apologies

I know I know I know. I have been woefully neglecting my blog, I only managed, what? 10 days? Sorry! Sorry! But I have reasons, well to a certain extent. So the last time I posted was on the 13th June having skipped the 12th. That means that including the three for today, I need to quickly write 44 posts so I don't fall more behind. Although, with this its only 43, no big deal, obviously.

Ok, so my reasons. My last exam was the 21st June so before that I was going into school to do some history and maths revision. The history exam on the 18th was the hardest of the three I've had to do for the course and I was quite nervous so I wanted to put more time into preparation. And then, I did a practise past paper and I only got 60% which was beyond disappointing since when I did separate questions I only lost one or two marks. Secondly, on the topic, I had two maths exams, another straight after the history on the 18th and then the calculator paper on the morning of the 21st. We'd finished our maths GCSE back in November, so since then we've been doing a further mathematics course with introductory AS stuff in so it was a bit harder. Also, for this qualification it's possible to get an A* with distinction or A** and I really really really wanted to get it because a) maths is quite easy for me, b) my older brother got really good GCSEs but he wasn't able to get an A** so if I did then I could be all cocky and arrogant even if I don't do so well in my other exams and c) our teacher promised a special surprise (which would probably be chocolate) to anyone who could get it.

So, after my exam in the morning on the 21st, I spent the day getting ready for a friends party. I still hadn't gotten some white eyeshadow and lash glue I needed and didn't really have suitable jewellery, oh and I wanted some gel feet cushions for my heels. The party started at 6 but I got there around 7 and I needed a few hours to paint my nails, shower, hair, makeup etc. so I didn't have any time to spare that day. Then I had an impromptu sleepover at my friends house and her mum dropped us off at my house after so we could attempt to tidy my dump of a room. This meant that I was a bit busy and really tired on the 22nd, so I procrastinated another day.

From the 23rd I was free to do anything since it was my summer holidays but I ended but booking myself really full with commitments. For the past 4 days, everything has been really full on since I thought 'hey, it's summer, I don't want to get bored and I have a lot of time so let's do a lot of stuff to keep busy'. Plus, I've started to sleep really late (past midnight) and yesterday I had 9am badminton coaching which meant I had to be up by 8, this morning I had 10am personal training and I agreed to work from 5pm to 9pm from Tuesday to Thursday, then again this Saturday. I also made plans with my friends on Tuesday straight after badminton and today, after personal training and Monday was going to be a work day but I got lazy after I went to the gym early in the day and I needed to order some smart clothes for work experience next week and school in September (but I have a coupon code that expires at the end of June).

Clearly, I had a lot of well justified excuses. Ok, I was lazy, but I've decided to start writing earnestly (probably the wrong word) and within the next few days, everything will be up to date again, I promise! I'll even start to pre-write some posts for when I have work experience and the 10 days I'll be away.