12. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"

13. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, assumed the fetal position and screamed "NO! NO! It's those voices again."

And; last, but not least:

14. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while; then yelled, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here."

Yours sincerely,
Charles Brown
Store Manager

Diet.... what diet??

Well i started my diet and i have to say i am failing miserably!!

I just can't help myself from eating the nice food which so happens to be the most unhealthy food of all. Iv got no Chance in losing weight if i keep this up. Found this poem which i kinda like:

Only A Pound
Hello. Do you know me?
If you don't you should.
I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet.
Want to know why? It’s because no one ever wants to lose me.
I'm only one pound, just a pound.
Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds. but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat.
Then I add to myself ever so slyly, that you never seem to notice it, that is until I've grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight.
Yes it’s fun being only one pound of fat, left to do as I please.
So when you weigh in, keep right on saying "oh, I only lost one pound" ( as if it was such a terrible thing!)
For you see, if you do this you'll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I'm not worth losing.
And I love being around you, around your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you.
Happy days!!! After all, I'm only one pound of fat!!!

Had a very lazy day today, not done a thing was meant to be reading but just haven't had the motivation at all. I stumbled upon the Emmerdale website which has a web cam on the main street and found myself glued to it watching them filming (i know very sad).

I cannot believe how cold it is today, but the heating on but it hasn't made a bit of difference to the temperature inside this house. Back at uni tomorrow and i have to prepare for my seminar by reading a lot of crap that Tony Blair has said. I'm not into politics but apparently this fits in with what we are doing at the moment.

Later on this evening i am definitely going to have to draw myself a timetable, so i know when and what i am meant to be throughout the day. I find myself sitting late at night wondering where the day has gone and why i have no work to show for myself.

Think i'm going to have a healthy tea tonight, and start this diet properly tomorrow. I have an excuse as the bacon was just sitting there and it would have been a waste throwing it out.

Speak soon

Tallulah

What do i do?

Been put in a really hard position today.

I spoke to my boyfriends mum and she asked me not to say anything to her son (my boyfriend) about a health issue she has just found out and is having tests for. She has to go back and have a lot more tests but at the minute she doesn't want the family to know.

Its put me in a really bad position as i feel i am keeping things from him as we tell each other everything but his mum has asked me not to say anything. I don't know what to do to. I don't know what is for the best and which one do i let down my boyfriend for not telling him or his mum for destroying the confidence she put in me.

Arrgghhh.....

Like i need any more stress!!!

Tonight i am going to scrap my diet (just for tonight) and i may have warm chocolate fudge cake with vanilla ice cream later, just to make me feel better.

Been shopping today for some new clothes to go to Paris in, i didn't need any more but i felt like treating myself. Its not long now till Paris and i am getting a bit excited but i know the quicker it gets here the quicker it will go again.

Had a bad headache all today so I'm going to De-stress in the bath and have a long soak..

Speak soon

Tallulah

That Friday feeling

Well its the weekend so to speak and i have a lot planned.

I am starting my diet tommorrow, i am not happy in myself. I have piled a lot of weight on that i shouldn't have put on. It's ever since i started uni i think. I eat to de-stress myself, i sit at my pc doing work and i eat sweeets and crisps. If i am doing an essay and i am bored i will eat. I just don't know how to get around it.

So i intend to start my diet tommorrow, No sweets, No cakes, No crisps or biscuits i am going to replace all that will fruit! Don't know if it will last as i am not a lover of fruit or things healthy for that matter but i have to do something.

I also want to take up running, i think i will do, maybe start next weekend.

Been the library in uni today sat there for a couple of hours and read and read and read. Learnt a lot too. So this weekend i shall be enjoying the company of a psychology book and also a criminal justice book and i intend to find out all i can from each.

Only a short post as i am not staying long on my pc

have a good weekend

Tallulah

Thursdays

Been quite a good day today.
Not done anything exciting to be honest, but i have had a good knowledgeable day. Had a lecture today on psychology in relation to offending and if 'criminals are born or are they made?' was very interesting to listen to. It made me think about me as a person and what and who i am. And if i was always destined to be 'me' or i have grew into me over the years. If that makes any sense to you. I suppose i am thinking too deeply today.

After coming out my lecture it got me thinking (yes i know my brain was really working today) about just what it is i want to do after my degree. I have always wanted to be a Probation Officer from when i can remember, as my friend had one when he came out of prison and it changed his life completely and thats what i wanted to do! To really make a difference to someone's lives.

So it got me thinking is that what i really want to do? Im confused now!

Started getting some bits organised for my trip to 'Gay Paree' later this month well 23 days to be exact. Im only going for 3 days but the way im going you would think it was for a fortnight. I have my toiletries all sorted. Now when do i start packing my case?

I have gave myself a stern telling off about this trip. I am afraid of heights completely but you cannot go to Paris without taking a trip up the Eiffel Tower but...... you go up in a lift and the whole structure doesnt seem that safe to me, plus its very high!!! Hmmm.. don't know how i am going to do it but i am and i shall be posting a picture on here on my proof that i conquered my fear!

Tonight i shall be reading all about develpmental psychology, i have tommorrow off but i think i may go in to the library to see what else i can learn.

Speak to you soon

Tallulah