Hey sista Xtina!

So sorry for the late reply! Been really busy with school stuff.

Aw thank you :) Well a band I love called You Me At Six are doing a sign in Glasgow in a month, so hopefully I'll maybe be able to go to that :)

Hope your work is going well - just pace yourself take time to relax when you can :) Aww sweet! Haha that's awesome! :P I know so many Rachel's - I think half my friends are called Rachel haha! I'm really glad you're enjoying working with them - it must be really rewarding :) It's probably good that they're different - makes it more interesting to work with :)

Thank you! I'm really excited about it! I'm really passionate about it :) I've been kinda stressed recently - I've been trying to look at what I can do in my gap year (you have to be 18 to apply for the college I want to go to I'll only be 17 when I leave school), so I've been looking at different options...just need to find the right one now! lol.

Ah thanks very much!! :D School's going pretty well atm thank you! :) The class is pretty good, I've got a great teacher the course is really interesting...I love learning about different cultures and religions :) Although our teacher keeps telling us that out subject is one of the 3 hardest Highers you could take...and now I see why lol! Parts of the course have been quite difficult to get my head around, but I'm up for a challenge. It's also really made me question things I'd never have thought of, which has been good.

And the other week I had a free period so I went to meet my friends in the library (and like half my year seemed to be in there!). Then we all heard hysterical laughing coming from behind us and a group of people were all staring down the window which you can see down to out front office.  It turned out a group of people thought it would be funny to order a Dominoes Pizza to the school, and the guy from Dominoes was trying to deliver it to the office - safe to say they all ran a mile when they seen him - don't know how they were going to explain that one! LOL :P

That's sounds like a good day! What did you go and see at the cinema? Hope you had a good time! Aw cute! Hope that went well:) What's your cousin's name? It feels like yesterday that my nephew got Christened - and that was 6 months ago now...how time flies! hehe :P

Well I'm part of a puppet team on Saturday we're going to be performing at a holiday club at night, (we're going there every 2 months for the next year), which should be good :) And the girls are coming back to mine for pizza to watch The X Factor (a huge talent show over here :)

How's your week going so far? Hope it's a great one! :D

Lots of love,

Rachel xoxoxo

Thank you! :D Oh woah that's ages! Aw well hope you get to have one soon! :)

Aww well hopefully you'll be able to live by the sea again one day :) That would be a dream! I'd love to meet the BM family so much - you guys have had such a huge positive impact on my life I'm so thankful for that! :)

Haha well good for you for having to guts and just thinking "Ah well I'm supporting her regardless of the looks!" :) Ooh woah that sounds amazing! I'm really glad you got to meet her - she sounds lovely (just like you hehe).

I've never met anybody famous/that I've admired - hopefully one day :)

Oh woah that sounds like such a fab week! Really glad to hear that you had such a great time! :D

Your job sounds great! How often do you work there? I'm sure it must be challenging but rewarding at the same time :) I love working with kids :) I'm hoping to go to college once school finishes to study youth work :)

Aw thank you very much! That means a lot! <3

Yeah we went back yesterday. It was so strange being back (it almost felt like we'd not even been off haha) It sounds like the work on the course I'm doing this year is going to be pretty intense but I'm still really looking forward to, since I've got a really good class teacher :) I bumped into my history teacher from last year and she said she was so happy about my exam results (as she gets sent all our papers once they're marked) which was really encouraging! And left me in a great mood today haha :P

Hope you enjoy the rest of your week too! 

Have you got any plans for the weekend? :)

Lots of love back xoxoxoxo

hi sorry for the late reply havent been on this much lately just been so busy with work and other stuff so im a little all over the place hope your well lots of love talk to you soon..er i hope lol

Hey Xtina!

Aw don't worry about it at all - no need to apologise! :) Sorry for my late reply to you as well!

It went really good thanks :) We had a family BBQ for her, with our mum dad, sister, brother-in-law, nephew our best friend which was one of my favourite BBQs ever hehe :) It was such a lovely warm day my mum dad had made amazing food so it was brilliant :) Haha we did indeed! Plus we still had lots left over (it always happens lol!)

Yeah it's so lovely living fairly near to a beach, especially on the rare sunny days we get here haha :P Aw well you should come visit me come to the beach! hehe. I'd love to live by the sea one day - I think it'd be so lovely being able to take walks along the beach every day, waking up hearing the waves chilling out sunbathing on the nice days haha :)

Well the main thing is you have your memories to remember how great a night you had :) Haha good idea! I remember going to see Girls Aloud (a big British girlband) and I was front row (my first only time so far) and half way through the support act my camera battery went dead. I was soooo gutted! But thankfully I can relive the night thanks to vids on Youtube (and memories of course) I even found a video someone behind me had recorded and all you could hear was me, my sister my best friend screaming haha. :PI hope your last week of summer school went well! Woah you sound like you've had so much to do! Hope everything goes/went well you have time to relax once all your work's done - make sure you take time out for yourself when you can :) Ooh where do you work?

I've been alright thank you, how about yourself? Well I start back my last year of school on Wednesday (dreading it! haha) so I've been trying to get everything ready for going back enjoying my last few days off. I got my hair coloured on Wednesday (which has like made my week haha), I was at church this morning my friend Heather is coming over tomorrow :) Me baby nephew is staying over tomorrow so I'm looking forward to that :)How was your weekend? :-)

Lots of love xoxoxoxo

no worries! you've no need to be apologizing :) I didnt know you had a job? :) im still looking. Have you managed to sort out your hours?!

im ok thanks!! I've been trying to meditate more often and i've gotten tablets (not prescription) for tension headaches, because i get really bad ones when im stressed and they often prevent me from sleeping.  They make you really tired, so thats the only downfall, but hopefully they'll work. I havent always had insomnia, i had it a few years back with depression but i guess sometimes that its just that im that tired, i become over tired, and then i cant sleep or something :L I got some new pillows yesterday, and theyre super soft. I love that :D So i reckon ill sleep tonight :L

We have automatic and then we have the ones with gears. My friend was learning to drive and when she tried to park, she backed back too far and damaged her neighours car :L :L :L  Best of luck with your driving test < 3  I'm sure you'll do really well, keep me updated!!

I cant wait for the bm chat. I thought it was last saturday for some reason :L :L I'll have to set a reminder for this saturday. Looking forward to it :)

xoxox

Her birthday's on the 26th :)

Haha ooh really? Yeah I can't imagine swimming in a lake would be quite the same! :P Most beaches here are a few hours away on the coast, but the one I went to the other week in a place called Troon is only 20 mins from me which was fab (yet it seems like miles away because of the scenery!) :)That sounds fab! It's always great spending time with the ones you love the most :)

Ooh woah! I'm glad you had such a great time! I love her! My sister bought her album when we were out in the States 3 years ago (before anyone here in the UK knew who she was). And ever since then I've loved her music! I used to play her first album on repeat for ages!

Haha ah cool! It sounds great! Did you take any pics? It's always great when not only is the set amazing but the artist sounds great! :)

Your course sounds really good :) That's not good about the amount of reading though! I love reading outside school, but am not so keen when it's coursework :P Before our school term ended I spoke to my new RMPS teacher about the course he said it's going to involve a lot of reading...yay! :PThat's great you've just got 1 month left! Hope you enjoy your last month :)How's your week been? :)xoxoxoxo

The show was amazing! they got to do it in a local theatre, and all of their parents / siblings came. It was packed! :D I was so proud of them! :')  Going to write a blog about my experience as its something i'll never forget. hehe. Glad to hear youre feeling better!! I'm doing ok thank you. I've had a very good few days with 2 meals and although i've still got insomnia and a few other things going on i had a few days to myself too, so i got to just chill and forget about the world. Which really helps :)

I'll work anywhere really... Okay well, within reason. haha!!! Its quite hard to get a job here, even in clothes shop because we're still in a recession, so people that have lost their jobs (like, factory workers, managers in retail etc) are looking for jobs too so there isnt really any space for newbies. :S  But i'll keep looking. I'd love to work in town (as in dublin city) i live about an hour and a half away from it (on the bus, depending on traffic its usually a bit longer) but i'm a big fan of long bus journeys when i've got my ipod or a book. But id love to work there as its full of tourists and theres always a nice atmosphere. I live near a huge shopping centre, and theres loads of shops in it but theyre not hiring, but i'm always in the shopping centre with friends so i'd probably get sick of it u know? :) So town would be a nice change.  I'll keep looking anyway and if i find anywhere ill let you know :D

Your driving instructor would know best :) Is it hard learning to drive? lol. I'm so curious but then again, i get freaked out by others on the road when theyre driving too fast or not looking at what theyre doing, etc. But my friend got a car a few weeks ago and she has so much freedom now because she doesnt have to wait around for busses or trains :p  Good luck with your test :D Hope all goes well. Im not sure how much lessons are here tbh, but i presume its expensive...being ireland :L my cousins all drive, and one has a motorbike. id be afraid to get on it but they have offered to teach me. haha. Not sure when or even if i want to just yet. I'd love to be cruising around with 111 on :p

have a nice day beautiful :D

xoxo

grrr... typed u a big comment and hit the wrong button, so it disappeared :L

anyway.... I was working with kids from disadvantaged areas in a glee summer camp. It was so much fun :) and really rewarding. theyre performing in a show on monday so im really excited to see them again, and also to see how they get on!!!  They were singing umberella/singing in the rain and like a prayer, and got to write a mini script and decorate their props and costumes. I'm going to volunteer again, soon :)

Are u feeling better now? i hope so! And yes, i emailed dipdive... or mr dippy (LoL) and they/he changed it within 3 days.

driving school sounds awesome!! Im afraid to learn how to drive. haha. it always seems kinda scary, and i HATE going down hills in cars. so i reckon if i was driving and had to go down one id crash >.<  to me its like getting on a rollercoaster! haha! :)

I havent been up to much really. Ive so much free time now im trying to pack in as much as i can. I've been also looking for a part time job. Pretty excited as ive never had one before but also a bit intimidated.haha :) I'd love to work in the city, so im going to go in next week and have a look around and see if anywhere is hiring :) Other than that, i'v rearranged my room and spent a lot of time with family :d

xoxox

:) I'm just gonna take each day as it comes - hopefully if the weather gets warm again I'll head off to the beach for a day :) and hopefully some BBQs, and shopping too :P It's my sister's birthday in a few weeks, so we're having a BBQ for her :)

Oh woah that sounds fab! Did you have a good day! Must be great having fab weather! We've had a couple of really warm days (I even got a bit sunburnt lol) with the usual Scotland mix of rain dull weather haha!

Ooh cool! How did you find your course? :)

Thanks very much! :D

Thank you! Hope you are too! Big kisses back! x

aww so sweet :')

I was unsure if i wanted to delete it or not but then i decided i would, because i didnt want to be reminded of my results coming out in august when i log on here :L :L :L Does that sound strange!? :P

I'm enjoying my summer. ive had some family trips out and days with friends, and i've been volunteering this week, which has been pretty awesome. I finish up tomorrow but i'll do it again sometime in the near future. I'm thinking of getting my hair cut. I think its time for a change, sure im always messing with my hair anyway :L But my fringe is starting to grow out and the ends need a trim, so i might just get it reshaped. I'll think about it for a bit anyway. While im here, i've gotten my username changed. Seems how pcd are no longer around (cry!!) Thought i'd use my own name :L Should have in the first place but anyway :P How are you m'dear?

xooxoxoxo