Blogmas day 6 : Things I'm looking forward to at Christmas

As I sit here, curled under my duvet trying to warm up whilst outside is like the Arctic, I wondered what to write for today's Blogmas and then a thought came to me...it's almost Christmas and like a child I started getting excited for the first time.  Being a University student I haven't had time to think much past next Saturday when I go home for three glorious weeks (apart from having to be constantly in front of my laptop trying to get essays and presentations done for January! Ugh!)

Here are some things that make me excited for Christmas.

1. Seeing my other half.  Oh how I have missed him.  Talking on the phone is not as good as seeing him in real life.  Its been far too long!
2. Seeing my family.  I have seen them since starting at University but again it is still not the same.
3. Seeing the other half's family.
4. Christmas dinner.  Nothing beats the good old Christmas dinner where you can eat as much as you want and  not be judged on how much you eat.  
5. Seeing home town friends after 3 months of only chatting on Facebook.
6. Christmas Shopping.  Or in my case, Christmas window shopping.
7. Drinking as much as you want and again not being judged on how much you drink.
8. Can't forget seeing loved ones faces when they open the carefully wrapped presents.
9. Seeing your loved ones faces when you open the presents they gave you.
10. Snow...or the lack of in Britain.  I hate being cold but I love the snow and unfortunately we don't get enough of that!
11. Putting up the Christmas tree and decorations and seeing the excitement of knowing it is going to be up for at least a month (or at least in my family it does!)
12. Knowing that after Christmas comes New Year and all they stuff you want to do or to change happens soon,
13. Also knowing that when New Year comes, the Lakeside Darts Championship is on the TV and wishing you and your other half could be there watching it live (That might happen this year!)
14. The different parties that you are invited to.
15. Knowing that even though you have essays to do, you can still have a break and relax.
16. Layering up as it is so cold outside. 
17. Christmas songs.  Yes I know they are played over and over again but you don't care...after all it is Christmas!
18. Getting new PJ's at Christmas and feeling all warm and cosy sat on the sofa with the other half eating copious amounts of chocolate and watching TV.

That is some of the things I am looking forward to at Christmas.

Bye for now. 

Jess. x

Blogmas day 4 : Countdown to going home for Christmas.

It is official, the countdown has started.  No the countdown isn't until Christmas is upon us, the countdown is for when I go home.  I have one week and one day until I go home and I am getting more and more excited by the hour.

I have never been more excited to go home before.  I guess that's what University does to you.  As much as I am enjoying the Uni life, I am missing home as well.  I miss my family ( I talk to my mum and brother all the time), I miss my other half ( I talk to him all the time too)  I miss my friends, I miss walking on flat land (My uni is on a hill and my home town is flat and most days as I am walking up the hill to lectures, I wonder why I chose a Uni on a hill) and most of all I miss home cooked meals.  Cooking on a budget is OK but most of what I eat is either chips, pasta or rice...all of which is OK but gone are the days when I can be bothered to cook veg and mash everyday (and secretly praise my flat mates for always cooking full meals...how they can be bothered I will never know...just whacking something in the oven and waiting does me!)

Only downside to going home is the fact I won't be relaxing much as I have so many assignments due in the new year and getting them done is a priority.  I am already dreading carrying a case, laptop bag, a bag of presents, wrapping paper and cards and countless amount of books from my accommodation to Bradford station and then through Leeds station to catch my train back home.  I am secretly hoping my other half can pick me up because I really don't want to be dragging all that on a bus to his!

I still need to create some sort of a timetable on which I am going to attack the assignments so that I am not stressing as much as I did in college last year.  I'm sure I will do it and maybe it might make it as a Blogmas post...we shall have to see.

Bye for now.

Jess x