Why I chose an apprenticeship

So, at current a lot of people will preparing to go to uni and others are looking for their first job out of college a good percentage of which very well might be an apprenticeship. I might have touched previously on the fact I was one of the latter but in this post I'm going to talk through my decision.

Firstly, I went through the entirety of my A Levels intending to go to uni. My courses were generally picked with criminology/forensics in mind as that was my end goal. I absolutely loved my college courses and gained so much from them regardless of the outcomes so even though I picked them to get into my uni course, I don't feel I wasted my time having done any of them.
I got good enough grades to build up enough UCAS points to get into the course/uni I applied to and I was buzzing but then the closer and closer it got, the more I felt terrified about the whole scenario. It literally got to my registration day and I was like, NAH. Now, I know most people will read that and be like, you're not the only one Hayley, we all felt like that but carried on. For some reason, I just couldn't. That same day, I emailed my tutor at uni and told her I wasn't going to go and I re-did my CV and got applying for jobs. Before long, I realised without little experience, no where that I wanted to be would take me on which quickly drove me to the apprenticeships website. The thing that attracted me most to apprenticeships was the whole idea that not only did you get the experience in the role, you have a qualification at the end to prove you have that experience too and of course you get paid as you do it! I have both my level 2 and 3 in business admin which I completed at 2 different jobs and if you didn't know level 2 equates to a GCSE level and 3 equates to an A Level. I'm still at the job where I completed my level 3 and I'm really happy in my role and the workplace itself.

Another part of the reason I was happy to give up the idea of university so easily was that I can go back to it at any point, just because it wasn't for me back when I was 18, it doesn't mean that in time I wont decide to do a course via the open university or anything like that, it's always something I'll be open to revisiting when I'm ready, I may wear the mortarboard and gown one day!

To summarise - I decided late in the game I wanted to do an apprenticeship because you gain experience, a viable qualification and money to do so in one. I'd never not advocate uni though, if/when I have kids, I'd hope they would like to go to uni and I wouldn't be like well I didn't go so you don't need to, uni will always be the first path they should head to until they decide otherwise for themselves just like it was for me! Never think that there is only one way to get where you want to be in life or that there is a set timeline to do so... there is always more than one way to make a mai-tai and it is ALWAYS 5 o'clock somewhere x

Hayl xo

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The Christmas Tag!

So it is 9 days until Christmas and I still haven't done a christmasy post so here we have the Christmas tag, Have a good one!

1. What is your favorite Christmas film?

My favourite Christmas film is probably elf, the grinch (I love doctor seuss) or a recent favourite 'A royal Christmas' with Lacey Chabert (Gretchen Wieners in mean girls). I much prefer Christmas specials of TV shows especially the Gavin and Stacey ones!

2. Have you ever had a White Christmas?

Yeah a few times, there have been times where it actually snows on Christmas, and others where it's been snowing a few days before Christmas. As many people will know the weather in the UK is very unpredictable, so much so that people place bets on whether there'll be a white Christmas or not, I'm not sure if that's a thing in other countries so let me know, but I just find it funny! 

3. Where do you usually spend your holiday?

Most years it will start off with my mum and dad at home and then we go to my nana's or auntie's and we'll have dinner and spend the rest of the day there.

4. What is your favorite Christmas song?

I love Leona Lewis' 'one more sleep' but I like 'All I want for christmas' by mariah carey too.. I like all of the classics too like 'do they know it's christmas' by band aids 20 and 30 and 'simply having a wonderful christmas time' by paul mccartney. I love most christmas songs to be honest

5. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

No, I never have actually, I used to beg my mum to after hearing her stories about how she used to open one because my nannie worked in a pub on the late shift on christmas eve but because mum didn't I wasn't ever allowed to!

6. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?

There is rudolph, dasher, prancer, cupid, donner, vixen, blitzen, comet is that it? I feel like there's 8 but I'm not checking cause I don't want to cheat.. If anyone would like to you can verify it for me in the comments haha!

7. What holiday traditions are you looking forward to most this year?

I'm not even sure if we have a tradition but I'm excited for the food cause it's my fave! I'm not even lying, I love sprouts!

8. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

Sadly it's fake, mum doesn't want all the needles everywhere but its still pretty, its white and all the decorations are in a sort of monochrome theme

9. What is your all-time favorite holiday food/sweet treat?

Food would have to be the sprouts but for sweet treats, im not a sweet person like I have to be in the mood to eat sweets so I just like the quality streets!

10. Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

A bit of both because I love seeing the thought people have put into my presents and there is always something satisfying about ripping the paper off of the gifts but I do love going shopping and putting thought into other peoples presents and seeing there faces when they open it! Both make me really happy!

11. What is the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?

Ooh I'm not sure, I always like everything I get so this is hard to decide, I think it might have been last year when I got my DSI XL and to be honest its not the DSI that I was happy about it was the fact that I used to have one before and it got stolen and I could hear my mum and dad talking about it without me knowing what it was and the excitement in their voices was just too much so them being so happy about it and that they made the effort to replace it made it a really good present!

12. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?

You know what I'm not going to say New York like lots of other people would, I honestly think it would be horrible and crowded and ridculous and I don't think I'd enjoy it at all, I would however like to go somewhere like Paris or even Lapland but I'd be just as happy going to Scarborough to see my Nannie!

13. Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably?

It depends on the shape of the gift, if its just a normal square/rectangle box I can do it and it's fine but jumpers or any other thing I can't do at all!

14. Most memorable Holiday moment?

There are 2 both when I was really little, the first one was when my mum had gotten me and my brother the same stationary set but gender specific like mine was barbie I think and my brothers was tarzan but when she wrapped them she clearly forgot which one was which and when I opened it I had a tarzan one and I don't think I was too pleased and had to wait until I got to my nannies to swap it with jamie's. The second one I think was the year after and on christmas eve I was looking through the argos catalogue and found  barbie switchboard and I really wanted it, I'd never mentioned it to my mum at all until christmas eve and I begged and begged her to get me it and to my suprise when I woke up there it was, I think I must've been the happiest child ever!

15. What made you realize the truth about Santa?

I'm not even sure, I think it was just around the age when there are 'rumours' about it or it might have even been my brother, I feel like he would do something like that!

16. Do you make New Years resolutions? Do you stick to them?

I do all the time, I constantly make the typical weightloss one and never ever stick to it to be honest I don't stick to any of the resolutions I make its very annoying actually!

17. What makes the holidays special for you?

Just spending time with my family and us all having a really nice day together which is always cute and lovely!

I hope you enjoyed this post and it got you into the festive spirit because it got me into it! There'll be another christmasy post next monday but I hope you all have a wonderful christmas and that you have a nice time whatever you are doing!

Hayl xo

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Who ya gonna call? THE MYTHBUSTER - Misconceptions, cleared up!

So I recently was bored and started researching things on the internet and came across an article on misconceptions and me being as inquisitive as always I decided to do some more research and see what I could find out and believe me there is a lot that I thought was true but turned out to be a lie so here are the ones I liked the most!

• In old english language, 'ye' was not a word that meant 'the' The confusion comes from a mix-up in symbols!
• Bulls are colour blind, this means they don't get mad when they see the colour red, they actually get mad at the matador waving the cape at them!
• those pesky houseflies don't actually only live for 24 hours, the average lifespan of a housefly is 20 to 30 days so we're stuck with them longer than you think! 
• We didn't actually walk with dinosaurs, dinosaurs actually died 63 million years before the first humans existed
• There were actually no witches burnt at the stake in Salem, 15 people died in prison, 19 were hung and 1 was pressed to death.. whatever that means
•  Theres no actual evidence that vikings wore horns on their helmets, that just came from an artists interpretation of them!
• there is no point in the circulatory system where the blood is blue, haemoglobin in the blood keeps it red!
• Napoleon wasn't that short, he was actually 5'6 and back in the day and for a frenchman, that was quite tall!
• Alcohol doesn't make you warm, all it does is dilate the blood vessels and stimulates the nerve endings with a warm flush of blood which can actually make your blood colder!
• There aren't just 5 senses - as well as touch, sight, sound, smell and taste we have things like balance, pain, acceleration, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, our carbon dioxide levels (if you hold your breath, your heart beats faster) and the need to drop the kids off at the pool, just to name a few
• there is no evidence that jesus was actually born on the 25th of december, there are actually dates all over the calender when he could've been born, the reason we celebrate it on the 25th is because of the pagans!
• cracking your knuckles doesn't cause arthritis (told you mum!)
• chewing gum thats been swallowed doesnt actually take 7 years to digest, it actually takes the normal amount of time to pass through however stomach acid cannot digest the gum!

I hope you learned something new that you didn't already know, I definitely learned somethings and I believed a lot of those things previously. I can't believe that I've been writing my blog for 11 weeks now, as short a time that is, I usually get bored really easy and give up but I haven't and there are no signs of that happening either! 

Hayl xo 

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Things life has taught me!

At the grand old age of 18 and a quarter I feel I have definitely learnt a lot about life so guess what here I am telling you all just what I have learnt, because that's what I do now, I tell strangers that I don't know a thing about.. massive details about my life!

1. If you want something enough you can have it but not without working for it!
2. Underage drinking is both good and bad.. as I've said before, I've drank alcohol since I was like 15 and it was good because I have now developed an understanding/better tolerance to the alcohol, like on my first night out I was able to drink a lot and still not be extremely drunk! The bad thing is that now after about 3 years, drinking is a bit boring, I think cause now I can legally drink and before I couldn't and there was more excitement but yeah, it does wear old!
3. when you fall out with friends, it's not always the end of the world, if you're in the wrong you should still do everything you can to fix it and apologise and whatnot but if your not in the wrong or if after you try everything they still don't want to know you or make up you should just let it go and leave them to it because 9/10 if you truly tried everything you could, they'll come back and if not its cool!
4. Crushes never last, they come quick and often but they end as quick as they came, it might not feel like it but they do, this is a fact proven by many!
5. among the problems a young person can come across, there's always someone worse, so you should be grateful unless you are the someone that has it worse then we all feel for you!
6. problems aren't problems for long they manage to be fixed after a while
7. When you do something it has to be for you - you can't do something because your friends are or you're parents want you to, if you do or don't want to do something it's your choice no one else's!
8. Not too long ago I learnt how important it is to own up to things straight away and people might think ah well that's something you should do anyway, in certain situations it isn't always that easy but I've realised that even in a hard situation where you might not feel like you can own up trust me if you don't it's 100% worse than what it could've been!
9. At some point its best to let things go.. maybe not straight after because the person its being let go on may think what they did was acceptable and they are free to do it again but obviously their not.. I just mean don't hold on to it too long because then its only you getting hurt!
10. Rome was definitely not built in a day.. if you really want something (just like in lesson 1) you will not get it without work and sometimes that might only take a day but not all the time, it will sometime take weeks.. just let life take it's course and it shall happen!
11. Don't do things half arsed.. if you only put half of your effort into it it's probably going to be poo and you might have to do it all over again so why not do it right the first time?
12. Don't throw ice over club balconies
13. don't wear play suits to town
14. don't drink too much before a night out because you'll end up ruining your best friends night by being sick and having to go home!

I can't think of any more so I'm going to leave it there but if I think of any more I shall make a part 2 because I am always learning lessons as I make many a mistake! I shall see you all next week with another post if you have something you want to see from me like advice on a certain topic or a q&a or just anything at all just leave it in the comments because I'm always looking for suggestions :) and I will see you next week!

Hayl xo

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19 before 19 - A Years Bucket List

So Since I've not been 18 for too long I thought there is still a fair bit of time to do things before I turn 19 so here is a list of 19 things I will attempt to have done by august the 7th next year!

In no particular order here we go -

1. Start Driving Lessons - I have been able to start my lessons for a long time but I haven't had the motivation/desire to start them and Im getting to a point where I do want to drive but I just haven't fancied it enough so yeah
2. Go somewhere new - This is quite vague but I just mean visit somewhere new and interesting and fun that I've never been before
3. Attend a Quiz night - The local pub hosts many a quiz night (or so I think) but I just haven't been to one just yet and I really want to cause I do love a good quiz
4. Reach my goal body shape - I really want to like tone up and be in shape so I just want to be able to be confident in things like cropped tops and if ever I was to go swimming I don't want to constantly be in like control swim suits etc  
5. get a job - I mean this needs no explanation and I certainly hope to have a job before I turn 19 because I just need a job!!
6. find a good concealer - This is so random to want to do before im 19 but I just want to find a concealer that works and is really good so if you know of one, help a girl out here!
7. learn to speak a new language - I already know a little french because I did it in school but I want to be able to like string sentences together and have like a full on conversation!
8. finish watching the us office - I became obsessed with the office and got to the 4th or 5th series but I haven't got round to finishing it but I want to because its wonderful and I always see gifs and Im like aaah spoilers:(
9. try a starbucks - #uncommonwhitegirl... I just haven't tried starbucks yet but I want to see what the fuss is over
10. Go to a new theme park - I'm not exactly the biggest of thrill seekers and I've been to like 3 theme parks but I want to go to a new one haha
11. go to nandos - same with starbucks, I just want to see the hype
12. meet my biological dad - I could write a lot about this but I wont, basically its not because I need a dad (I have my wonderful stepdad who brought me up) I just want to know about him like where he was in his life when I was born and why he hasn't kept in touch, this is already deeper than necessary so yeah...
13. become more confident - I have confidence but there are certain areas in life that I can't be confident like meeting new people (particularly the opposite gender) like I'll stop myself talking to people because I worry what people think about me and whether I can be what people want or expect or even imagine that I am, ugh c'est tres merde 
14. get my nose pierced - I really want my nose pierced and I don't even know why, if I get a job I probably wont be allowed it in but I just want it done
15. get a tattoo - I want the deathly hallows sign somewhere on my body and I don't know where yet but I want it alot!
16. Go for a picnic somewhere - I haven't actually been for a picnic in a long time and whether it's just with my friends or whatever, I just really want to go on one because it'll be fun and I like food (may need to remind myself of number 4 though)
17. Buy a plant that can live in my room - just something little like a bonsai tree or a mimosa pudica, they just seem so cool!
18. Grow sea monkeys and keep them alive for longer - My friend got me some sea monkeys for my 16th birthday and everything was going wonderful but I over fed them and they ended up all dying which was v sad:(
19. cook a meal from scratch - like fully from scratch not even sauce jars or packets, nothing!

So this has been my 19 before 19 I hope you've enjoyed it and I hope that by reading this you've gained something, not sure what anyone could possibly gain but hey ho, have a nice week and I shall see you all again next monday!

Hayl xo

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A - Z of me - 26 questions about me

Oh hey there.. is it that time of the week again? Well you'd best grab a drink and maybe a snack because this is the A - Z of me and we could be here a while! 

A: If you were an ANIMAL, what would you be?

I would probably be a parrot (in the wild) because they can talk, maybe not wild ones though cause they wont encounter enough humans to learn words BUT they can fly around all the time and see beautiful sights and they apparently have the longest lifespan

B: BOOKS: What’s on your reading list?

at the moment I'm reading need by carrie jones which is to get me into the Halloween spirit because it's quite supernatural and is fitting to the time of year, I'm also in the process of reading mokee joe by peter j murray which again has a spooky theme to it but it's not that bad cause it's made for a young audience I've actually had it since I was about 7 or 8, I'll add the book cover and let you decide for yourself but I would be terrified if the monster from it came near me!

C: COMPULSIVE about anything?

A few things actually, I keep my highlighters in 'rainbow' order, my books are in genre order, my dvds are in genre and company order for example if there are two chick flicks made by universal - they will be together, also I can't stop clicking/cracking my knuckles

D: DREAMS – Do you…dream in colour? Remember your dreams? Keep a dream journal?

I do tend to dream in colour, well the ones I remember are in colour, I actually have quite realistic dreams, like I'll have dreams including people I know and they'll say things the person would say so some are actually quite memorable but I can never remember enough to write a dream journal, I wish I could though!

E: EATING – what’s your usual snack?

So I really don't eat very healthily, I wish I could but I just cant bring myself to so I mainly reach for a packet of crisps but I don't snack a lot through the day, I'll have a packet of crisps and maybe a chocolate bar at the most.

F: A few of your FAVOURITE Things

Nutty chocolate, tomato soup, my dog, tv, books, my family, my amazing friends, clicking my knuckles, rugby players of the welsh kind, copious amounts of alcohol 

G: GIGGLES! What (or who) makes you laugh? Do you have a good sense of humor?

Puns make me laugh a lot, most comedy shows, most comedy films, myself, my best friend, lee evans(comedian), nick grimshaw(radio personality), russell howard(comedian) I mean, theres a lot more.. Im a cheap laugh, I find a lot of things funny

H: Major HOT Button:

Ignorance, people that don't accept change when it's clearly for the better, dying on flappy bird (yes I still play it), when people are only open to one way of thinking like they have one opinion and anything else that doesn't go with that opinion is wrong, when people want help and when you try to help they complain that everything your doing to help is wrong

I: I am…

Short. Funny(well I think so). friendly. forgiving. uninteresting. out of things I am

K: Also KNOWN As… Aliases? Screen names? A non de plume perhaps?

I wouldn't say I was known as anything, I use my own name for screen names, I don't have a pseudonym or anything like that.. Just Hayley, or hayl

L: I LOVE…

My Family and friends, good food, alcohol, reading, made in chelsea, my dog, 

M: How do you feel about MEETING people? Do it all the time? Rarely? Parties or 1-on-1?

Im shy sometimes but I do love meeting new people, I like learning about people and stuff like that.

N: What’s the story of your NAME? Were you named after anyone? Do you go by a nickname? Any aliases?

My mum didn't know what she wanted to call me at all and then it came to me being born and she still didn't know so my brother decided I should be named after his friend who was obviously called Hayley, so yeah.. my middle name Louisa is from my grandma frances who died before I was born so I never got to meet her but I've heard great things

O: OBSERVANT – What’s around you right now? What do you see?

My laptop is right in front of me, my dog is laid on the floor next to my door, the tv is on and glue is about to start, I can see 3 bottles of water on my dressing table.. there are a lot of things in my room tbh

P: Who are the special PEOPLE in your life?

Well my parents I guess are the most important, my nannie is really important too I love her to pieces even if I haven't seen her in a while, I also love my brother cause he's great, obviously my friends are really important to me too because idk, when aren't friends important?

Q: Any little QUIRKS about yourself?

I am a compulsive knuckle clicker, I call 'coke' cola, I try on outfits and makeup constantly when I'm planning to go out or for a party, I talk too much and Im also a huge panicker like I unnecessarily worry if someone doesn't reply to a message on facebook or anything else, I have a specific way of eating and I don't know if its just me (let me know if you do the same) but when I'm eating a meal lets say a sunday dinner, I would eat the veg then the mash, then the chicken - like I do that with any meal!

R: What do you like to do for RECREATION?

I read, spend time with my friends, watch films, binge watch tv shows, blog, go to the gym

S: Do You SING in the Shower? In the car? For your friends?

I sing all the time, whether I'm any good is debatable but I definitely sing a lot, I aaaalways sing in the shower and bath because I don't like the silence. 

T: What’s at the top of your TO DO list?

I'm not quite sure, I have no massive aspirations at the moment - I guess the usual things like travelling - do well idk

U: Any UNUSUAL experiences?

The only few that come to mind are from nights out in the town - the first one was when me and my friend jasmine were in a club just dancing and having a good time and there were two boys, not remotely attractive (not that I cared I was just uninterested in them) and they were dancing near us and they kept looking at us so I smiled just being nice and polite as you do and the tallest boy says "you's can give us the V whenever you's want" middlesborough town really is wonderful. The second one was on another night out we were in the second bar we usually go to on a night and we were quite drunk and I was dancing stood at my chair and I knocked my full jug of cocktail over and soaked myself, I went to the toilet to dry off and when I got back there was ice everywhere so I threw it at one friend who threw it back so I then threw it at another and carried on and when there was no where else to throw it I threw it off the balcony, just to see if it would hit anyone, me and hollie (you know who she is) carried on throwing ice and then hollie threw a ring and I don't know why, two minutes later, a bouncer was stood next to me telling me he saw what I was doing and I should stop because it was dangerous and I'll have to leave if I do it again. 

V: VEGAS, Vienna, Venice, Vladivostok… How far have you travelled? What’s your favourite city?

I haven't travelled that much to be honest I've only stayed in the UK, I think the furthest I've been is Stone which is 169 miles away from where I live. My favourite place to go is probably Scarborough where I was born, it's just full of history, for the country and myself. 

W: WINTER, Spring, Summer, Fall… What’s your favourite season? What makes it special?

Erm, I like summer the most because it's brighter and everyone's happier and people have bbq's and parties and its my birthday in the summer and its just great. I like winter too though because I like christmas and watching christmas films and snow and seeing people in the festive spirit

X: EXes…

I don't have many but they've never really bothered me, I'm still 'friends' with one 

Y: Any secret/deep YEARNINGS?

I would really like to get a job that pays well and I can be comfortable best thing would be to be able to work from home, I don't know what doing though - not a secret though. There are some secret ones but I mean, they're a secret for a reason..

Z: ZERO to ZENITH – Where are you in your life? Still growing? On an upward (or downward) curve? Just skating along?

I mean, I guess I'm growing still, because im only young but I would also like to think im on an upward curve cause Im pretty happy with how my life is and how everything is going.

So this has been the A-Z of me, if your getting to this point in the post and you have an opinion on what I said or what I should write about or even just to say hi or to let me know you're a recurring reader, please comment on the post, just to show people are taking in what I say and are enjoying my posts - I dont even care if you don't like them, tell me that IT ALL HELPS! As always thanks for reading my posts and giving me silent motivation to carry on because if it wasn't for you having a gander, I wouldn't be writing these posts!

Hayl xo 

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15 things I love about life!

There are many things that I love about the world we live in so I decided to make a post about them because it's nice to share things and maybe you love them too.. you never know!

This isn't in any order (just to let you know) I'm literally writing them as I think of them!!

1. Accents! I absolutely love the many different accents there are in Great Britain and the rest of the world (but mainly Great Britain) in certain accents I have favourite words too like the way scottish people say 'murder' it just makes me extremely happy!
2. poptarts, they really do taste great unless you burn them of course
3. unexpected things, sometimes I do get little suprises and cute little things like once when I was coughing and sniffling, my mum brought me a hotwater bottle up without me even saying I was poorly - it was just because she could tell I was ill, it really warmed the cockles of my heart (and the rest of my body) 
4. Manners - Okay sometimes I do forget my own but it does still annoy me when someone will bump into me and not apologize or when I hold a door and they don't say thanks, it really doesn't cost anything so when people do say thanks and do say sorry it makes me v happy!
5. when people actually care, if I tell someone something even if it's just a stupid story about my day, I always pay attention to how they're reacting and how they respond because it just shows they're really interested.
6. my demographic - now as a reader you probably dont care about this but what I really love is how varied the places my readers come from are, I still don't have that much of like a following and the majority are from the uk but there are so many other countries and it just amazes me, it really does
7. puns, I am obsessed with puns, bad ones good ones, their great! I love it when people do them with such wit and timing that its even funnier than the 
8. photos - They say pictures say a thousand words but I think they say so much more, you look at a photo and you can remember so many things, everything about the day it was taken, the people your with, the songs you were listening to and so much other stuff even down to why you wore what you wore that day - it's truly crazy
9. Variation - It amazes me how much things can be totally different like someones day, take mine and my friends.. we could both have a lazy day in front of the TV but it doesn't mean we did the same things because there is that much variation in the world!
10. alcohol - don't get me wrong.. I can go aaaages without drinking any alcohol but when I do its usually a good time, not that I have to drink to have a good time, whenever I'm with my friends it usually is a good time. Not just that but I love thinking about all the hilarious and embarrassing things we did the night before and I do have a lot of good memories from parties 
11. The smell of baking bread - In the supermarket there is a bakery and they always make fresh bread and it is the nicest smell ever!
12. Mascara - I really love a good mascara at one point I had like 20 something different mascaras, I don't even know why my eyelashes are quite good without it but it probably is my favourite item of makeup!
13. A good book - I love reading, not as much as I used to but I do still love reading, I like the imagery you can get from a book! At the moment I'm reading 'A french affair' by Katie Fforde and it is really good so far!
14. When you instantly connect with someone - In college, there were multiple times where I was faced with a group of people where I knew no one it was mainly in my second year though because in my first year I pretty much knew people in all of my classes (luckily) but in the classes I knew no one, I somehow managed to find people and stick to them like one day in science I was left without a partner and decided to work with another girl who seemed really friendly, she ended up being my partner for the rest of the year and what a good year it was! it turned out we were more alike than we'd though with our shared love of made in chelsea and pretty little liars and since leaving college we keep in touch regularly and attempt to make plans that don't go ahead!
15. Having a wonderful best friend - as I've said in other posts, I could talk about my friendship with holl for aaages but I wont because yeah, but I just love how comfortable we are with eachother (some could say too comfortable) but it's great and I couldn't be happier, and we can trust eachother with our lives and we have 0 secrets which is important to me so yeah!

So now you know everything (most of the things) I love about life! I hope you use your new knowledge wisely!

Hayl xo

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The teenage school years - Hang in there, you'll be just fine!

So this week I've decided to do another little advicey type blog (a 'how to' if you will) on surviving your teenage years! When you look over your teens, you'll realise that you really were being way too dramatic and it just wasn't as bad as you think!

Year 9 (13-14) - So in year 8 you're going through some huge changes in yourself, you're growing up and your learning tonnes more about yourself. Depending on your school too you might be making some huge decisions and that's not the worst of it, you're "falling in love". Now the reason that's in quotation marks is that I know that at that age, your quite unlikely to stay in a relationship with the people you're seeing, don't get me wrong I know people that are 18 and have been in a six year relationship and if you end up like that you're lucky, extremely lucky, but honestly its not the end of the world if you break up, you'll find someone else and you'll be just fine! If you haven't got a boyfriend/girlfriend yet don't worry it's not a race at all, just keep positive! Now I know it can be quite upsetting if you really really like someone and they don't like you back but again, it isn't the end of the world, don't go changing yourself for that person to like you because it isn't likely that they will, just be yourself and it will all come naturally! If being 13 and hormonal isn't bad enough some schools (mine included) decide to throw you in at the deep end and start you off on your GCSE's exams that pretty much start off your career. The best advice I can give is to not take it for granted, GCSE's aren't easy and you will not pass unless you actually give it a go so revise really hard, be on time to lessons and don't take too much time off, they really are important to your future. 

13 Year old hayley... when I was 13 I was doing BTEC Dance and GCSE History, and I liked them so much that I then carried on to do the second year of dance and I continued History onto AS Level. I don't think I did too bad in them either to say I was only 13 and only did the one year of class work before my exams. I also found who I probably thought at the time was the love of my life, truth is I didn't really see him too often and we might as well have not been "in a relationship" it was definitely one of those throwaway teenage relationships I was talking about! I was basically just finding myself I guess, I'm still not too sure I found myself fully to be honest!
     
year 10 (14 -15) - by year 10 you've pushed through the nasty little hormonal phase (trust me it is a phase) and you've probably found the people who you want in your life forever, I know I did! If your school isn't like mine you will be starting your GCSE's and like I said they aren't easy. Now you've made it through the hormonal stage you're probably in a stage where everyone is a little bit bitchy. You're friendship group probably has more arguments than an episode of the Jeremy kyle show which if you don't know, is a lot! As well as this, the parties people have are getting more grown up, in england its not that strange (in my part anyway) to have started drinking alcohol (not that I advise it in any way) and with alcohol comes many hilarious stories (again not that I advise it) and if you want to have a little drink theres honestly nothing wrong with that, as long as there is someone in charge of making sure everyone else is ok and that no one gets hurt. I can't stress enough that not only is drinking underage illegal, it's not compulsory, there is nothing to say you HAVE to drink at a young age, and if you do please, please drink safely too many teenagers go to hospital for alcohol related issues. 

14 year old hayley... At 14 I was getting there, finding what I wanted to do in life and who I wanted to be around me when I did do it. The friends I've mentioned in previous posts are the ones I got close to then, that's 4 years ago and we're still all here, I love the lot of them! Most of my friends I knew before secondary school but weren't too close to and there are two or three that I only really got close to in my teens and I love them I do! There has been a lot of fallings out but we're all here for eachother and I couldn't imagine life without them really! As well as this I was still doing my GCSE's and I picked Art and the second year of dance, as I already mentioned. Art didn't get me anywhere, it was mainly to fill up my time because I didn't want to do anything else so yeah. Now Im not going to lie, I was one of those teenagers that did get drunk but I mostly knew my limits and we were always supervised at parties and such and never had an alcohol related illness/problem, I really can't stress enough that 14 is not an age you should be starting to drink alcohol, it's something you do in your own time     

year 11 (15-16) - now this is the last year and your making a lot of decisions, you choose a college, subjects at college and basically what you want to do in the future (in order to pick the right courses). The best advice I can give you is to choose things that will help and that you'll enjoy. You can't pick a college because your friends are going because you'll probably have different timetables anyway, as well as this, you can't pick a course because your friends do it because if you don't enjoy it, your wasting two or more years of your life and you'll not get anywhere in life and that my pals is the harsh reality! As well as all this your getting that all important coursework in and revising for the very last exams and trust me there is no better feeling than putting your pen down after that last exam! The worst bit about this last year is leaving, especially if you've been in the same school for your full school life, just knowing you'll not see most the people in your year properly ever again! As everyone knows, there is an upside to leaving school.. PROM!! It is the most amazing night ever everyones dressed up theres food, dancing, music and everyones just so happy and its wonderful so yeah thats prom in a nutshell! 

15 year old hayley... at 15 I had managed to survive school, I had (still have) the best friends a girl could ask for and I was just so content with life it was great! So I passed most of my exams and the ones I didn't pass, It wasn't too far off. I cried my eyes out on the last day of school, aaaaaallll daaay not even joking! even though I knew I'd still have all of my friends, I just realised when I was watching the slideshow of photos, how much everyone in my year had grown up and how much I'd actually miss seeing everyone all the time!

I think this post is long enough, and if you read this far you are truly amazing and I do appreciate every single one of you, honestly even though there aren't that many people reading these right now, its still  (for example) 20 different people reading something I've posted online, 20 people, majority of whom I dont know, it might sound strange from a readers point of view but as a writer its wonderful so thank you alot, you truly are wonderful! 

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100 questions no one thinks to ask

So this weeks blog is a bit similar to last weeks, it's just about getting to know me, I've had a bit of writers block and couldn't think of anything and pretty much left it to last minute so sorry if its a bit naff but hey, so lets get into it...

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
I broke the handle on my door and I can't close it fully so it's sort of ajar I guess

2:Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
Nope

3:Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
My Bed is against a wall so I keep the sheets tucked in at the wall side but not on the other side

4:Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No, I can't imagine I ever will either haha

5:Do you like to use post-it notes?
It depends what for, I like to use them to leave my mum a quick note but if its for me I play with them and they lose their sticky

6:Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
nope, I don't even cut any out, I have ones on bus tickets that'll never be used though haha

7:Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
I think a big bear because I can get it away by throwing sweets or something and then run away but bees are like relentless little things -.-

8:Do you have freckles?
waaaay too many, I have some freckles all year round but when it gets to summer my face gets covered in them and no nice amount of foundation will cover that up

9:Do you always smile for pictures?
I guess so yeah, actually it depends I pout for some photos and like pull funny faces sometimes not no not really all the time

10:What is your biggest pet peeve?
Oooh that's a hard question, I mentioned in my last blog my suspected misophonia so the sound of some people eating is probably the biggest, some others though are like I keep most things in a specific order and I cant deal with things being out of their order. Dirty makeup containers annoy me too, I clean all of my makeup a lot. 

11:Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
I sometimes count when I go up the stairs, a few months ago I was trying to track calories burned too so I was using the pedometer on my ipod but I gave up

12:Have you ever peed in the woods?
Yeah, a few times when I've been camping or whatever

13:What about pooped in the woods?
oh god no!

14:Do you ever dance even if there’s no music playing?
Yeah, if I have a song stuck in my head when I'm making food I start dancing around if I'm waiting for the microwave to ping or something

15:Do you chew your pens and pencils?
I don't know, I think so, sometimes

16:How many people have you slept with this week?                                   None

17:What size is your bed?
Double

18:What is your Song of the week?
Act my age - Hoodie Allen or Cocoa Butter Kisses - Chance the rapper

19:Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
It depends, a pale pink looks nice as a suit shirt and sometimes polo necks

20:Do you still watch cartoons?
Not really, I did watch spongebob this morning though 

21:Whats your least favorite movie?
Im not sure, there aren't many films I've watched and not wanted to watch again, the only one I can think of is the exorcist because I just couldnt get into it cause it took a long time to get to anything so we just turned it off. 

22:Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
I don't know a cave maybe

23:What do you drink with dinner?
Most of the time I drink like cola or maybe orange juice

24:What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
tomato sauce

25:What is your favorite food?
erm, I like spaghetti bolognese or chicken and vegetable pies or tomato soup

26:What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
The rocky horror picture show, east is east, the inbetweeners, beauty and the beast, angus thongs and perfect snogging, all of the harry potters, anything with leonardo dicaprio in, etc

27:Last person you kissed/kissed you?
erm.. some random on a night out.. whoopsies

28:Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Nope, I wanted to be one though

29:Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
No definitely not

30:When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
When I was like 13 I think

31:Can you change the oil on a car?
No I dont think so 

32:Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
I do not drive so no.

33:Ever ran out of gas?
I do not drive so no.

34:Favorite kind of sandwich?
Cheese savoury, tuna mayo or chicken mayo but im not really a sandwich person

35:Best thing to eat for breakfast?
Pop tarts or dippy eggs and soldiers

36:What is your usual bedtime?
I get into bed about 10/10:30 and then watch tv or videos on youtube until I fall asleep but thats usually way too late

37:Are you lazy?
I only moved from bed today to get my dinner and go to the toilet so...

38:When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
A witch - Every year! last year I was a hill billy though so yeah

39:What is your Chinese astrological sign?
Rat

40:How many languages can you speak?
Fluently.. 1 but I learned french throughout school so I can speak small bits

41:Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Nope

42:Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
Im not sure what this even means like legos as in the bricks, what even are lincoln logs?

43:Are you stubborn?
For a bit and then I give in 

44:Who is better…Leno or Letterman?
Ellen

45:Ever watch soap operas?
Hollyoaks and thats it

46:Are you afraid of heights?
Sort of

47:Do you sing in the car?
It depends who im in the car with

48:Do you sing in the shower?
Yeah, all the time

49:Do you dance in the car?
It depends what mood im in

50:Ever used a gun?
Like a potato gun, not a real one

51:Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
In a club on a night out

52:Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Sometimes, I still love them though.

53:Is Christmas stressful?
Only when deciding what to get people but no not really.

54:Ever eat a pierogi?
A what?

55:Favorite type of fruit pie?
Apple, Im not keen on fruit pie but I love a good apple pie at christmas

56:Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
A firewoman, a police officer, a beauty therapist and a forensic scientist

57:Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes, definitley

58:Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
Who doesn’t?

59:Take a vitamin daily?
No I don't really see the point

60:Wear slippers?
Rarely, my dad goes mad at me about it

61:Wear a bath robe?
not after a bath, I prefer my towel, but when i've been in the bath and Im getting ready for a party, I dont get dressed until im ready to go so I get dry and put my dressing gown on

62:What do you wear to bed?
pj's

63:First concert?
I haven't been to one yet

64:Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
we don't have those in england but I guess walmart cause its the american version of asda

65:Nike or Adidas?
Nike

66:Cheetos Or Fritos?
cheetos even though they aren't sold in england any more #90skids

67:Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
peanuts, any day!

68:Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?
Nope, I guess they're from france though 

69:Ever take dance lessons?
Yes, it was one of my GCSE options 

70:Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?                   nope they can do whatever they want 

71:Can you curl your tongue?
I'm not sure to be honest, I don't think so though

72:Ever won a spelling bee?
Nope, again we dont have them in england

73:Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes, all the time, at prom when I  got a trophy, when really happy things happen in a film, when I talk about chocolate chip frappes

74:Own any record albums?
Nope my mum used to 

75:Own a record player?
Nope my mum used to         

76:Regularly burn incense?                                                                       No, I burn candles though

77:Ever been in love?
I'm not sure - at times I might have thought I was but I dont know

78:Who would you like to see in concert?
Hoodie Allen, one direction omg just sooo many people

79:What was the last concert you saw?
I havent been to one yet:( unless the people that perform on bonfire night count

80:Hot tea or cold tea?
hot tea

81:Tea or coffee?
coffee

82:Sugar or snickerdoodles?
Sugar, because I dont know what a snickerdoodle is

83:Can you swim well?
I think so

84:Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
Yeah

85:Are you patient?
most of the time yeah

86:DJ or band, at a wedding?
I'm not sure, maybe both like an acoustic band for the service and then a dj for the reception idk 

87:Ever won a contest?
I was voted most likely to be famous at prom, does that count

88:Ever have plastic surgery?
Nope

89:Which are better black or green olives?
I've never tried an olive, they dont look nice though

90:Can you knit or crochet?
Nope, I used to have a knitting machine though, it was wonderful:')

91:Best room for a fireplace?
the front room

92:Do you want to get married?
when im older and if I find the right person, of course I do

93:If married, how long have you been married?
I'm not married haha

94:Who was your HS crush?
I think I had too many to mention:')

95:Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
Sometimes

96:Do you have kids?
Nope, my dog acts like a baby though  I treat my dog like a baby

97:Do you want kids?
Same as getting married, when im older and if I find the right person

98:Whats your favorite color?
Mint green, lilac, a certain blue that I dont know the name of and reddy-pink

99:Do you miss anyone right now? I have most of the people I need,  but I do miss my nannie (grandma) and brother

So thats it for this week, I hope you enjoyed the post, I know its not that intersting but as I said, I've had a bit of writers block and had no idea what to write so yeah! thanks if you read this and if you want to use the questions go for it and link it in the comments, if you have any ideas for another post don't be afraid to leave it in the comments :)

Hayl xo 

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