So another year goes by and I'm just a little but older. A few weeks ago I had my birthday, yes I usually post on my birthday but I was very busy. I went to see Imagine Dragons in Birmingham and I swear to god was one of the best things I have ever witnessed. If your a fan, PLEASE go and see them. I would love to see them again if anyone wants to buy me tickets ;)
Anyway I turned 21 in the car on the way back to my flat singing songs with friends and family. Then had my birthday morning with my parents, brother and my boyfriend which ended up being about my parents telling me to hurry up and me bossing them around telling them I will take as long as I want opening my presents. Then we went to the pub where we met with cousins and family friends for a crazy lunch full of little kids. Okay three but they seemed to outnumber us despite there being like 12 adults. After that by family left and had a lovely lazy evening with my boyfriend watching movies.
So you would think that was it for the celebrations right? haha no. So on the following Thursday, I went out with my boyfriend and work friends. I was excited to introduce my boyfriend to my friends and they were hitting it off until my stupid boyfriend got drunk and threw up in the middle of the club and got kicked out. So not only did we have to leave just after some of my friends arrived but then he threw up all over the side of the taxi and I got charged extra for it. AND he threw up in our bed so I spent the night on the sofa and looking after him. You would think I would be furious for ruining my night but he was so pathetic and apologetic the next day I couldn't be mad at him.
Continuing this, we had a huge snow storm so my friends who were meant to be visiting the next weekend couldn't make it. But we went to this mini golf bar place and then out clubbing where I worked with my other friends and it was great.
And that was where my week long celebrations ended. So what else? Life in general in very unexciting. I go to uni and sit alone at home whilst my boyfriend works all day. Sometimes go out with friends. Sometimes my boss guilts me into actually working.
I feel like my friends are all in a very different stage in life compared to me. I have friends finishing up uni and trying to decide what to do with their lives, friends who are completely unsure uni was the right decision and are looking into something new. But they are all back home and I am the only one who is out at uni full time. I love my life here but I have been a little home sick lately. They are all busy working full time and I am just sat here watching Netflix yet again thinking to myself that I really need a hobby. Does shopping count? Or sleeping?
I feel kind of stuck in my life and even though I have everything I could possibly want, a great flat, an amazing boyfriend who lives with me, going out with friends, a funnish job, a uni course I am interested in... I am still bored. I guess my teenage years were so dramatic that my great life is just kind of dull. I need excitement in my life. The need to do something new or different always crosses my mind. I just wish I knew what was missing...
Sorry if I sound like such a whiner when people have major problems with their lives. I hope you don't hate me. I have genuinely had proper issues that I haven't spoken about on here so I am not oblivious. I just happen to be in a good stage of my life.
-Anyways there you go, just another random post from a random girl x
Monday 12 March 2018
Sunday 31 December 2017
Happy New Years! Goodbye 2017
Dear people of the internet, I write to you at the end of the year, drinking, as usual. So two years ago I made predictions for the year and then last year I wrote about how my year actually went. I didn't really prepare anything for this year so I will just tell you about my year.
January, I was at home (parents house) for the christmas holidays, had my one year anniversary with my boyfriend, and thats about it. Then February was my 20th, my boyfriend went to come visit me at uni and I ate a lot of cake. March I was finishing up my assignments and had my accounting exam (which I got an A in after revising three hours), before heading home early and finishing my assignments there. April was working at my local pub once again, becoming the coffee queen and celebrating easter! May through to September I continued working full time and then moved in with my boyfriend back at uni. October was spent buying furniture, visiting my friend in Edinburgh, working at my new job in a club and dressing up for halloween. November was assignments :( sad times. And lastly December was spent finishing the semester, doing an exam, christmas back at home and tonight going out with the girls and having raspberry vodka slushies.
So overall, a very uneventful year other than moving in with my boyfriend. So what about 2018? Well I have no idea what I am gonna do. Finish 2nd year and start 3rd. Work at the club and maybe somewhere else. Love my boyfriend. But what about more unpredictable things? Hoping to get a summer internship. I hope to travel somewhere new as I haven't been anywhere in well over a year. uh... be happy? Thats about it really.
Sorry for the very uninteresting post.
Happy New Year Everyone!
- Random Girl xx
January, I was at home (parents house) for the christmas holidays, had my one year anniversary with my boyfriend, and thats about it. Then February was my 20th, my boyfriend went to come visit me at uni and I ate a lot of cake. March I was finishing up my assignments and had my accounting exam (which I got an A in after revising three hours), before heading home early and finishing my assignments there. April was working at my local pub once again, becoming the coffee queen and celebrating easter! May through to September I continued working full time and then moved in with my boyfriend back at uni. October was spent buying furniture, visiting my friend in Edinburgh, working at my new job in a club and dressing up for halloween. November was assignments :( sad times. And lastly December was spent finishing the semester, doing an exam, christmas back at home and tonight going out with the girls and having raspberry vodka slushies.
So overall, a very uneventful year other than moving in with my boyfriend. So what about 2018? Well I have no idea what I am gonna do. Finish 2nd year and start 3rd. Work at the club and maybe somewhere else. Love my boyfriend. But what about more unpredictable things? Hoping to get a summer internship. I hope to travel somewhere new as I haven't been anywhere in well over a year. uh... be happy? Thats about it really.
Sorry for the very uninteresting post.
Happy New Year Everyone!
- Random Girl xx
Monday 23 October 2017
Bartending (The Pros and Cons)
Heya guys! So recently I started working in a club a couple times a week. And it has been eventful. I had all these worries about working late nights and excitements at the same time. So for anyone who is considering working in a club then here are some pros and cons that I have noticed over the last two weeks. P.S These won't apply to everyone, just based off personal opinion.
PROS-
1. Skipping Queues- Probably can get away with never queuing again to get into the club :)
2. Personal Bodyguards- Okay not quite, but befriending the bouncers is a good idea to make you feel safer. Plus as scary as they look they are usually really friendly.
3. Discounts on drinks- I assume? I mean I haven't bought any yet but we will see. I know that we can buy a whole bottle of something, really cheaply, on Saturdays though.
4. Good music- Not many jobs out there where you can listen to music the whole shift.
5. Info- Knowing the best rooms, fastest queuing bars, cleanest toilets etc can be handy.
6. Power- Sometimes you can yell at people. Its fun :) was helping out in the cloakroom and got to yell at people for not having their ticket to redeem their jackets. Funny watching confused , angry drunk people get frustrated but can't do anything.
7. New Friends- Though this applies everywhere really.
8. Free Days- Because shifts start so late, you have the whole day free to do uni work, go to lectures, hang with your friends etc.
9. Safety- The bar and the bouncers will protect you.
10. Fun- There is a constant stream of entertainment from drunk people, or can do some dancing behind the bar. Generally always enjoying myself.
CONS-
1. Late Hours- Despite the free days, you do have to work till like 3am and if you have a 9am the next day you might as well not bother thinking of going in.
2. Transport- Due to late hours, it is very difficult to get home without a car. Especially on a Saturday night where you finish very late and is basically Sunday morning so there are barely any buses running.
3. Hot- It can get fun and you can't escape the bar but its okay. Just deal with it and move on.
4. Can't get drunk- Every so often you get jealous that everyone can dance and drink and you can't, but at least you won't be waking up with a hangover the next day.
5. Attention- Unwanted attention may I add. I got asked out by 5 guys in one night and physically harassed by two. Being Surrounded by drunk guys that you are forced to talk puts more attention on yourself than you would normally have.
6. The Smell- Its gross. But again you get over it.
7. Foreign People- I am not trying to be mean. I mean technically my mum is foreign so I'm not trying to discriminate. I specifically mean those who don't speak english and get angry at you for misunderstanding the order. If you can't speak english well then fair enough but if I show you a bottle of something and you nod to it, and then two seconds look at me like what is this (right after I have shown you) then this is not my fault. Don't get angry at me.
8. Bar Lurkers- The people who stand in front of the bar but don't order anything. Just MOVE. Please. If you don't want a drink go somewhere else, all you do is block the people who do want a drink and prevent me from doing my job.
9. It's loud- But I don't mind loud so not really a con for me.
10. Smelling gross at the end of the night- By the end you might smell like alcohol and sweat (not in the good way, if there is one?) but a nice hot shower before bed will fix that :)
Anyway there are my pro and cons. Anyone agree or disagree?
-Random Girl xx
PROS-
1. Skipping Queues- Probably can get away with never queuing again to get into the club :)
2. Personal Bodyguards- Okay not quite, but befriending the bouncers is a good idea to make you feel safer. Plus as scary as they look they are usually really friendly.
3. Discounts on drinks- I assume? I mean I haven't bought any yet but we will see. I know that we can buy a whole bottle of something, really cheaply, on Saturdays though.
4. Good music- Not many jobs out there where you can listen to music the whole shift.
5. Info- Knowing the best rooms, fastest queuing bars, cleanest toilets etc can be handy.
6. Power- Sometimes you can yell at people. Its fun :) was helping out in the cloakroom and got to yell at people for not having their ticket to redeem their jackets. Funny watching confused , angry drunk people get frustrated but can't do anything.
7. New Friends- Though this applies everywhere really.
8. Free Days- Because shifts start so late, you have the whole day free to do uni work, go to lectures, hang with your friends etc.
9. Safety- The bar and the bouncers will protect you.
10. Fun- There is a constant stream of entertainment from drunk people, or can do some dancing behind the bar. Generally always enjoying myself.
CONS-
1. Late Hours- Despite the free days, you do have to work till like 3am and if you have a 9am the next day you might as well not bother thinking of going in.
2. Transport- Due to late hours, it is very difficult to get home without a car. Especially on a Saturday night where you finish very late and is basically Sunday morning so there are barely any buses running.
3. Hot- It can get fun and you can't escape the bar but its okay. Just deal with it and move on.
4. Can't get drunk- Every so often you get jealous that everyone can dance and drink and you can't, but at least you won't be waking up with a hangover the next day.
5. Attention- Unwanted attention may I add. I got asked out by 5 guys in one night and physically harassed by two. Being Surrounded by drunk guys that you are forced to talk puts more attention on yourself than you would normally have.
6. The Smell- Its gross. But again you get over it.
7. Foreign People- I am not trying to be mean. I mean technically my mum is foreign so I'm not trying to discriminate. I specifically mean those who don't speak english and get angry at you for misunderstanding the order. If you can't speak english well then fair enough but if I show you a bottle of something and you nod to it, and then two seconds look at me like what is this (right after I have shown you) then this is not my fault. Don't get angry at me.
8. Bar Lurkers- The people who stand in front of the bar but don't order anything. Just MOVE. Please. If you don't want a drink go somewhere else, all you do is block the people who do want a drink and prevent me from doing my job.
9. It's loud- But I don't mind loud so not really a con for me.
10. Smelling gross at the end of the night- By the end you might smell like alcohol and sweat (not in the good way, if there is one?) but a nice hot shower before bed will fix that :)
Anyway there are my pro and cons. Anyone agree or disagree?
-Random Girl xx
Monday 25 September 2017
My TV Shows Are Over 😩
Okay so I know that once again I haven't posted in a while but I am gonna get straight to the point on this one because I need to ramble.
ALL MY TV SHOWS ARE OVERRRRRR!!!
😫😨😤😵😢😡😱
^^^ some of the emotions I'm feeling right now.
Has a sudden realisation that all my favourite TV shows from the last ten odd years have finished this year.
Here is a list of some of the TV shows that are no longer with us, may they rest in peace.
1. Vampire Diaries- how will we cope with out Damon's gorgeous good looks and the general amazingness when it comes to our love for vampires.
2. Pretty Little Liars- no more theories on who A is. It's all over. No mystery left for us to solve.
3. Orphan Black- may not be as popular as the others but will miss the never ending discovery of new Lena clones and all thier different personalities.
4. Switched at Birth- again not the most popular but will still be missed.
5. Teen Wolf- the most important of all. How will I love without Dylan O'Brien every week and Scotts pack of wolves?
So now I basically only have greys anatomy to look forward to but we all know it's going to end at some point. I mean we are on season 14 now.
Please any suggestions for new shows would be great as (in case you couldn't guess) I am a TV fanatic and I have nothing to watch.
They will all be missed dearly.
- Lots of Love, a mourning Random Girl x
Friday 30 June 2017
End of 1st Year
Sorry it has been so long. In my defence I was very busy with final assignments, exams, moving and work. On the bright side I got a 2:1 this year and an A in my accounting and finance exam :)
So what is happening? Honestly not a lot. I'm trying to work hard and save money for next year but this week my shifts keep getting cancelled so I'm not earning any money. Which is really annoying me. You would think I would be happy with the free time but I'm just so bored. And I want money :p at least I have a second job soon but it's only 10 hours a week. At this rate I'm gonna need a third job that isn't affected so much by the weather.
I'm still happy in a relationship. There was a rocky three days but things are improving and have been making up a lot ;)
So I think what I need is a hobby. I used to love writing but I now struggle to come up with anything. Which is annoying because it would be the perfect thing to do with my alone time and I found out about a publishing company but would either need to "spice up" my old stuff or write something you. But can't think of anything to write.
What else... My grandma and aunt are visiting. I love them but they are driving me a little crazy. They just don't leave you alone. And they took my newly finished room so I'm stuck in the spare room on a rock hard bed so I haven't slept in 4 days.
I also visited my old school with my best friend because we got invited to talk to my brothers year about university. Which led to her and all my old teachers deciding that I should be a teacher. Which I am actually considering. But I would probably do it like 5-10 years after I graduate.
So now I'm just chilling in bed yet again trying to work out how I am going to spend my day instead of working.
Any suggestions?
-Random Girl xx
Saturday 4 March 2017
No Longer a Teenager
Hey! So in case you couldn't work out from the title, I am no longer a teenager! So what does that mean for the girl who has a blog called The Random Life of a Teenage Girl? Well I have no idea. I am currently just winging it. Might make a new blog, or might just change the title. But The Random Life of a Twenty Year Old Girl doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
So what is it like being twenty? Well so far its been a week and I don't feel any different. I don't feel maturer, or older. I feel just as hormonal and stressed with uni life. Earlier on Skype with my friends and said something like "well the adults say..." then realising we are all adults. But what makes you an adult? Being 18? When you can vote? or 20 like me? and not being a teenager? Or 21? not really sure why that number is important in the UK. Or when you get a real job? or when you get married? when you have a kid? at this stage I don't think I will ever feel like an official adult. Maybe it just sneaks up on you?
So lets just see what happens with the blog but its not going anywhere for now.
- Lots of love, Random Girl xx
So what is it like being twenty? Well so far its been a week and I don't feel any different. I don't feel maturer, or older. I feel just as hormonal and stressed with uni life. Earlier on Skype with my friends and said something like "well the adults say..." then realising we are all adults. But what makes you an adult? Being 18? When you can vote? or 20 like me? and not being a teenager? Or 21? not really sure why that number is important in the UK. Or when you get a real job? or when you get married? when you have a kid? at this stage I don't think I will ever feel like an official adult. Maybe it just sneaks up on you?
So lets just see what happens with the blog but its not going anywhere for now.
- Lots of love, Random Girl xx
Friday 27 January 2017
My Start to 2017
Ready for some random rambling? Cause that is about all I have for you guys right now. So this year was meant to be the year where everything got better but that hasn't really worked out great. I started the year completely broke. Then I failed my driving test. And an hour after that my grandma died. Sucks right?
Death is a weird thing to process and understand. Other than my kitten Pepi dying when I was 12 I haven't really experienced what it is like for someone I love to die. My grandma and I weren't very close though. Which makes it even harder for me to understand how to feel.
Why weren't we close? Well it all has to do with the bad luck of being born 5 days after my cousin Francis. She is the daughter my grandma's only daughter. And my dad was the middle child to make things even worse. So there was always some sort of favouritism towards her. I actually think I wrote a post about it around last easter or the easter before that. So in the end its not really that we didn't love each other. She just loved my cousin more.
And now she is gone. No more conversations about what I am doing with my life. No more losing at scrabble against her. No more her. It is strange to think someone you have known your whole life is just gone. Forever. And as horrible as it was sometimes I will miss her. Next week I am going to her house for the funeral and I am pretty sure it will hit me much harder that she is not alive anymore. The only good thing really is that she is hopefully more at peace than she was at 97 years old. She lived her life and now it is time for her to move on.
So what else? Well I go back to uni now. Like literally now I am writing this as I travel 6 hours up country on the train. The first 40 minutes of the train was awful. My boyfriend once again dropped me off at the station to say goodbye. Again. I am so fed up of goodbyes. But hopefully he will be in Oxford next year. And he is coming up for my birthday soon.
Speaking of my birthday. On February 25th 2017 I am no longer a teenager as I turn 20. So what does that mean for this blog? I have no idea. I never thought I would be writing on here for this long. So what does Random Girl do when her blog is about being a teenager? Maybe I should start a new one. No idea what to call it though. And then I would have to start all over again. Or I could change the title? If anyone has any suggestions that would be great.
Maybe this year I will actually keep my promise to myself about writing more. So the countdown to the end of my teenage years in on. Let me know what you think.
- Random Girl x
Death is a weird thing to process and understand. Other than my kitten Pepi dying when I was 12 I haven't really experienced what it is like for someone I love to die. My grandma and I weren't very close though. Which makes it even harder for me to understand how to feel.
Why weren't we close? Well it all has to do with the bad luck of being born 5 days after my cousin Francis. She is the daughter my grandma's only daughter. And my dad was the middle child to make things even worse. So there was always some sort of favouritism towards her. I actually think I wrote a post about it around last easter or the easter before that. So in the end its not really that we didn't love each other. She just loved my cousin more.
And now she is gone. No more conversations about what I am doing with my life. No more losing at scrabble against her. No more her. It is strange to think someone you have known your whole life is just gone. Forever. And as horrible as it was sometimes I will miss her. Next week I am going to her house for the funeral and I am pretty sure it will hit me much harder that she is not alive anymore. The only good thing really is that she is hopefully more at peace than she was at 97 years old. She lived her life and now it is time for her to move on.
So what else? Well I go back to uni now. Like literally now I am writing this as I travel 6 hours up country on the train. The first 40 minutes of the train was awful. My boyfriend once again dropped me off at the station to say goodbye. Again. I am so fed up of goodbyes. But hopefully he will be in Oxford next year. And he is coming up for my birthday soon.
Speaking of my birthday. On February 25th 2017 I am no longer a teenager as I turn 20. So what does that mean for this blog? I have no idea. I never thought I would be writing on here for this long. So what does Random Girl do when her blog is about being a teenager? Maybe I should start a new one. No idea what to call it though. And then I would have to start all over again. Or I could change the title? If anyone has any suggestions that would be great.
Maybe this year I will actually keep my promise to myself about writing more. So the countdown to the end of my teenage years in on. Let me know what you think.
- Random Girl x
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