It's nearing the end of February; already this year, so much has happened. I've experienced heavy snow, wind, rain, gales, a spot or two of sunshine - and that's just the weather. I've got into Cambridge (and those of you who have been following my blog for a while will know that it's been something I've been working towards for a very long time). I miss school. Not something that I thought I'd be missing - but I miss the constant challenge of writing essays, answering questions, and participating in debates; I feel lost on this gap year, but now feel like I've got a road map in the form of a reading list, a packing list and a two day stop-over at my college in March.
January was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster: I've been having the time of my life with Chris, I visited him in the Lake District and watched all 4 showings of the Braithwaite Panto where he played Robin Hood. We walked most of the way up Grisedale Pike in snow that went up to my waist at some points. Then he came down to visit me in Torquay twice, once at the end of January when we celebrated our birthdays, and again for Valentines day in February.
At the end of January, I was tasked with designing and making a wedding cake for my friends Paul and Mariella (I used to work with Paul, and Mariella went to my secondary school - though she was a few years ahead of me). This cake wasn't any old wedding cake - it was a 3 tier monster: 14 inch, 12 inch and 10 inch tiers, with Pokemon themed cake toppers (Evee and Gengar, for those who play pokemon), 6 satellite cakes that looked like pokeballs. Meanwhile, the cake was to have 2/3 of it as a comic book homage to the couple, and the other 1/3 was to be in a more traditional style.
So, it's been a rather productive 2015 so far, and I can't wait to see where the rest of the year takes me. In March, I will be heading off to London to visit one of my best friends, Aggie, and then will head off to Cambridge from there for two days. Following that, it's back to London and onto a coach that will take me straight to the Lake District and into another month walking the fells - I hope to get another 60 or 70 done, though I don't know how realistic I'm being!
