April

Just to give anyone that cares a head's up, I'm giving my blog a bit of a temporary break for now until my exams are finished. This makes me quite sad (I'd insert an unhappy face here if Blogger let me use emoticons) but it's a sensible thing to do. Being sensible is not something that comes naturally to me, but I thought I'd give it a try. And hopefully by the time the exam period is over, I will have found something worthwhile and interesting to write about instead of aimlessly babbling like usual.

Today we came back from our holiday at Elveden Center Parcs and had such a fantastic weekend! This time there were only four of us as one of my brothers decided to stay at home, and obviously I was gutted that he had chosen not to come along. But on the plus side, it did mean that this time there was actually enough space to breathe as we crammed into my mother's horrendously small car on Friday morning. Within minutes of arriving at our lodge and in my usual ridiculous fashion, I somehow managed to set off the smoke alarm system, which was blaring for a good five minutes before we worked out how to switch the bloody thing off.

Putting that aside, one of my favourite things about Center Parcs is the tranquility of it - there is so much freedom and very little structure to the days you spend there. We went on bike rides exploring through the forest and looking for wildlife, and spent a lot of time in the swimming pool on the amazing new water ride which was recently built. All in all, we really enjoyed our visit and hope to return there again soon!

While I've been at home, I also visited the Tate Modern in London with my brother. He's studying Photography and needed some bits and pieces for his portfolio, so I offered to go along with him. I'm not usually enthused by art and looking around galleries but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Jack and I split off at the beginning and wandered around on our own, and it was quite peaceful just strolling from gallery to gallery soaking in all the mesmerising textures, shapes and colours. Certainly something to add to your to-do list if you're ever in London for the day.

Time to disappear for now and send a final wish of good luck to all my fellow students in their exams/on their placements. It might seem like a horrible few weeks are ahead of us but they'll go by in a flash. And you never know, we might even find ourselves with some summer weather as a reward at the end of it...

Nats. X