*We owe the pleasure of this blog to easyJet and it's thoughtful extension of my airport waiting time by three hours.* I must say, the announcement of this brought nothing but pure joy to my day. After all, why would I possibly be tired after already making my way through 3 cities & 3 buses over the last 12 hours?? But nonetheless, it happens. Life is full of things out of our control, and it was truly a minor disappointment. To quote Will Smith, "ain't no thang but a chicken wing". Anyways, it was a series of events that led me to being at this airport at this particular time waiting on this particular delayed flight. To be fair, life is a series of events that leads you to wherever you are at any time... Was this a series of unfortunate events? Well TBP (to be philisophical), at times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough, and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey (wise words of Lemony Snicket). It ain't that serious though. Simply put, an impulse decision at the beginning of summer left me in a place where I was not working as much as expected & therefore I was called upon to relocate to bigger and better things (aka a full-time job in England). Although the reference was a bit serious, it does ring true. This may in fact be the first steps of a journey, & optimistic me is seeing it as exactly that! Who knows what's to come, but I think that for me (& for this blog!!) there are some exciting things on the horizon! So stay tuned ... (N.B. As much as it may seem so, I am not intending to write a whole blog based on irrelevant details of my exciting life.) As I said before, my plans have changed & what the next few weeks were looking like for me has basically changed overnight. This sudden change of my plans for summer & the return of my Irish parents brought the 'living alone' experience to an abrupt end. Something I was fascinated with at first & eager to experience has left me with a couple tips not only for living alone, but also for life in general. And obviously, I'm going to share those now. 1) Make the effort to eat well. So this seems rather obvious, but living alone can lead to a desire to eat the most convenient & easy to make things. Or maybe that was just my laziness and lack of interest in cooking. Nonetheless, do not let convenience (or laziness) take priority over your health. Now I didn't eat terribly the whole time I was living alone. I actually started out great, my diet was better than it was for my whole college year. But there came a few days when I was getting tired of the whole 'cooking' thing and just cooked with convenience in mind. Basically I got very lazy with it. Although it was only a few days, it then led to a few days of intense stomach pains that put me in a doctor's office for the umpteenth time this year. So let's say I learnt my lesson & now hopefully I can help to prevent some of you from making this same mistake. 2) Never underestimate the requirements of dog sitting. I can truly say that when I thought of taking care of a dog for two weeks on my own, I was thinking 'food and water in the morning, all good'. Maybe it was just this particular dog (she is known to be very needy), but this job was a lot more demanding that meeting her basic needs of survival. First there was the excess attention she required, and if not received she would resort to crying. Then there was her convenient bathroom schedule- right after lying down on the couch, right after closing the door to go to sleep, 3 a.m, 5 a.m, 6 a.m, etc. And most of the time her waking me up at these oh-so-appropriate times with her whining and pawing at my face was not because she wanted me to let her outside to release her bladder, which I would only realize after dragging myself out of bed to do so. Quite honestly, I still don't know her reasoning for doing so. Oh how much easier it would've been if dogs could talk. All in all, I'm sure house sitting would've been ever so lonely without her. And it's always hard to get annoyed with such a cute pupper! There's probably plenty more I could tell about the experience, but I'll keep it short- also because I will finally (!!) be required to board this flight soon.
So that's all for now... Stay sweet, like? Cin-namon xoxo P.s. This was almost going to be another blog about how incredible it is to feel warmth & see blue skies after months of rain (because, obviously, the last few days were sunny & yes it was incredible). However, if you want to see what sunny days in Ireland/ England are like for me all you have to do is (!! self promo alert !!) follow me on insta @ cindyvalm/ add me on snapchat - cindyvalm, & just wait for one of those days (trust me, there will be stories).
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