Observations of a Fictional Girl

Hello again readers, As promised here is the second instalment of this weeks bumper edition blog from yours truly. This week has been my first experience of my autumn semester modules of level 2 and it's been all guns blazing with no nice fluffy introductory period like first year. This was particularly highlighted for me by my brains continual acceptance of such a gear change in reading from books I enjoy to a multitude of articles but such is university life and I will adjust in turn. Plus the fact the my Woody Allen module involves a weekly film screening (regrettably at 9am on a Monday morning) means that I can have a slight reprieve from the medium of literature that pervades my week. In regards to reflection I draw my subject matter back to the weekend of September the 20th and 21st, which was only a fortnight ago but feels much longer than that, wherein I assisted at University of Sheffield's Intro Weekend helping first years move into their accommodation. The posi...

Hello there readers, It's been a while since I proffered my internal musings up to the internet and to you lovely folk. I apologise for my lateness.  When I last wrote- over two weeks ago- I was just settling back into life at Sheffield  and left you with the tantalising promise of a post the next week regarding my thoughts on first year and surrounding the start of my second year at university.... Then life, as it so often does, pressed the fast forward button. My free time evaporated and stress levels hit maximum and this was all before I started back at university. It's my first day back today and thus I'm grabbing a moment in my 9-4 Monday timetable to update you all as well as send my apologies for the lack of posts these past few weeks. However I believe it is true that if you don't take time to live life you won't have anything to write about so I offer this my humble excuse and promise a special bumper edition of the Observations of a Fictional Girl blo...

Hello again my lovely readers, This week has been a bit crazy so it's been hard to find a moment to sit down and share my thoughts with you all about finally being back in Sheffield again but I'm snagging a moment before I curl up in my big double bed and sleep for a long time. Firstly it was very hard leaving home (it feels like I have a lot of different homes at the moment but in this case I mean Northern Ireland) and my family to come back to Sheffield even though I'd done it a year earlier under considerably more nerve racking circumstances. I was excited to return to university, see friends and resume a more independent life yet it was hard as I had to give up other lovely things to. I miss living by the sea. I miss attempting to beat my brother at FIFA and having a bedtime cuddle with my sister. I miss driving. I miss family dinners.... A gorgeous sunset from the Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland near where I live And so the list goes on. However I feel...

Hi there readers,  Welcome to the first page of my blog, it's so nice of you to stop by. I have wanted to start a blog now for a while, but haven't really felt like I have much to say or share with the world. However I love writing so it felt like a natural progression to share my thoughts with others as mundane as they may be. This blog begins just as I am poised to partake in my second year of studying English literature at the University of Sheffield and will hopefully give you an insight into the university lifestyle- in my case lots and lots of reading whilst drinking chai lattes- as well as my general musings on the ups and downs of life in general.  I thought I'd start this first page- or foreword- of my blog by giving you an insight into a few things that I'm looking forward to about heading back to Sheffield (I can't believe I'm flying on Monday, where has this summer gone).  1) I'm looking forward to having my own double bed for the first...