Where I've Been/My Week (and a bit) In A Nutshell

Hello everyone! This week has been a crazy 7 days so I haven't been totally up to date with posting on here so I thought I'd brief you, especially if you follow me on twitter (@melissanye) as you may be completely out of the blue about what I've been up to.

On Thursday I ventured to the Old Bailey, or the Central Criminal Court in London which sits some of the most famous cases in Britain from around London and Greater London. It is such an historical building, with glass still embedded in the walls from when an two car bombs were planted outside the grand entrance by the IRA (Irish Republican Army) back in 1973. Plus it used to be a prison, which was new information to me, which was fascinating and we had a private tour before sitting in on a trial too which was cool.

Last Friday (21st March), I went to see Kodaline at O2 Academy Brixton, which is a lovely venue and the atmosphere was absolutely amazing, honestly one of the best bands in terms of crowd atmosphere at gigs, everyone was singing along, knew the words and was waving their arms. So if you like Kodaline's stuff, you'll love it even more if you buy tickets for one of their gigs - tickets are cheap too! If you haven't heard of Kodaline then checkout their debut album, "In A Perfect World".

Saturday after was were it went slowly downhill as during the day it was fine but if you follow me on twitter, you may know that I had an eventful night...! On Saturday, I met work friends at the pub to pre-drink (prink loool) for someone's birthday at work before a couple of us headed out to a nightclub and well, I got up to somethings I may not necessarily be proud of. Anyway, long story short, I got a lot of crap for it and grief the next day at work and I felt like I needed to set the records straight but it all turned out to be an overly exaggerated emotional experience for me as proven on Sunday evening when I bailed on quiz night at work. The next day was spent at school before heading straight to work, such fun.

On Tuesday I went to a conference on sociology exam practice - very VERY insightful. It was hosted by Keith Trobe, chief examiner for AQA Sociology and who also wrote the commonly used textbook for our course with other associates. Afterwards, I enjoyed my first Nando's (can you believe) when our small group got back into town (the conference was in Horsham, about 45 minute train journey) and I fell in love, which I find quite funny because I don't even eat chicken, I am vegetarian... Then me and my sister went to see Nina Nesbitt (who I am listening to now as I write this) - we bought tickets on the train home from Kodaline on the Friday prior, when we found out that James Bay, who supported Kodaline with Amber Run was also supporting Nina. The night was fab besides the girl in front of me who thought she was at an effing club and wouldn't stop bloody booty popping into me like no you're probably 16. But on the plus side, me and my sister met James Bay!! Listen to Nina's debut album too, called "Peroxide" :)

Wednesday I literally did nothing besides afternoon classes. Thursday I had morning classes and afterwards, to of my friends who had come home for Easter break from uni met me and we went for lunch down probably my favourite little cafe in my village, called Milano's. We stayed there for at least two hours before I headed home, showered and got ready to go out clubbing AGAIN. I have never been out twice in the space of a week but the club was soooooo dead, they had one room open and there was hardly anyone out that night and I hated it, I hate that club it just gets worse every time I go. I stayed at my friend's house when we got back and I left hers around 2pm on Friday, stopped off at Sainsbury's on the way back before going home and watching Sex and the City for the rest of the night while eating brie and grape sandwiches. Then I get a text reminding me that I was going to a friend's as she arrived from uni that day too - so I went to hers and saw her which was nice as her family is so huge but lovely and they are all caring and funny, like those big families that you see in those feel good films.

And now today is Saturday, and I have been asked if I want to go out AGAIN and I feel like I might because I want to cry at how bad each time I've been to that club has been and I want to go to improve the reputation that club has on me now, and to improve my reputation as I am not a desperate hoe. Anyway, if I do end up out tonight you will probably hear about it on twitter and I apologise in advance if more photos of me end up on the internet.

Thanks GUYS XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

(P.S. What I have learnt this week is that romance isn't dead, ain't that right Carrie? - I literally watched this episode below and realised that, especially with the week I had)