Happy Mid-Late-November Everyone!

It's been a very busy, exciting time since my last post. I now have a car - not the most economical but it gets me from A to B. I haven't passed my test yet so I have to have a driver next to me but it is exciting. Having the skill to drive places. It is a great need of mine since I live in the back of beyond - I would not be able to survive for long if I didn't have a car, let's put it that way. I would be set back to the stone ages and would have to eat berries. 

The Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition was so much fun but it was very hard. I got knee injuries and have been trying to get around and do ballet which has not done them good. This is the 4th week and I have one more week until my ballet show. They have got better but they're definitely not right. I have to say, I am going to really appreciate my legs much much more after they are better. The expedition was so funny and my group worked brilliantly as a team and we all got on so well. We sang from dusk till dawn and we all ate from the same tranja. It was like we were a group on a mission and we helped each other in the most unpleasant conditions. We got lost one of the days on a huge hill, where it was thick with fog. It's never been so hard getting my friend's gloves out of her bag for her. My hands were completely numb, my boots were saturated with water. However, I burst in to song on the hill tried to sing "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus. 

It's a strange thought that my last ever dancing show the ballet school I am at, is in a week. I am going to definitely make the most of it and have as much fun as possible. Plus, my boyfriend is coming. I want to impress him. He knows that I have been dancing for most of my life so I will put my all in it for him to show him. I will try put my love for him through my dancing, I know, I've done it before. In my show last year, I put my love of living in it. I remember looking up at the stage lights and it felt like I was weightless. 

My work experience in the Primary School has been amazing. It is the most fulfilling job, so rewarding. Children see life so largely in a small way - everyday things are amplified. It is truly something I want to pursue. I have my bedroom door covered with the drawings the children drew for me. I love working there. Each week I have had work experience at French classes and it's been fascinating to see how quickly or how much difficulty certain children have of grasping words. I have been practicing for my violin exam for the beginning of next year and for the String Orchestra. Senior Choir is great and it's really enjoyable. I have been chosen to sing in a small vocal group too which is really exciting! I have a solo! I have sent of my university applications and all I have to do now is wait. 

School work is going great too. I'm getting through the work comfortable and efficiently and I am really enjoying my courses. I sat for a few hours in a community centre with a bottle of cola Lucozade (something I have never actually bought before) and zoomed through maths. It was so much fun! I am starting to speak French in everyday conversations which causes my boyfriend to become increasingly confused. I bring in Buddhist philosophy and other modern belief systems in to conversations or thinking about different ways of looking at issues in everyday issues. History is going really well this time round - the teacher is actually teaching us the relevant stuff and teaching us how to answer the questions correctly. 

Every weekend, I have taken the opportunity to see my beautiful boyfriend and each time, I seem to fall deeper in love with him. I hate it when he has to go home or vice versa. We have been together for a year and a third today and it's been the best time of my life. I owe everything to him. He means the universe to me. 

All this and a series of Battlestar Galactica thrown in here and there. What a brilliant show. 

 Last night, my boyfriend and I saw JUPITER.