I hope everyone is going to a party tonight to celebrate. Im going as a black cat, i kno i kno, not original, but it was the easiest and cheapest thing i could think of at short notice!
Enjoy ur evening and don't forget to carve a pumpkin!
-Lottie
Meow....
xx
- Location:University of Reading
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:nuthin
Hello,
Im back after a long break to procrastinate from doing more seminar prep, LJ is soooo useful for that! I have been sat here at my desk in front of my new laptop for about three hours highlighting and taking notes in my new pink and blue stripy project book on Chapter 2 of 'Prehistoric Britain and Ireland', well worth a read if your into that sort of thing....which im not really...i only took it coz my first choice was cancelled...
-Laters
xxx
p.s.
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retroismi want all the goss!!
p.p.s pics of gerbils and hair cut soon!
- Location:69 Swainstone Road, Reading
- Mood:
busy - Music:nuthin
Adam's is called Big Sam after the Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce, and mine is called Pacha after the Etruscan god of getting drunk (and also a nightclub in Ibiza apparently). They are both totally adorable! We haven't touched them much as they are still settling in, right now they are both sleep, Sam in the tunnel and Pacha somewhere under the saw dust where i can't see him.
Unfortunately they haven't yet figured out how to climb the ladders in their Gerbilarium, so are just exploring the tank section at the bottom. It's kinda like a fish tank as the bottom, clear plastic and quite deep so they can burrow, then on top it looks like a normal cage, with two levels and two ladders. I hope they figure it out soon as i wanna put their food and water on the first level and their bed at the top to spread it out a bit, guess we will have to show them by picking them up and putting them on the ladders if they can't work it out.
Anyway, gotta go and do some more house work, i wanna get most of it done before tomorrow so i can go into town and get sumthing to wear to the party!
Oh and expect pics really soon!!
Laters,
Lottie
xx
- Location:Swainstone road, Reading
- Mood:
enthralled - Music:nuthin
Anyway, im feeling rather pleased with myself this week as im 99% sure that i've managed to get a semi-permanent job at my favorite nursery! Go me! It will be two days a week, which is perfect, and is only 45 mins away from my door, and on a free bus no less. It will mean no travelling for hours to get to a job, i hate that. I just need to wait for the manager Victoria to ring me and discuss wages and maybe go in for an interview. Im certain that it's pretty much in the bag though, that means regular money for meeeeee!
Oh and were having a house warming party on saturday night! I cannot wait, it's going to be sooooo awesome, our house is huge so we can fit loads in. Chris will be on his decks playing some Techno, loads of friends and loads of alcohol and hopefully a huge giggle! I just hope the neighbours don't call the police about the music, coz it will be very noisy. Were quite lucky tho as we only have neighbours on our left side. We were going to post flyers thru their door, but we forgot, so we deserve it if there's trouble.
My bath is running so must go! The rain has just started pouring even harder, poor Adam, hes walking back up from the pub at the moment, he will be drowned!!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Swainstone road, Reading
- Mood:
mellow - Music:the RAIN!!!!!!
Had a really bad argument with Adam last night, it was horrible, we were screaming at each other! It was all over something stupid that happened on friday evening. I had just come home from London, where i had been from 10am - 9pm with my friend Steve. We'd had a really good day, going what ever we wanted too, had cocktails, went the the British Museum and played on the arcade games at the Trocadero etc etc, it was a perfect day and the weather was glorious!
So, as soon as i got home at 9pm i rang Adam to see where he was, and he was just leaving work, so would be in by 10pm. I put the phone down, poured myself some wine and went upstairs to the top floor to tell Zoe and Seb about my day. Then at about 9:50 Adam gets back but doesn't come upstairs to say hi, so i go downstairs and find him in the kitchen. He immediately starts having a go at me for not making his tea for when he got back! I was so angry, he didn't even ask how my day had been, nothing, he just started saying 'why haven't you been answering your phone?' and 'why haven't you made my tea?' I had been in London for 11 hours and wanted a sit down, but no, i was straight back into waiting on him hand and foot.
So last nite it all came out, and im just fed up with him now. He said i can move out, but i can't afford to move out, plus i pay half the rent for this room and half the bills, so he can move out. He doesn't like most of the people in the house anyway, and a at least four of them don't like him. Thing is, if he did move out i would have to anyway coz i can't afford the rent for this room on my own. He didn't sleep in our room last nite, he slept in the spare room and locked the door! So i locked ours with his work shoes and wallet inside which he had to go to work without.
Wot a mess! I've txt him a few times today while he is at work offering to take him out to see Transformers, but he hasn't txt back, so im over trying to sort this out, if he can't be bothered then neither can i! He said sum really nasty thing to me last nite, so i don't think i should have to make all the effort, there's no way he will say sorry to me!
Ok, rant over, i feel a bit better...ish. Just dreading him coming home in a few hours, but he will probably either not come home, or go and sit upstairs. where ever he goes, he will be in a foul mood, and i just can't be bothered anymore. If we weren't living together i would have chucked him by now.
-Lottie
xxx
- Mood:
lonely
Mine and Adam's room is lovely, it has a big bow window which our computer desk is pushed into and where im currently sitting, the room is very light as it gets some sun for most of the day, we have an ok view of the football stadium and the wind turbine and we also have a big garden which is a suntrap and a huge grass field right next door! It would be perfect for sunbathing....when we get some sun...
At the moment, quite a large area of Reading is under water due to the extremely heavy rain we have had over the past week or so. It's hard to believe were in July! Im glad that right now is gloriously sunny, but i know that by this evening, it will be thundery and bucketing down again.
Anyway, on a more positive note, iv started my job and im really enjoying it. The best thing about it for me is obviously the money and the flexibility (i can pretty much pick and chose my hours), but getting to play with the kids all day is also a laugh, kids come out with the daftest things and are always fun to be around, even if they do puke and cry sometimes. I have three 8 hour shifts next week, which is perfect for me, as i like to do my dissertation research for three days a week then rest on sunday. I think if i can keep that routine going i will find a nice balance between wanting to have plenty money, but also wanting to get all my research done before the beginning of October.
Hope everyone else is well! Oh and if you haven't seen HP yet, go see! It's fecking awesome! Harry is LOVE in this film, so glad he cut all of that stupid hair off! Especially watch out for the scene in the Ministry of Magic when Voldy possesses him, it's perfect!!!
Later,
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Swainstone road, Reading
- Mood: dispite the weather.
- Music:TV
Ok, he's now looking for a pen so he can do some work, peace at last!
Anyway, im up north enjoying a bit of a break from the hustle and bustle and pollution of Reading, it's sooooo good to breath some clean air for once. The city really gets me down after a while, so does the house we used to live in. Were going back on saturday on the train as we need to unpack our new room in our new house before we both start our jobs on monday. Our new room is so big, compared to our old room at least, so im looking forward to being able to swing a proverbial cat in there.
And then there's the small matter of researching my dissertation, what fun that will be. I've been haunting Durham uni's library for a few things to keep me occupied while im up here, and i've emailed a few uni's so that i can get access to their resources over the summer break, also managed to score a meeting with the head curator of the Greek and Roman areas of the British Museum, go me! Im really nervous, so im gonna do loads more research before i see her, just so i don't look like an idiot if she asks me any questions, not that she will, it's my opportunity to pick her brains, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
It's gonna be a hectic summer, i really need to clear my overdraft before term starts again at the beginning of October, i don't wanna be skint like i was last term, it makes me miserable if i can't have at least one nite out a week, whether it's with our mates or just Adam, i like doing my hair, dressing up and having a few bevvies, it's important to de-stress. I've managed to clear my other overdraft (yes i have two!) with some money for a small car accident i had last week, no one was seriously hurt, but me and Adam got whip lash and should get a grand each compensation, which is much needed money! I think it was a sign or a gift from above, we both needed a way out of debt, and we now have one. Unfortunately, i also have a rather sore neck and back, but i had some treatment done today by Adam's aunty, she specialises in Aromatherapy and massage, so i feel rather pampered and much less achy! Hopefully sleep will be a little easier tonight...
Im also really wanting to devote more time to my religion, which has been sadly neglected lately, my own fault i know, and there's no excuse, life just sometimes gets in the way. Really keen to start making my own skin care and bath products, im sick of reading labels on shampoo that list about 1000 ingredients, i want something natural! I don't wanna pay loads of money for things whose first listed ingredient is Aqua (water!). No idea if im going to have the time or the money, but i can try my best.
Oh and HP!!! Can not wait to see it, i will actually wet myself! Then there's the last book, it's gonna be majorly devastating to finish the series, but i have so many great memories because of these 7 books which i will cherish forever. Harry Potter brought a few incredible people into my life, some are still a part of my life, others sadly aren't, but i will carry these memories with me forever. I just really hope DH lives up to the others and is a mind blowing close to the long and magickal journey that the Harry Potter series has been! My life would not have been the same without it...
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Westerton, Co. Durham
- Mood:
....the memories - Music:the Simpsons
Newquay was amazing, the weather was better than expected, the beach was fab and the night life was awesome! It has taken me since we got back on friday to recover, as i totally over did it by not sleeping and consuming many substances that are not so good for my well being, but it was worth it!!!!
Unfortunately i don't get any more time to mong out as i start my new job tomorrow, eeeeekkkkk!!! I think iv spoken about it before, so i wont go into any great detail here, just that im a nursery assistant temp for the Reading area. The pay is good - £6:50 per hour and the benefit of being extremely flexible makes this my dream part time job! Tho i might be working more like full time hours over the summer, need monies! Anyway, my first shifts aer tomorrow 8:30 - 5:30, that means i have to be out of the house by 7:30 (bad!) to walk to the station bus stop to catch the right bus, then on thursday, im in 8:00 - 1:00, so not too bad, but still a very very early morning, especially for a student like me who doesnt see 9am most days! I guess its all about falling into a new routine, instead of going to bed late and getting up late, i will need to go to bed early to get up early. Iv got the added problem of a big, noisy Geordie lying next to me tho, i will have to force him into my routine as well if i don't wanna get woken up when he comes to bed.
On top of all this i have to worry about moving house as well. Its going to be a major rush to get everything sorted, and as our lovely housemates decided to go to Jamaica and leave all their shit for us to transport on top of our own, its gonna be a stressful few weeks! But it will all be worth it, i cant wait to get into my new huge room!
Anyway, must go, got a mountain of laundry to sort out from Newquay!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood: tidying and doing laundry
- Music:nuthin
I've just been on the Met Office website and seen how rubbish the weather is gonna be in Newquay, it's gonna ran all day and all nite for the last two days of my holiday and im only there for four! Im bloody furious with Mother Nature at the moment coz this is the first holiday i have been on in five years, and the only one i will go on last year more than likely!!!
Grrrrrrr..........it's just soooooo unfair!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Steet, Reading
- Mood:
infuriated
They all went better than expected, so that's something to be proud of, although i was expecting to do shit on the last two, and shit to okish is how im expecting to have done *weeps* But it's all over now, time to enjoy the gorgeous sunshine and start thinking about my holiday. Adam is also done, so he is taking me out for a meal tonight as a treat to a Thai restaurant in town, plus we haven't been out on the town for a while, just us two.
Last weekend was pretty good too. Me and Adam went to London to the 'Mind, Body and Spirit' festival in Victoria, it was great fun, loads of people trying out new health foods and massages on you, loads of groups of people meditating, a psychic guy on the stage, plus loads of market stalls with a plethora of things to buy, i was desperate for a new quartz wand and Adam wanted a huge sculpted picture of Buddha, but we managed to rein ourselves in and remember were both poor students til we start work....then we went and spent £30 on some new health drink that promises a whole load of wonderful things, but i must say, im feeling very much full of energy since we started it! Its called 'Vemma' and contains the fruit Mangosteen and loads of added vitamins, minerals and trace elements. The website is www.drinkvemma.net if your interested.
We also had a little trip to the British Museum after for me too ogle the Egyptian stuff and for Adam to look at the new Japanese section, he's obsessed with martial arts and samurai swords (being a kung-fu .......person) and loves the history of Buddhism stuff. So all in all it was a lovely day with a nice spiritual slant to it, and im hoping our meal tonight will be equally as nice.
Unfortunately our housemates majorly f**ked up on friday night by going out to celebrate their end of exams, which was fine, i still had two at that time, but i wasnt going to begrudge them their celebrations. But they decided (in all their wisdom) that coming home at 3:30am and making enough nose to wake me, when i had an exam that morning, was a good idea.....big mistake...Right now Adam isnt talking to any of them coz hes so angry that they woken me up and kept me awake til 6am, im hoping that it all blows over coz of our impending holiday in Newquay, but an apology would be nice. We haven't seen or spoken to them for the last two days.
Anyway, hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Music:adam snoring
Bored of revisin again, and this is wot happens!
Must....revise...must....revise....
I only have four more days of revision to go before my exams start, but i cant find the will to carry on, i figure if i dont know it now, i never will! I desperately need a day out, i've forgotten what the outside world looks like. Hopefully Adam will be taking me to the 'Mind, Body and Spirit Festival' in London on sat, i can't wait to just get out of these four walls and into the sunshine...
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Music:nuthin
The pic isnt very good coz it's just taken on Adam's mobile, i seem to have permanently misplaced my camera! The colour is a dark red with a nice golden shimmer over where my bleached highlights were., it seems to make it look and feel thicker as well, not sure how. Everyone in the house has told me a suit it more than blonde, and a friend from archaeology said i look 'wonderful!', so im happy and feeling a little big-headed, lol! It's a shame that my new pink and purple bikini now clashes horrendously with it! I think i need a white or green one to set the colour off.
Let me know what you think...
-Lottie
p.s. Lou - black, yes indeedy, that always suited you!
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Music:Damien Rice - Blower's Daughter
I've changed my journal again coz it's the only thing left to do to keep me away from revising, im so sick of it now, i feel like my head is about to explode with all the useless facts in there about the Aegean Bronze Age!
Anyway, im dying my hair tomorrow in another attempt to waste a few hours. Decided im sick of blonde, i need a change, will post pics if i can steal Rachel's digicam, and if anyone cares......no one comments on my journal anymore, where are you all?
-Lottie
- Location:Whitley Steet, Reading
- Mood:
bored - Music:nuthin
Well i was really bored and procrastinating from revising, and i made a meez, how cute! This is wot a spend alot of time doing - cleaning and walking around the house in my pjs. In fact this is exactly wot im wearing rite now!
Just go to meez.com, it only take 5 minutes...
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood: bored
- Music:nuthin
Anyway, in other news, i have recently chosen my dissertation title (on Etruscan women in art), and have chosen my modules for next year. Unfortunately they do not offer a module on Egypt for third years, but i am excited about my module on the emergence of civilisation in Mesopotamia, that should curb my anceint civilisations addiction. The annoying thing is that i got 80% (!) on my Egypt essay last term, and i know im good at Egypt (particularly New Kingdom), so its frustrating that i wont have the oppurtunity to continue that. But, its nice to be able to broaden my knowledge by takin modules in subjects i dont know much about, like marine archaeology and gender archaeology.
So, im going out tonight after my aerobics lesson with some girlie mates, its about time too, being in a serious relationship has made me neglect my mates a bit, and there's no excuse for that! We're going to see the new Spiderman movie and to eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream, a new concession has just opened at the cinema...yummy! I hope its better that the last two, which didn't inpress me much at all.
Just paid for my holiday in Newquay! Its getting pretty close, i can't wait to fill my lungs with fresh sea air, im sick of the city and it's pollution and noise. Plus i need a break from work and an opportunity to get wrecked four nights in a row, that will chill me out.
Oh, and i have changed my journal a bit, im going for a more earthy natural look, mostly due to the influence of my new interest -The Gaia Theory. If you haven't read any material on it, go on amazon.co.uk and get a book, it's a great theory, and makes total since - to me anyway....
Later,
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Steet, Reading
- Mood: revising
- Music:BBC News
Yes, u read rite, i have a job!!!
I dont start til after my exams and holiday, but at least i don't have to worry about paying my rent over the summer now. The job is a nursery assistant temp position, that means i will be going into different nurseries every week in the local area. The hours will be irregular, but for £6 an hour, im not complaining! They will be paying some of my transport costs (which is nice) and will sometimes even take me there for free if its far away.
Im so glad i dont have to get a job in a shop where il be dealing with stroppy customers allllllll day, i HATE that soooo much!
In other news, my last piece of work is nearly done, i hope to complete it this evening and hand it in tomorrow, whata weight off my mind that will be.
That is all...
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Campus, University of Reading
- Mood:
happy - Music:nuthin
Im sick of being told -
'theres no jobs, you wont get one in the areas your interested in Lottie, and if you do, the pay is rubbish. Plus you have to have a Masters these days to do anything!'
- by every single lecturer!
Why the f**k do they bother to educate people then? If theres no jobs, stop churning out highly trained, HIGHLY skilled archaeologists who haven't got a hope in hell of finding a job, or who get stuck on 12,000 a year for the next 20 years?
It baffels me, it really does!
Anyway, i've decided that archaeology is not where my future will be. As for what i am going to do, i have been thinking long and hard over the last few weeks. I've got as far as deciding that it will be something that i'm interested in, something that i will enjoy, which lately has been lacking in my archaeology course. It all needs more thought, but i think i will follow my interest in herbalism in some way, im thinking of taking an online diploma in Herbal Medicine, but what exactly i will do with it, im not sure....
While i had my mind set on archaeology, i was intending to go freelance and be my own boss, maybe i will keep that element in my plans, start my own business or something. Watch this space for more brain storms though, i haven't had too much time to think as i've been so busy with uni stuff. Its all a fantasy at the moment really, though Adam thinks i should go for it, if its what i really want to do....we will see....
Oh, i have a job interview on tuesday, go me!!! Its for a nursery assistant position in a nursery just the other side of the football stadium. Its kinda perfect as its just for the summer, i dont need any qualifications, its decent pay, and within reasonable traveling distance on the bus. I hope i get it so i can be less poor and save for a holiday.
Rite, Adam is calling me for my tea, im starving!!!
-Lottie
p.s. did u get my email Charli? I hope the pics r ok if u did
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood:
cranky
I havent been upto that much really, all the time im not spending working is taken up by sleeping, eating, housework and the occational shopping trip in town, oh and some time spent kissing Adam, but not as much as i would like!
Finally met with my ex-landlord and got my money back off him, thats £153 for meeeeee, but its all going on the deposit for the next house. I need to find some money from somewhere so that i can go to Newquay for the 'Summer Break' this year, Adam and friends went last year and had an amazing time, they were constantly wasted and stole a sheep from the field next to the campsite, sound like a damn good time to me!
Anyway, i wanted to ask advice for an up-and-coming fancy dress party for my housemates 21st. Its in three weeks and has a disney theme. I don't know whether to go as Cinderalla, Elizabeth Swan (pirate version) or a dalmatian? I could probs get into a kids costume for Cinders, as for Elizabeth id have to find a costume on the net or in town and a for a dalmatian i would just buy white clothes and stick black felt spots on, but i would have to put face paint on, which im not too keen on!
So ideas would be welcome, even if u think none of the above...
Rite, back to my essay!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood: busy
Anyway, im going to a Valentines!! themed pajama party in a bit at a night club in Reading, should be excellent! Im wearing little pink 'pineapple' shorts, pink vest, pink nail varnish, silver heels, pink heart earrings that look like sweets, yellow knee high socks that tie up at the back with ribbon, a sleep-mask that says 'sweet dreams' on it around my neck and carrying a little kitty teddy with a love heart on her tummy, awwwww...
Should be extra good as its being held by Sherfield Hall (Adams halls of residence from last year) and Chris (house-mate) is the president of the JCR, so we get in for less money and get a room upstairs of our own with our own DJ where only we can go!
I shall go and get ready, need a shower and too fake tan myself, will have ALOT of flesh on show! Piccies will be forth coming....
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood:
excited - Music:Radio
Well, we have been looking for a house to move into next year, 'we' meaning me, Adam, Chris, Zoe, Rachel, Charlie, Carly, CA, Rich, Seb, Jamie. I think we just decided on one which is 5 minutes from the house im currently living in with Adam and some of his friends.
The house is huge!! Its 10 bedrooms shared out over 3 floors, most of which are large, theres a few smaller ones, but even they are bigger than the rooms in most houses and all student accommodation! We will be looking for another person to share the house with because me and Adam want to share, but so do Chris and Zoe, so we need sum one to take the last bedroom. I don't think it will be that hard to find sumone, we know alot of people, and we have months to fill the room as we don't move in til July 1st. Its also got 2.5 kitchens, the top floor kitchen doesnt have a cooker, but has a fridge-freezer. The top floor also has a masive living room, so the small kitchen will be used for alcohol and munchies. Theres another two living rooms, one on each of the bottom two floors. And two more large kitchens which have just been redecorated, in fact the whole house looks pretty newly done up. Theres also a large garden and a field just over the fence where we can revise or play football.
Its pretty much perfect really, and me and Adam get to chose our room coz were paying extra for a larger room between us. I already know which i want, its the nicest room in my opinion and is large, so plenty of room for mine and Adam's stuff, not that we have much really.
I think we got a pretty good deal really, i large gorgeous room for £170! Its damn good!
Anyway, better go and do some work on my essay 'Compare and contrast Egyptian funerary practices in the New Kingdom, Ptolemaic and Roman Period'. Yayness!!!
-Lottie
xx
- Location:Whitley Street, Reading
- Mood:
okay - Music:nawt
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