Excuses & updates

For those who may be worried about my absence since my last, rather stressed-out, mid-exams post- my deepest apologies. I did in fact survive the exam period and a few weeks ago I found out that I will be graduating from university with a high 2.1 degree- I even managed to get a first in my dissertation somehow! The last 6 weeks or so have been pretty crazy; after exams was a blur of nights out and enjoying the last few weeks living in my student bubble with all my friends, including a pretty great grad ball- though fancy dresses, alcohol and fairground rides are definitely a questionable combination. I moved back home a couple of weeks ago and thus began the hunt for a job, which I'm relieved to report was so much easier than expected- I now have a job at a bar on Call Lane in Leeds. So far being back at home hasn't been bad, though I don't think it's quite sunk in that I won't be going back to uni in September and I can't really see past the next few months for now. I'm just trying to focus on my next goal which is that in a year I hope to be either starting (or getting close to) travelling around South America. It's a pretty scary goal seeing as it's seeming ever-more likely that I'll be doing it alone, but also really exciting.

My housemates & I ready for grad ball; my lovely uni campus; ball outfit close-up in my heavenly garden/prison yard

Given the excessive gap in posts I thought it'd be good to include a few current things I'm liking at the moment:

• TV show- After endless recommendations I have finally started watching Breaking Bad. I'm glad I waited until I had no uni commitments because I've watched 12 episodes in the last 48 hours..so I suppose you could say that's a current favourite. 
• Book- I'm still working on my reading resolution but I (again, finally) finished reading The Fault in our Stars as I wanted to make sure I'd read it before seeing the film. Despite the six months gap in reading sessions, I still had a good cry at the end and I definitely enjoyed it. Now I just need to keep working on the rest of my pile of poor abandoned books.
• Song- I'm about a year late on this but I've recently been listening the Foals' latest album 'Holy Fire'. It's all pretty good but I seem to have latched onto one song 'Milk & Black Spiders' and have been playing it on repeat this past week.
• My new camera- I was very lucky to receive a graduation present off my parents in the form of a canon 700D DSLR camera. I've always thought I'd like to have a proper camera and have been interested in photography generally- I love taking my old film camera and instax out and about- and I'm determined to get to grips with all the features. I'm hoping that I can use my camera to improve my blog too; I'm thinking of starting a series of showing a few of my favourite places in Leeds, so now I can have good quality photos instead of my sneaky iPhone snaps!

I'm still not quite sure what I want this blog to be. I think of it as more of a diary than anything else, but if you'd like to stick around for my sporadic life updates please do and I promise I won't be absent for 6 weeks this time. What have you been enjoying recently?