Freckles And Thoughts

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Pitch Black - Part 8

Chapter 6

My first thought when I got home was ‘how did I forget how much homework year elevens get...' thist teachers had written on the sheets that if I didn’t understand I didn’t have to do it. I settled at my desk with a cup of tea and a KitKat and began on my science write up – for an experiment I didn’t understand. Sighing I began work on the method, got to the conclusion and realised I didn’t know what the experiment showed, so I stopped. Thoughts swirl round my head but the only prominent one was that I thought once I got back to school everything would be alright. I thought I would be able to do it. A classic example of expectation against reality. I decide to end the school work there. It is now that I wish I could plug in my headphones and zone out, but oh wait, I can’t. Instead I pick up the book I’m reading – the Maze Runner, and try to escape to that world. As if on cue my mum pokes her head round the door with a second cup of tea and biscuits, after placing them down on my desk she signs ‘everything okay Soph? I know today must have been hard for you.’ ‘Yeah, just don’t see the point in doing homework when I don’t know what it’s about.’ I sign back. ‘Don’t worry; just leave it until you understand things a bit better.’ Came her next reply. To this I only nod. ‘I just can’t stand the fact that everyone expects things to be the same, to not have changed.’ I quickly add. I could tell this stumped her as she just nodded and walked away.

Slowly I turn back to my computer and rapidly type into google ‘Evelyn Glennie’ it was while my mum was talking that I had this revelation, Evelyn Glennie was a deaf percussionist, someone I had learnt about in something like year three… I know that the idea of a deaf clarinettist is slightly more farfetched than a deaf percussionist, simply because you need to be able to hear the sound you’re making in order to get a decent sound that doesn’t involve a hell of a lot of squeaking. I googled her anyway. Hoping that it would give me a slight hint into if I would ever be able to play my clarinet or not.

Nervously I open up her Wikipedia article about; unfortunately it showed that she feels which notes she is playing through vibrations, which is why she always plays the drums barefoot. It sounded like it would be possible for me to play the clarinet but it would be infinitely harder than the drums, simply because if you blow through too hard or too soft the sound doesn’t come out. Just to see if anyone had ever done it before, I google searched ‘deaf clarinettists’ but nothing came up.Sighing, I closed the page and curled up with Maze Runner again.

Hope you're enjoying this! Let me know what you think! Xoxo

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Destressing tips

Hi guys!

So today I'm doing a post that'll hopefully help some of you with exams coming up. And no it's not revision tips...

Today I have a relaxation and destressing tips post for you. I don't know if anyone will find this helpful but if you do please leave a comment telling me what you thought.

Anyway, let's begin! Hope you like it!

Recently I had a 'massive' test. I say massive in quotation marks because it really wasn't... It was however built up to be the biggest test we've ever had. Naturally because of this I had revised all month and had been getting quite stressed over it. During this time I came up with a couple of tips to help myself relax so I thought I'd share them with you!! Now not all these tips need a test to be utilized, most can just be used when you have a lot going on and need some down time.

1. Plan when you're going to revise so you don't end up having a last minute panic over what you haven't revised. Knowing that you'll have everything covered can really help you feel calm about it.

What I did was make a calendar for January and wrote everything I needed to revise on it. This means that you'll be able to visually see if you've got enough time.

2. Something I very recently discovered was yoga. Honestly, it really helped calm you down and your don't need lots of time either as I found a five minute session.

The person I use for yoga is TARA STILES. Her yoga videos are fantastic, there is everything you could want. I found the relaxing and gentle yoga the best as I had never done yoga before.

3. Sometimes all you need is hot chocolate, face mask and Netflix in bed, I understand that this does not need to be said but it can do wonders. Another to go with this is a good book, sometimes escaping reality is the best cure available.

4. Did someone say EMERGENCY DANCE PARTY because just bouncing on your bed with *insert favorite band here* blasting will take the stress away!

5. Confront the stress. If it's a test stressing you out say 'I'm going to do work now' and prepare yourself. The more prepared you are the less stressed you'll be. This goes for anything.

I hope at least one person read this and thought, I'll remember that tip because that will be enough to make me happy!

Thanks for reading! Xoxo

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Writing

Pitch Black - Part 7

As we stepped through the door into my form room I never could have anticipated what my friends had done for me. There were balloons strewn everywhere and someone had written WELCOME BACK SOPHIE on the board. I felt the tears form in my eyes and I tried to blink them back but to no avail. They really came when my other close friends gave me a present. Books and chocolates, they know me so well. Everyone formed a penguin hug with me in the middle. I saw tears trickle down so many faces. I couldn’t comprehend the trouble everyone had gone to for me. It felt unreal.

It was only the arrival of my form tutor that popped the bubble. It was when he started speaking to me that I got annoyed. I just turned my head away and let Sam speak for me. I don’t know what Sam said but it must have worked because Mr Jones just turned around and walked away. ‘I hope you’re there to say that in all my lessons!’ I scribbled into my notebook and Sam only smiled. The reality was that everyone would be like that, especially those who weren’t aware. I knew the teachers who tried to talk to me were going to get to me though. They’ll just think I'm the same as the next tall, long haired girl. Ignore the memos that I knew had been sent around but there was no hope as not even my form tutor remembered.

Every teacher was the same; they all began talking to me just like any other student, until someone from my form shut them up by saying who knows what. All the teachers except for one. My history teacher printed off everything she was going to say to the class just for me, wrote everything on the board just for me, had learnt how to say yes, no and hello in sign language just for me. I had never liked history, always agreed with the concept of ‘they’re all dead anyway so why does it matter?’ I also didn’t think my teacher liked me. She proved me wrong, I learnt more in that first lesson that I ever had. Mainly because I had to concentrate… One other teacher wrote things on the board for me but he still made the mistake of trying to say hello as I walked in. Ignorance often presents itself as stupidity as I then realised.

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Awards

The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

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Writing

Pitch Black - Part 6

Chapter 5

I told my Mum to wake me at 7:00 Monday morning, giving me more than enough time to compose myself before re-entering my old life. I made sure I had every note I had written and every book I might possibly need. There was no way I had everything I needed though. What I needed most of all was to be able to hear, something that I could never put in my school bag.

Burying that thought I pulled on my school uniform, the ordinary red and gold striped tie, with an ordinary grey skirt, an ordinary black blazer. The only unordinary being the badges I had plastered over my blazer. The rest of the morning was a haze, eating, checking, thinking, trying not to think. Just as I walked out the door I remembered to text Sam; ‘meet me at the gates. 10 minutes. Thanks :)’ I sent the message before realising the smiley emoticon was a pathetic attempt to make myself feel ready, something I will never feel again. I again buried this thought in the depths of my brain and stepped into the car. I spent the ten minute journey looking through my class notes, hoping I had everything covered.

As we turned into the school gates I let loose a sigh of relief, at seeing Sam stood right there, where I couldn't miss him, a giant grin across his face. I focused on that grin; I let all the other faces slip by, paying no attention. As long as the grin is still there, I know I will be okay. I wait until I am right by the door to get out. ‘You going to be okay?’ my mum signs just before I jump out the car, I nod and blow a kiss, then I leave. I turn around as I get out and change my mind. I hold on to my mum and tell her to give a hug to dad for me. I step out the car, keeping my eyes fixed on Sam. He walks towards me and we meet in the middle. ‘You okay?’ he signs and my jaw drops in astonishment. ‘I didn’t know you’d learnt!’ I sign back. ‘A bit’ he replied, his hand movements careful, the concentration showing on his face ‘I couldn’t not’ he finished. ‘You’re the best.’ I slowly sign back, giving him time to process the individual words. He only smiles in response. He motions at me to follow him to form, I get the feeling he feels like my guide now, and I don’t have a problem with that.

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Awards

The Liebster award

Hi guys,

I'm sorry this post has taken so long for me to put up. I got nominated three (!!) different times so have 33 different questions to answer and I was then on my German exchange for a week… (any repeated questions will have a different answer )

Anyway let’s begin!

To start with I just want to say a massive thanks to the people that nominated me:

Katie and Rachel

Petals Of Perfection aka Sophie

Unicorn Girl 2000

It means so much to be nominated at all and I can’t believe you three amazing bloggers enjoy my posts!

There are (as always) a few rules the nominees should follow in their posts. They are:

1. Link the person/people who have nominated you.

2. Answer all the questions given by the nominator/s.

3. Nominate 11 other blogs with less than 200 followers.

4. Create 11 questions for the nominees to answer.

5. Notify all the nominees through social media/their blogs.

Let the 33 questions begin… NOW!

Questions from Katie and Rachel:

1. What made you start blogging?

I was inspired my Zoella, so partly that but also I just decided I wanted too!

2. Any favourite YouTubers?

Oh look who’s this? Zoe Sugg, Sienna Mirabella, Thatcher Joe, Niomi Smart, Gabriella Lindley, Meredith Foster.

3. Favourite season?

Summer.

4. Most recent beauty/fashion purchase?

Maybelline Baby Lips Electro in Strike a Rose.

5. Top 3 make up brands?

Barry M, Soap and Glory, Maybelline.

6. Favourite high-street fashion store?

Top Shop.

7. Most recent book you read?

An Abundance Of Katherines – John Green. Reading – Girl Online – Zoe Sugg.

8. What countries have you been to, and where would you like to visit in the future?

Been to; America (Florida, California, Nevada and Arizona), France, Italy, Germany. Would like to go to; New Zealand / Australia.

9. Birthdays or Christmas?

Christmas.

10. Dream job?

Author.

11. Favourite restaurant?

Chinese.

Questions from Sophie:

1. If you could marry one celebrity who would it be and why?

Theo James/Ansel Elgort – Have you seen them?

2. What is your favourite make up brand?

Soap and Glory

3. What would you do if you won a £/$million?

Take my parents on a nice holiday and save the rest for first house, car etc.

4. What is your favourite clothes shop?

Hollister.

5. Lipstick or lip gloss and why?

Lip Gloss – I think it’s more natural and prefer the look.

6. Dogs or cats and why?

Dogs – I’m just a dog person really!

7. Marmite... love it or hate it?

HATE!

8. Favourite band/musician?

My top 5 are – Little Mix, Taylor Swift, 5SOS, Bastille and Imagine Dragons.

9. What would you name your son/daughter?

Tilly (Mathilda) and Ben or Dominic.

10. Would you rather be freezing cold or boiling hot?

Boiling hot, as long as I have access to water.

11. Who/what is your all time favourite blog/blogger and why?

Zoella… She inspired me to start blogging and gave me the courage to press ‘publish’ for the first time. (I know, cheesier than my feet but what can you do?)

Questions from Unicorn Girl:

1. Fluffy socks or slippers and why?

Fluffy socks – I just generally prefer them!

2. Favourite movie/tv show at the moment?

TFIOS, Modern Family, Broadchurch and Waterloo Road. If you haven't seen any of these go watch them now!

3. Heels or flats?

Flats – so much comfier!

4. Favourite beauty product and why?

Soap and Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick – Nudist and Barry M Showgirl Mascara. I just think they’re amazing and are great for a minimal makeup look whilst still looking good.

5. Favourite song at the moment?

Taylor Swift – Wonderland / Bad Blood.

6. Favourite makeup brand?

Barry M.

7. How many children would you want in the future?

2/3.

8. Favourite blog/blogger and why?

Petals Of Perfection, she’s so lovely and has an amazing blog!

9. iPhone or blackberry?

iPhone – you can do so much more!

10. Hair up or down?

Depends, normally down.