Long time no post, but this is an important update!

I've just come back from a week in Belgium with the wonderful jazyrha =D

And what a week it was!

 

As it's been a whole week since, I thought it was time I wrote something about teh church weekend away...

OH MY GOSH IT WAS AMAZING! =D
 

For obvious stuff, going away with friends is fun, and staying up til the early hours of the morning talking about boys and singing and busting the kingdom scank is sooooo much fun. As is walking in the woods, playing the violin, raiding the fridge, and talent night. TALENT NIGHT! Yay yay yay! It was so good. There was so much talent...well...organisation. People knew what they were doing. Whether onot what they did was talented is up to debate. Hannah and I rewrote "Old McDonald had a farm" so replace out church elders with the animals. One of them was on all fours crying with laughter he thought it was so funny XD It was amazing! 

Ooooo, Chemistry today was so fun! We did a titration, which is kinda boring really...like watching a dripping tap...quite litterally.

But we hardly ever do practicals, so it's fun when we do!

I spilt p-manganate EVERYWHERE! I'm soooo glad I didn't get it on my clothes. It' stained my hands though hehehe. My Burette just started leaking. Suddenly I looked down and there was a pool of purple chemical all over the desk! It was bizarrly fun ^^

Results day was today :D I did much better than I expected! I'm really pleased :D

A in Decision Maths 2 (*cough* 100/100 UMS marks...*dies*), A in Maths Pure 3, A in Further Maths 1, B in Maths Statistics 2.

C in chemistry unit 4

C in Phyiscs Unit 4

Maths I am shocked and overjoyed with! 100% in decision! I was like "what...what...WHAT?!". But FP1 is what I was really overjoyed about, since it was a C before, and I needed to bring it up to an A to secure my grades for Uni.

I expected an E in physics, a D if I was lucky, so I'm positivley bouncy about that!

I'M ON TRACK FOR MANCHESTER!!!! *bounces happily*

Most of my friends are doing good too. Some had a few hiccups, but nothing to shout about (though several people shouted about it anyways). Far as I know everyone's on track for their uni place, which is good =) if you're not, all my best with resits guys. They can work wonders, as Steph proved today!

Not written anything in aaaaagggggeeeeesssss so I figured that Midlands REALLY needed a write up.

This is, without a doubt, the most fun I've had since October Expo 2008.

Well, I woke up early to make sure Rachel and I were ready. We were, eventually, though we were missing a few minor parts of Rachel's cosplay. We set off to get Robyn and then headed for the train! ~<3

We nommed Hi Chuu and Robyn's cake and stuff on the way to pick up Kit.

Kit got chatted up by a random lady in the cafe, and then we met another girl travelling to Telford too. So we sat with her and chatted for ages.

I met my auntie and her husband and his daughter at the train station. Jenna was bouncing around excitedly and my auntie and step uncle looked terrified!

Kit and I got recognized on the way to the convention, before we were even fully in cosplay. It felt like a good start. By the time we were dressed and had talked to fishyfins for a while, we'd been called cute lotsa times.

Unfortunatly I broke my bag and lost my gloves :( Which sucked big time! But it didn't ruin the day at all ~<3

We got tickets and wandered a bit. It felt like Kit and I couldn't walk two meters without being attacked by another person wanting our photo, or screaming for Doki and Nabi, or asking if Kit was holding an anti furry sign. I LOVED it. It's not even like they're well made or complex cosplays, but I think we're the first to do the costumes in the UK, so, yeah...

I can't really remember who we talked to in what order. Saw Charlotte and the Manchester Crew and Nat eventually (he hid from us for ages!) and Gill lotsa times in two different costumes (love you Gill!)

Rachel was a bit gutted that no one recognized her...which so isn't true! Cos the girl on the train said "I remember seeing this really awesome Brannigan cosplayer on DA..." and it turned out it was Rachel she was on about. And she did get asked for pictures. Just not as many as Kit and I.

We got Tommy Knight's signature for Rachel and her friends, and Rachel got a picture in the tardis too! She bought a big plushie and a Gara shirt, I got a Mokona bag and a Tsubasa art book. The art book is soooooo beautiful <3 I sense more Sakura cosplay in the future.

Rachel screamed when she saw Pyramid head. She got so scared. So he followed her around for teh rest of the day. She went and hid in the loos! It was so funny!

I wanted to watch the masq, but we couldn't get near it. Rachel was looking tired by this point, and I didn't think standing at the back of a crowd for a few hours would help her mood, so we gave it a miss.  I'm kinda gutted. Missed the FFIX group :(
 

I need more confidence to go up to groups and fangirl. The FFIX and the digimon groups I drooled over from afar. It's annoying that i was Sora last year and no one even realised...wish I'd had a Tai :( But yeah, there group was amazing. THEY HAD AN IZZY! But I didn't have the guts to go over to a big group of people and fangirl at them. Individual cosplayers yes, but I think groups will still freak me out for years to come. But if you guys read this you were incredible! Especially the Black Waltz *drools at the pure evil epic* And the Izzy! *squealed soooooo much*

Kit bought a Ryo-ohki. We decided it was our child, since it's a cross between a cat and a rabbit. How two pure white animals produced a grey one I have no idea. But it was cuuuuute

I was honoured when Fishyfins introduced Rachel and I to his friends. They're all such good cosplayers, and so much older than me, and he treated me like a total equal. ^^ Thank you.

To everyone who was at midlands, thank you so much. I had the saturday of my life. I think the mixture of couple cosplay and me not trying to look after anyone (except Rachel, but she's a star) and people being so nice just combined to make me really happyful! I think more couple cosplay is in order in the future, as is dragging rachel around to every con I can find.

Loved this weekend soooooo much! Woop!

Church was so much fun today <3

Hannah was buzzing with energy from the training course she did at centre parks this week. She grabbed me straight away to tell me all about it.
Josh was also buzzing from getting much too far in his starwars game (has he done anything else since Christmas?!) and he wanted to talk to me right then that moment since I know about Starwars!
So I had Hannah on one arm and Josh on the other ranting and raving and generally competing for my attention.
It doens't half make you feel loved!

Josh won't sit with his parents in meetings anymore, he'll only sit with me and Hannah and Clare. It's really funny...I seem to have adopted a 6 year old!

Unfortunatly he's moving to portugal in 8 months or so :(

The two of us have been talking about that a lot recently. Last week he asked me what I'd been given for Christmas. I told him plane tickets, and made him guess to where:

"Portugal!" he said, very sure of himself.
"Nope, not Portugal, try again?"
"Why not Portugal?! If you go on a plane you go to Portugal."
"But I don't know anyone in Portugal, Josh. That would be lonely. I'm going to visit my friend in Belgium."
"You know me!"
"But you're not in Portugal, are you Josh?"
"I will be soon! You must save the tickets until I have moved there, and then you can come with me!"

It was so sweet. He was insistent that he wasn't moving without me *hugs him*

Today we watched a video on Newfrontiers and church planting. I explained to Josh what it was about. "Like what your daddy will be doing after you move," I said.
His aim in life is now to get on the video XD
Most kids want to be an astronaut or a fireman. Josh wants to plant churches and get on the Newfrontiers video...*laughs* I'm gonna miss the little guy and his parents and his brothers so much :(

I couldn't leave today either! Everyone wanted to talk to me about this and that and the other. Hannah clung to me and wanted me next to her. (ooo, I found out today that she didn't crawl as a baby either! How weird is that? Now I've just got to unearth that she's secretly a cosplayer and we really are dopplegangers...)

I love church...I don't get these people who say they can be a Christian without a church...well, sure, but why would you WANT to? These are my family, the best I've got <3 I'm so nervous for next year when I have to go out and find a new family!

With abortion that could cause a lot of issues in a romantic relationship.

I don't think I would feel safe in a relationship with someone who may try persuade me to have an abortion if something were to happen.

But if it's not in danger of directly affecting your life I don't know if I'd be too bothered really...

I had lots of favourite toys, depending on what game I was playing.

I loved my soft toys an awful lot. They were the only toys that were totally mine, and my siblings could not share. Of those I had several favourites, like a little bear that fit perfectly in my hand. He had a purple ribbon, and I named him simba, since I loved the Lion King. When I was very small I used to chew his ear XD I think he's been thrown away years ago now, he was very grotty ><

Another favourite was the big bear that I got when I gave my dummy's up at the age of three XD The idea was that we had something comforting to help us sleep. When i first got him he was half my size! Such a big and soft and cuddly bear <3
He still sleeps in my bed, normally at the end, but every now and then you have to give him a hug, you know? He has that musty, well read book smell, since I used to read to him when i was little XD It's a comforting smell.

Last but not least is Biyomon. I got her later in my childhood, when i discovered digimon. I loved her way too much. She has been to Germany, France, and every play park this end of the Northwest XD I took her everywhere with me: I couldn't have adventures without my trusted digimon!
She is looking a little worse for wear...a child who my mum looks after was playing in my room just the other day, and I asked him what toy he wanted "the birdy!" he said "the pink one that looks like a monster!"
I handed it to him with a "okay, but be very careful, since she is my absolute favourite, and I would be upset if something happened to her."
He looked at me in utter disbelief. "Why is THIS you favourite?! It's dirty and broken and silly!"
I was outraged! How dare he insult my Biyomon XD *highly amused*

There were lots of toys I loved a lot...like my sister's doll's high chair...if you took the doll out it made the most perfect playmobile or lego castle. Or the doll house. Or my brother's big removal lorry...or my barbies!

All my toys were special, and hold lots of memories. unfortunatly it's much too impractical to keep them all :(

This year I have two, and they're practical.

1. Burn of "a piece of toast" worth of calories on the wii fit every day. it's going well so far, but may not be so easy once I get back to college. May have to change to every otehr day (but every day I would prefer). This is less about losing weight, and more about toning up a little, as well as keeping active...otherwise i sit around all the time. It helps me be less stressed =)

2. I will not get despressed about cosplay. If i do feel this coming, I will take a walk. I will walk for at least 20 minutes. I'll probably pray when i walk. And when I get back I'm sure I will feel much better.

Happy new year everyone! Here's to a good one!

Last year I set out to do the following things...the ones in bold I managed!:
Edit/rewrite my NaNo story from '08
Finish my ongoing HP fic (soon...please!)
Complete FanFic 100!
Enter and complete script frenzy (hopefully with either Jazy or Robyn)
Attend May Expo for the whole weekend!
Pass my As levels
Attend Newday 09, and grow as a result
Make a good start in my A2 levels!
Somehow come up with an even more awesome present than this year's from Robyn's 18th birthday xD
Win NaNoWriMo again! (and maybe go to some of the meetups?!)
And if not this year, then the year after...and if not then, than the year after that...and if not then...I will go and visit Jazy! I have promised her, and so I will!
I will pass my grade 5 violin exam

So it's good =D

On top of all that stuff, I also did the following:

Got my first boyfriend. O_o That was a shock, and fell out of no where. It's not like I ever looked! Twas good though XD
Met some awesome cosplay buddies, especially in the past few months. My shout goes out mostly to Nilly though. You're awesome =D
Made 8 new cosplays. That's...that's a lot!
Met Hannah B! Hannah is so awesome. I love Hannah <3
Rollerbladed again for the first time in years and years!
Helped out at Bonsall as a full time dorm leader!

Okay, and to next year. I want to:
 

Go on Newday Global
Pass my A levels
Get into Uni, preferebly Mancherster.
Make lots of new friends at Uni!
Make a good start on my Uni course.
Learn lots more anime tunes on my violin
Learn to play the Mandolin
Make some new cosplays...I'll say 2