Let it be

So it is coming to the end of August, we are nearly in September which means my sister will soon be going back to uni and leaving me.  This makes me sad and I am not looking forward to being on my own here without her.

I went to Leeds Fest on Friday. This is the first time in 4 years I haven’t been for the whole weekend – never mind! I had to work on Saturday and Sunday and to be honest I needed the money.  My friend Lily and I spent the day getting soaking wet and freezing cold from the horrible wind and rain; it was so worth it though. Frank Turner were great, Elbow were brilliant and Muse were absolutely incredible! I find music such a powerful thing, especially when it’s live music. There is not much else that can make you feel so alive.

I had a lovely chat with my beautiful friend Tanya last night, managing to talk our way through the whole of my car CD. I have so much love for this girl, she always says the right thing.  I really do have the best friends ever.  

I find that a lot of the time I seem to spend too much time looking back at the past, or wishing my life away wanting something else to come along. I need to start living in the present, just accept what has happened and appreciate the here and now.  So our new motto is to just ‘let it be.’   I think this is going to be a good thing to keep reminding myself.

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What is 'happy'? Is there really this constant thing people call 'happiness'? I don't know.

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."   ~Aristotle

Recent events...

I have always loved England, it is my home.  However it saddens me to see the destruction and senseless violence being caused by some people around this country.  What gives someone the right to act in such a way? I am just relieved to know that all my friends are ok and staying away from the riots.  I feel sick watching the news at the moment.  What has happened to this country?  Sort yourself out Britain.

Pointless Stories!

Ok, so I am known for my pointless stories but this one beats all of mine.  It comes from our local newspaper. Oh Harrogate, I do love you!

Enjoy the pointlessness...

August already?!

Hello August! How quickly the months seem to go now I'm getting older. It’s been a busy few days up in the land of Yorkshire.  At the end of last week I got to see my beautiful friend Tanya for the first time since she got back from Japan.  It was so lovely to talk to her, I think we both were in need of a big catch up and cup of tea - it definitely did me a lot of good!

 

Yesterday I went to work at Alnwick Castle with the BBC to film some episodes of ‘Flog it’. It wasn’t something I was really planning on doing (I kind of just fell into it) and so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Never the less I ended up having a great day I got to work with some lovely crew.  I was up at 6am and didn’t finish until 6:30 that evening so it was a long, tiring day with just one 15 minute break for lunch. In the morning we were briefed and told in what area we would be working for the day. Throughout the day we were moved around so I was constantly doing something different from controlling members of the public to sitting with the producers of the show and watching as different bits were being filmed (that was interesting.) It was also such a great location, Alnwick Castle is where bits of Harry Potter were filmed and it is so worth a visit…it was beautiful. Doing this (even though the job wasn’t acting) made me realise - once again - that I have to keep going with my acting career.  I really can’t stay in the job I am in now for the rest of my life. I did worry that when I came home I would fall into a trap of settling down, staying here because it’s easier.  However I think at the moment it is having the opposite effect. For a few reasons I just want to get out of here.  (Which seems to be the story of my life at the moment…wanting to get away) I don’t know what I’m going to do when my sister goes back to Uni in September as she is the only one keeping me sane.  Actually no…that’s a lie! I do know what I’ll do - I’ll go and practically live at my local theatre for the Christmas period (like I do every year!) 

Today I had a much needed duvet day and a chance to chill out after a few crazy weeks. I also baked a chocolate chip cake for the girls at work, yum yum!