The Witchery

Yesterday was Lee's 50th birthday and despite me managing to ruin the Morocco surprise a few days ago last night went smoothly. The moment Lee left the house to go to a retirement part of a friend of hers we transformed the kitchen into something very sparkly. Balloons and banners were put up with cake, flowers, champagne and gifts. Then we all got ready and headed of to The Witchery. It's a lovely restaurant up close to Edinburgh castle. It is also the restaurant Lee and Dannie got engaged in. The night was perfect and Lee had absolutely no idea. Connor and Jack both had bought new suits for the occasion and they were both very handsome. The meal might have been the best one I have ever had in my life. Everything was perfect and I actually did not have any room for dessert (I know it sounds like a like, but I am telling the truth). We all had haggis for starters and then I ended up with steak for my main course. The size of it was quite massive, but that's the way I like it. Dannie had done a great job organising it all and he is getting two thumbs up.

Mum and dad

Maybe it's time for another blog post. I always manage to postpone writing these things. The last few days I've been planing what I am going to write, but to be honest you always end up hearing the short version. Guess I better get started: My parents were here this weekend. It might have been the happiest I've been for ages. Living this far away is really hard. Each time we say goodbye it's always a few months until the next time we see each other. This time it's only until Christmas, but it's more the fact that when I do see them, it's only for about a week or so. They were only here for the weekend this time. I was so excited on Friday to go along and pick them up from the airport I might have passed out. Connor is a real soldier for not giving up on me despite my very frequent emotional outbursts. Dannie drove me to the airport and then dropped mum, dad and me off at the hotel. They were staying at Radisson Blu at the Royal Mile. The hotel was stunning and the bed was the biggest one I have ever seen. I was slightly jealous. Unfortunately mum and dad arrived quite late and after a quick pizza and chat they went to bed, and I back to Musselburgh.
The first day I showed my parents around Edinburgh. Primark and the Castle was our main attractions. Mum loved Primark (or she loved the prices that came with it). Saturdays main event was going up to Musselburgh for a meal with Connor's parents. I was really nervous as it was the first time mine and Connor's parents were going to be introduced. Luckily there was no reason to be nervous at all. The language barrier was not as big as I thought it was going to be and after a lovely meal (that James somehow managed to sneak his way into joining) we went back to Lee and Dannie's house for some drinks. Reports from both sides the next day indicated a successful night. Could I ask for anything better?

Sunday was a bit different. Connor managed to (I am convinced on purpose) give me his cold (OK, so maybe it wasn't his fault). We started the day by climbing Arthur's seat. The view from there is absolutely stunning and I got some lovely photos of mum and dad up there. After our little adventure we went to an Italian restaurant for lunch. I almost fell asleep at the table as the previous night had replaces sleep with Connor coughing and me sniffing. Damn cold can go where the sun don't shine. I went back to the hotel while mum and dad did some shopping and sightseeing. The bed was a lot better than expected and I slept for a good two hours before dad woke me up. He traded places with me while mum and I went out to buy me some new shoes. Nothing fancy just a new pair of trainers as the ones I used to have were my little brothers that I took once he grew out of them. At night I showed mum and dad Greyfriars Bobby and then we went to the Filling Station with Connor for dinner. We had a lovely meal before we went to the hotel for the rest of the night. Saying goodbye was surprisingly hard and I cried the whole way home. I might be 20, but I'll always be their little girl.

Now they are in London for the rest of their holiday. Not going to lie. I am slightly jealous.
Dad turned 50 yesterday and I really wish he had stayed here for his birthday, but instead he just had to settle with a phone call and an early birthday present while he was still here. I have the best parents in the world, the only problem is the distance!

The crap category

In my last post I mentioned the "crap category". Most of my things probably do end up there. When I moved back to Scotland slightly over a year ago I had brought two suitcases with me. When I moved into Bayne Street on Saturday I had 4 large and two small suitcases, 4 bags and 3 handbags (and remember that this is not counting the huge pile of crap at Emily, Lesleyann and Melanie's flat). Lee drove Connor and I up to Stirling. The thing is that Lee's car is quite small and the Jeep is not starting. Jack was also coming with us since he and Lee were both going on to Fife to visit Connor's grandparents. This meant that there was a limited amount of space in the car. Some how we managed to squeeze it all in, but Bamse (my large teddy) had to sit on Jack's lap. I think pictures will illustrate my point better than words will

I could probably do without 2/3 of my stuff, but I'm not the kind of person to throw things out. I will be like "oh, I'll just bin this" and then my brain will go "STOP! What do you think you're doing, you might need that piece of stings in the future, what if the world all of a sudden runs out of strings and you'll be the only one left with some. You can not bin this. It's a matter of life and death". It's hard to have an argument with yourself like that, and I usually give in and keep it. As I am organizing my room now I keep on finding a lot of stuff that I tell myself that there was no reason to keep, but I still don't bin it. Oh brain, why do you have to make everything so complicated?

It is starting to feel like home

I have been slowly putting up all my stuff and making my room feel a lot more like MY room. My old room in Norway was tiny, but it was 100% mine. I am really looking for the same kind of feeling in this room. It's hard to put everything up, because it still feels very temporary. I've moved so much over the last year that I don't feel very settled. It's also the fact that I go to Edinburgh all the time and it really makes me wishing for just one place that is just mine and that I can come into and feel like it's my home. With a bit more effort I think I can get that feeling here in Bayne Street.

My old room in Norway
Home to me is a room filled with stuff. Not necessarily messy or unorganized, but it has to look like some one is living there. For me to have that feeling there must be a lot traces of their lives there. Like yous can see in the picture I have my walls filled with: pictures; souvenirs; jewelry; and I guess a lot of it can go in the category crap, but it's filled with memories and there is constantly something to be reminded of. It makes me quite sad that a lot of this is now packed away in my basement in Norway. I want it all here with me so I can reminded of all the wonderful things in my life. Then again I have gathered so many things in the year I've spent here that I probably wouldn't be able to fit it all.  One of the things that makes me sadder than the picture of my old room is the picture I took of my room the day I left

Yes I am totally having a very sentimental moment.
Well, like I said I am finally starting to build up that feeling here in Bayne Street. I'm not ready to show a picture of my whole room as it is still far from organized, but I will give you two of some details

This is me for now. As I said, I promise to add photos once everything is organized and looks good enough for photos to be taken.

Hello flat

I can't help but love my flat. It has two bathrooms, a huge living room/kitchen and my bedroom is actually a decent size. My flatmates are really nice and organized and I live right next to a massive Tesco, a two minute walk from the city center and so close to a Chinese and Indian take out that I smell it through my window. My diet will suffer for this and I'll probably be unable to loose weight, but for now, I'll just enjoy every moment of it. I'll add pictures of my flat once I have organized it and completely unpacked. Right now my room is slightly messy. By slightly it looks like someone blew up my wardrobe. Living right next to Tesco wont only affect my diet - my wallet will be heavily affected as well. Today I managed to spend £50 in there. They have a huge sale on home ware so I bought a new cutlery set, some new glasses and a lot of food.
My birthday party on Saturday was absolutely fabulous. Connor and James came up for the party. Lesleyann, Melanie and Emily had really done a great hosting job. I even got a wee birthday cake. We had pre-drinks at their flat them disappeared to Dusk. It was a brilliant night that ended quite early and we were home about half past one. I live so close to the center that I could actually walk home. With my killer heals off of course. I Truly have a lot of great friends here in Scotland.

Bayne Street

Tomorrow is going to be a great day. I can just feel it in my bones. I have so much to look forward to. The first thing that is going to happen is me moving into my new room in Bayne Street. It is going to be the same style as the two other rooms I've lived in, but that's not the exciting part. This is a lot more like a flat as I am only sharing it with a handful of other people. I'm not sure about the exact number but it's going to be about 4 to 6 people in the flat all together. I'm going up with Connor and James, because later on that night we're going to my birthday party. The party is hosted in Lesleyann, Melanie and Emily's flat. I am very much looking forward to this. Getting all my belonging from Edinburgh to Stirling however, I am not that excited about. It's going to be so good settling into Bayne Street, as I am now very much tired of having my things scattered everywhere and locked away in suitcases. I am a bit sad about moving away from Connor though. I've gotten so used to being around him everyday, that going back to only seeing each other in the weekends only will be quite hard. Luckily it's not all bad. Not sharing my bed is one of the best things I know about.

Skittle vodka

Last night Connor and I decided to make skittle vodka. It was quite exciting.

Happy birthday to me

Yesterday I turned twenty and left my irresponsible teenage years behind me. Kinda. It's 92 years until I'll be a teenager again. That is if I live that long of course. I had a absolutely fantastic birthday. At midnight I got my gifts from Lee, Dannie and Connor. From Lee and Dannie I got a dinosaur space hopper, a very pink and glittery scarf, toe socks and a pair of absolutely gorgeous earrings. The space hopper was really exciting and was a good laugh but now it's kind of just taking up a lot of space. From Jack I got the Skyrim dlc: Dawnguard and from James I got Fall Out 3. So I have a feeling I wont get too much studying done. The gifts from my family in Norway I'm still waiting on. When Connor asked me what I wanted from my birthday I asked him for a flat or a car. You can't imagine my disappointment when I only got a laptop instead. OK, that was a joke. I was actually extremely excited. My old laptop was, well, old is the only way of describing it. I really needed a new one so it was actually the perfect gift. The more I have been using it the more I realize how terrible my old one actually is. Last night Dannie and Lee took me out to a restaurant with Connor and Jack. I had a fun time before I realized that we might miss the X-factor and made everybody rush home. At night I ate a whole tub of Ben and Jerry's because I deserved it. Next weekend is my actual birthday party. The lovely Emily, Mel and Lesleyann are hosting it. Hopefully it will be a great night!

At least neither of us look normal on pictures!

Another night out

After my last post about how great quiet night out are I decided to have another one. I put some make up on my face and went over to Eilidh, Kate and Ciara's flat before we went out, What I didn't realize was how the weather was going to ambush me. I was more or less washed away. At their flat we sang along to all the songs and we pulled out our best moves. That might have been for the best as public humiliation is something I am hoping to avoid in the future. At their flat I met my new boyfriend, Sebastian. Connor will never compare to a man like him <3. Sebastian is 75 million and a half years old and live in King Street in Stirling. WE ended up in the pub Nicky-tams in Stirling and had a great laugh. I even managed to remember to leave in time for the last bus home to Murray Hall. I've moved out of Murray Hall now. I'm currently at Connor's place until the 8th of September when I move into Bayne street.

 Soaked due to the rain

 Me and Sebastian <3