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Ok, so here it is – 25 things that you didn’t know (and didn’t need to know) about me…
1. I cracked my head open on my 18th birthday and had to go to hospital for stitches whilst my mates celebrated. I had my A-level results the next day
2. I am a Leo and think it says a lot about me
3. I have 12 first cousins on my Moms side of the family – 11 of these are girls
4. I am a perfectionist and don’t like it when people only do half a job of something
5. When I was younger my parents always took me caravanning – when I am older I am definitely getting a caravan
6. I love music and I love camping yet have never been to a music festival
7. I am an only child
8. When I was younger, toys that I owned include a Thomas the Tank train set, a microscope, a metal detector and one of those gadgets you can use to tune in to what air traffic control are saying (can’t remember what it’s called now)
9. I have a pet rabbit – the fourth rabbit I have owned
10. I have never been in love
11. I used to be able to write 100wpm shorthand but haven’t done any for about three years
12. When I was a child, I released my pet hamsters into the wild because I couldn’t bare to keep them after they ate my other hamsters
13. I used to play the piano, not very well, but always wished I was more musical
14. I buy lots of books but don’t always get around to reading them
15. I was a member of the Young Ornithologists Club (my Dad’s fault) but I am grateful that I can tell a sparrow from a sparrow hawk
16. I hate uncertainty but am quite indecisive
17. I am a big fan of Elvis Presley. I blame my mom for this. I have pictures of him in my flat
18. I love my flat but there’s no place like home. My flat is about 2 miles down the road from my parents and I visit them most days
19. I’ve celebrated New Year in Time Square, New York. It was cold and involved lots of standing around. I was with my aunt and four cousins – my aunt and three cousins went back to the hotel before midnight
20. Some people say I am bossy – I kind of am, but I call it organised
21. I am rubbish at remembering things – not things to do, but things that I have done, or heard or seen or said or read and I find it really frustrating. I wonder if it’s an evolutionary thing and i’m not meant to remember?
22. My parents are the most important people in the world to me and the best thing is I love spending time with them. They make me laugh, they make me feel secure and they constantly help me to grow and give me the space to be myself whilst always being there
23. I have been bought up as a catholic but don’t share all catholic values and haven’t really made a decision about religion
24. I love Twitter and the opportunities it has given me to meet people and do things that I might not have done without it
25. I already know the second song I want at my wedding (Everlasting Love by The Love Affair). My husband to be will hopefully help me pick the first!
So there you go – 25 things you didn’t need to know about me. It took a lot longer than I thought – I think that’s a bad thing!
My very special friend Zoe White sent this my way and now that I have done my bit, I am passing the burden to @citizensheep @lovelychaos @anthonyherron @jamiepotter @iheartjoan
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
EDIT – I thought 5 meme victims was enough but it seems this is meant to go to 25! So here’s another 20 – @mikenolan @deplorableword @gabysslave @john383 @karenstrunks @stevecarpenter @matmannion @dotbenjamin @danux @chrisunitt @tomabbott @tracyplayle @supercoolkp @crisbrown @benjaminbrum @urbanfly @sleepymeuk @robynslingsby @pezholio @jim_b
I hate when blog posts start with “I haven’t blogged for ages” but I feel I need to say it! It’s been almost a month but I have been pretty busy! Very poor – especially since I was given a plug on Matthew Watson’s blog – I now have something to live up to!
So the month of July mostly consisted of my CIPR Planning Assignment but it was a massive relief to finally submit it and have it out of my life (unless of course I fail and have to re-submit!). Generally in life, I like situations when you know what the right answer or direction is – but this assignment was like feeling my way in the dark. There were so many options or possibilities that the ‘right’ answer was hard to find so who knows how I got on! Well, I guess I find out in mid-September! I am already thinking about the final project for the CIPR diploma – a 6000 word research project on a topic of our choice – but I will blog more about that another time!
Apart from that I have been enjoying having my social life back and have been to a few parties including Pickle Jar Communications 1st Birthday party and the University of Warwick’s Staff Summer Party. I have also celebrated Mom’s birthday and waved goodbye to my cousin Maria who was home for the Summer after three years living in Jakarta, and has now moved on to Singapore for two years! Plus it’s my own birthday tomorrow and on Sunday I am going to London for my friends daughters 3rd birthday. Then a week today (next Friday) my cousin is having a baby! There really is no rest for the wicked!
Work has also been pretty busy lately. People think that it’s quiet at a University during the summer months when there are no students around but they are quite wrong. There are lots of preparations to be made for new students especially with A-level results, clearing, confirmation, enrolment, preparations for induction etc. The University has also taken on a new enquiry management system to assist communications with prospective students and applicants so there is a lot of planning going in to that as well as the usual ‘comms’ stuff.
So after that re-cap, I think I need to change my approach to blogging and try a more little-but-often approach as this entry is far too long and boring…!
So I have resigned myself to the fact that, like April, July is going to be pretty much…
Where is my sunshine?
We received our CIPR planning assignment on Monday 30th June and progress so far has been slow. It’s a pretty tricky assignment and being busy with work I just haven’t made much headway with it so it’s time to knuckle down!
I have lots of things to look forward to in August so that should keep me motivated. I’m making a note of them here so that when I am struggling with the assignment and feeling miserable I can remind myself of the fun to come!
- Saturday 2nd August – Leaving Party for Sam and Mark (colleague and her husband who are moving to Brighton)
- Wednesday 6th August – Pickle Jar Communications‘ 1st Birthday Party
- Thursday 7th August – University of Warwick Staff Summer Party
- Saturday 9th August – Nottingham for final CIPR Diploma teaching session
- Tuesday 12th August – Mom’s Birthday
- Wednesday 13th August – Mom’s twin sister (Mag) coming over from Dublin
- Saturday 16th August – My Birthday – there will be a whole weekend of celebrations for this but I haven’t got round to planning it yet!
- Monday 18th August – Going to see Mary Poppins at Birmingham Hippodrome
- Friday 22nd August – Cousin Laura having baby (if not earlier!)
- Saturday 23rd August – Casey Leaver’s 30th Birthday
- Tuesday 26th – Friday 29th August – CASE Annual Conference in Brighton
EDIT: this list is not exhaustive – I shall be adding to it!
So, bring on August when I will feel more like this…
I can do anything if I try
EDIT: I also feel that August might need a theme tune so am open to suggestions…preferably in the form of links to YouTube please!
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