Finally...

It's a double whammy post from me today! Aren't you all excited?!* I woke up this morning to a voicemail from my manager telling me that I'm not actually needed in to work overtime today as they found somebody else, so I have the day off to do whatever I want. This, in my opinion, apart from being in love, travelling and eating good food, is one of the best feelings in the world. I love waking up in the morning without an alarm, knowing I have the whole day to myself to do what I want, when I want and how I want to do it.
I won't lie, most of the time this does involve copious amounts of time on Facebook, Tumblr and my Xbox, or spent smoking far too many cigarettes with my housemate Matt. But occasionally, just occasionally, I do something creative with my spare time. I've always been a creative soul, drawing and writing things since I was old enough to do so and draining my pocket money (and that of my mum's) on disposable cameras. But ironically, I feel my creativity has dwindled since I've started my second year of University. I'm constantly surrounded by creative, arty people on my campus and I'm learning about all these fascinating subjects on my course - but I feel that spark in me is dying, and it's something I'm desperate to re-ignite. Curious as to when the next issue might be out, I was looking on oh comely's website, one of my favourite magazines, for the release date of its next issue, and got sidetracked looking at the blogs and websites of its editorial staff and contributors. I saw some incredibly beautiful, witty, original and inspiring pieces of writing, photography and illustrations which have inspired me to think up a couple of projects of my own. How I will have time for these inbetween Uni work, trading my time for money at Topshop, keeping my social life happy and my belly well fed is a mystery - but when there's a will there's a way! Right? Or something like that.

Now I'm going to call my manager back to arrange some overtime (just watch as I get roped into doing shifts I can't/don't want to do. The word 'no' escapes from my vocabulary sometimes.) make breakfast/lunch and start my Uni presentation on The Beat Generation. Hope you all enjoy yourselves!

*You're probably not