Musings of a Perfectionist

Greetings! I apologise for the length of time since my last post, but my first week at Sixth Form has been rather hectic and I've spent a lot of time sleeping. Yes, that's correct- I survived my first week at Sixth Form! I was one of the last ones out of my friends to go back (lucky?) so we're all at school now. I've exhausted (waking up earlier only one day of the week though, but also doing so much more walking than normal) and I think that my average sleeping time over this week is about 10 hours. That's a lot of sleep. But Sixth Form is going okay. I have (already) lots of homework, but Maths/French weren't too bad, and History is brilliant, so everything's alright. Even the bus isn't that awful. So for you Year 11s who are worried about next year: justified, yes, but it will also be fine. At least, that's what I'm telling myself. I have done rather a lot more crying that I'd possibly have liked (stress, exhaustion, whatever) but ...

I went to IKEA today, which was fun, although I got pretty tired about halfway around the showroom. And when I get tired, there are different levels of tired. Sleepy tired-  this is when I basically become a cat (speaking of cats, I have received a lot of cat-related gifts recently...). Exhausted tired-  so exhausted that I can't keep my eyes open. Will probably just fall asleep no matter where I am. Loony tired-  tired to the point of (almost) insanity. I say weird stuff (that should be written down because it would make a bestselling comedic book) and people tend to laugh at me (or call me cute. I don't know which is worse). But I was loony tired in IKEA, which was probably the highlight of my trip. That, or me leaving my phone in the toilet and having to go back and get it- scariest minute of my life. Moving on to why we went to IKEA- so that I could get some more storage boxes/folders (and my family bought stuff as well) because the best part of Chris...

So, I've only had two days of exams and I'm already completely exhausted. I'm not even that stressed about the actual exams/grades and stuff, it's just that doing exams wiped you out both mentally and emotionally. But Thursday, I'll be a mess. 😢 But that's not for a few days now, and I'm sure that you have some knowledge of how you feel during exam season! It's such fun, isn't it? However, as delightful as this topic is, that's not what I actually wanted to talk about in this post. And the next thing that I'm going to say is not the main topic either (not that I actually say anything- it's you who is reading this in your head, with that weird little voice). Next thing (on the list of things): 'THE FORGOTTEN ONES' WILL BE PUBLISHED IN 25 DAYS! That's Saturday 15th December , by the way. For regular reminders, like my Facebook page (@larahagger) and/or follow my Instagram page (@lara.h258). Make sure that you also s...