Well, Monday I went to see the nurse, had a Hep B jab, and she very nicely informed me that I didn't need to have any more! I like this kind of discussion! (saved me £60 as well)
Went to the bank today, and they said I just need to make sure my phone details are up to date so they can check it is me using my card in India. Went to O2 who have suggested I transfer my phone number to a Pay As You Go Sim for the three months I'm out there, so I don't have to pay for a contract I'm not using.
Going to Birmingham tomorrow to the embassy to (hopefully) get my visa sorted.
It's all go!
Still need to sort out health insurance, and do some other bits and pieces, buy a new water bottle (going to get one in Bham hopefully), find some decent navy blue trousers... all the exciting things in life. Can't wait to actually be on the plane now - I am bored of planning!
Oh, and I've been planning Wales, because my love of planning things is clearly that large. Everything is nearly sorted now - I have organised everything I need to organise (I hope). One final meeting for that on Thursday (I hope) and then we're off on Monday (I hope!)
But now, to the important things in life - off to read Harry Potter! Going to see the new film on Saturday - can't wait!
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Summer Holidays
So, America was a long time ago now, but I had an amazing time :) Then I finished my degree off, and graduated, which was also amazing! So now it's my very last summer holiday, this time next year I will hopefully be doing one of those job things, so in order to make the most of this time, before I head off to India, I am obviously doing my QG exploration, amongst other things. Full summer plans go: Devon on Saturday for a week, then back in Leicester for a week, and then the exploration, then a friends wedding, then Charnwood 2011 for a week, then three weeks of getting ready for India!
So currently in process:
QG Planning:
- health forms
- risk assessments
- planning a walk
- organising travel
India Planning:
- visa (must fill in electronic application veerrryy soon!)
- jabs (booked for Monday 15th)
- insurance
- homework (might right some of this up here)
I also need to actually unpack from getting back from uni before I have to repack for Devon! But The OC is on TV (mostly because we put the DVD in and pressed play...) so I'm just going to sit on my backside all evening instead :P
So currently in process:
QG Planning:
- health forms
- risk assessments
- planning a walk
- organising travel
India Planning:
- visa (must fill in electronic application veerrryy soon!)
- jabs (booked for Monday 15th)
- insurance
- homework (might right some of this up here)
I also need to actually unpack from getting back from uni before I have to repack for Devon! But The OC is on TV (mostly because we put the DVD in and pressed play...) so I'm just going to sit on my backside all evening instead :P
Thursday, 14 April 2011
YET MORE Queen's Guide!
So tonight was our FIFTH meeting for Queen's Guide, it's all going so fast!
Decisions made tonight:
Accommodation is SORTED.
Jobs are SORTED. (I have the delights of secretary/record keeper and treasurer - joy of joys! I love accounts - this is sarcastic, but at least I don't have to QM!)
I've also e-mailed people in Snowdonia and the Durham QG co-ordinator tonight - productive, I think so!
Looking forward to the exploration, but I have the excitement of AMERICA first =D
Leave on Wednesday, got everything official sorted, now just need to buy flip flops and swimwear! the essentials really. I must remember I'm going on a field trip, not on a jolly... it's just so hard to remember!
Plenty of work to do before that though, presentations left right and centre, reports, reading... all the excitement - I think I would rather be doing the accounts!
Probably bed time now though, and then work again tomorrow - yay!
Decisions made tonight:
Accommodation is SORTED.
Jobs are SORTED. (I have the delights of secretary/record keeper and treasurer - joy of joys! I love accounts - this is sarcastic, but at least I don't have to QM!)
I've also e-mailed people in Snowdonia and the Durham QG co-ordinator tonight - productive, I think so!
Looking forward to the exploration, but I have the excitement of AMERICA first =D
Leave on Wednesday, got everything official sorted, now just need to buy flip flops and swimwear! the essentials really. I must remember I'm going on a field trip, not on a jolly... it's just so hard to remember!
Plenty of work to do before that though, presentations left right and centre, reports, reading... all the excitement - I think I would rather be doing the accounts!
Probably bed time now though, and then work again tomorrow - yay!
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Decisions Decisions Everywhere!
So we had our third meeting on Thursday, was pretty good - we made some decisions which always helps!
Decisions made:
Purpose: To investigate the local tourism, and it's effect on Snowdonia
Area of Snowdonia: the North (Caernarforn probably)
Accommodation: A few campsites found, a couple contacted, just waiting to hear back =D
So next meeting again in a couple of weeks, should be good! Then it'll be boring forms and stuff - yuck!
And in the rest of my life, I'm getting ready for America! 4 weeks in South Western USA, can't wait! Trying to sort out insurance, and thinking I might as well sort it out for that and India at the same time, but that's harder than it sounds! Typical!
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there :)
Decisions made:
Purpose: To investigate the local tourism, and it's effect on Snowdonia
Area of Snowdonia: the North (Caernarforn probably)
Accommodation: A few campsites found, a couple contacted, just waiting to hear back =D
So next meeting again in a couple of weeks, should be good! Then it'll be boring forms and stuff - yuck!
And in the rest of my life, I'm getting ready for America! 4 weeks in South Western USA, can't wait! Trying to sort out insurance, and thinking I might as well sort it out for that and India at the same time, but that's harder than it sounds! Typical!
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there :)
Friday, 25 March 2011
Queen's Guide Meeting
So along with everything else in my life right now, I'm also doing my Queen's Guide Award. I've done a fair amount of it so far, gotta finish my skill (juggling), my community service bit (helping in a SEN school), my exploration (which is what this post is really about) and I need to sort something out for my working group/committee thing (which is a pain in the backside, and might be covered by YELL but not sure yet).
So, my exploration - I'm doing it with two of my friends, Jess and Rach. We were hoping to do it last summer, but things got in the way, like Jess disappearing off on a GOLD trip =P so it's happening this summer, definitely happening!
We had our first meeting a couple of weeks ago, and our second last night.
Decisions made:
Date: end of July
Location: Snowdonia
People going: Me, Jess, Rach, Drea, Susan (?), Eleanor (?).
Decisions yet to make:
Purpose
Accommodation
Travel
Activities
It's getting there! Last nights meeting was a bit of an epic, 2.5 hours long - we were shattered by the end of it! We're doing it all online as we're all in different places at the minute, I'm not sure whether that's easier or not right now - we'll see!
Next meeting is next Thursday, and we've got to have thought about our purpose and done some other bits and pieces, which should be good :)
Back to uni work again though, I'd love to be able to do Guiding as a full time job, but that's not going to happen just yet!
So, my exploration - I'm doing it with two of my friends, Jess and Rach. We were hoping to do it last summer, but things got in the way, like Jess disappearing off on a GOLD trip =P so it's happening this summer, definitely happening!
We had our first meeting a couple of weeks ago, and our second last night.
Decisions made:
Date: end of July
Location: Snowdonia
People going: Me, Jess, Rach, Drea, Susan (?), Eleanor (?).
Decisions yet to make:
Purpose
Accommodation
Travel
Activities
It's getting there! Last nights meeting was a bit of an epic, 2.5 hours long - we were shattered by the end of it! We're doing it all online as we're all in different places at the minute, I'm not sure whether that's easier or not right now - we'll see!
Next meeting is next Thursday, and we've got to have thought about our purpose and done some other bits and pieces, which should be good :)
Back to uni work again though, I'd love to be able to do Guiding as a full time job, but that's not going to happen just yet!
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
G:Y.E.L.L. 2011 - weekend one!
So I spent the weekend with some new friends at CHQ (17-19 Buckingham Palace Road! I know that address off by heart at the minute), here's a quick run-down of what happened!
Got the train to Leicester on Friday, spent the afternoon and evening with mum and Ian, chatting, catching up, not working! Then after a good nights sleep in my own bed, I got up and travelled the rest of the way to London, joined unexpectedly by some people I know from home. Got to St. Pancras and made my way to the tube station, and eventually got to Victoria. Had a wander up and down Buckingham Palace Road, got a bit wet, went to CHQ, raided the shop for two new lovely pieces of uniform (so excited!) and then headed up to the 5th floor to meet people!
Basically what's happening is: The WAGGGS (world association of girl guides and girl scouts) world conference is taking place in Edinburgh this year, and along side each World Conference, there is a youth event. G:UK (in the form of Rachel and Ruth who are the overall leaders of the event) decided that the youth event this year should be run by the guides themselves. As these are 6 13 year old girls who have had not that much experience of camps, and even less experience of running a camp, there are 6 senior section members, acting as mentors for the girls, hopefully to give them a bit of guidance, a bit of a push to get things organised, and support whenever they need it.
The camp is less of a camp, and more of a residential. We're staying in the Edinburgh YHA (This one, I think), and our indoor activities will be taking place in The Halls. We're also going climbing, having a day out in Edinburgh itself, and popping along to the World Conference occasionally (including taking part in the Opening Ceremony!). The theme that the guides have chosen is Love You, and there are going to be a variety of workshops throughout the week, aiming to build the girls confidence and self-esteem. I think that's all I'm going to say about what we've actually planned so far - can't give it all away!
At the weekend in CHQ, we all got Media Trained, so we can give successful interviews to any journalists that come our way (hopefully!) as well as some planning and generally getting to know the girls! It was a great weekend, and I really got on with all the SS members, and the guides themselves! My guide mentee (C) and I are organising the evening activities and opening and closing ceremonies - brilliant job!
Next stop: Edinburgh in June for our second weekend, then Edinburgh in July for the camp itself! Excited!! But first: Dissertation time, much less exciting!
Got the train to Leicester on Friday, spent the afternoon and evening with mum and Ian, chatting, catching up, not working! Then after a good nights sleep in my own bed, I got up and travelled the rest of the way to London, joined unexpectedly by some people I know from home. Got to St. Pancras and made my way to the tube station, and eventually got to Victoria. Had a wander up and down Buckingham Palace Road, got a bit wet, went to CHQ, raided the shop for two new lovely pieces of uniform (so excited!) and then headed up to the 5th floor to meet people!
Basically what's happening is: The WAGGGS (world association of girl guides and girl scouts) world conference is taking place in Edinburgh this year, and along side each World Conference, there is a youth event. G:UK (in the form of Rachel and Ruth who are the overall leaders of the event) decided that the youth event this year should be run by the guides themselves. As these are 6 13 year old girls who have had not that much experience of camps, and even less experience of running a camp, there are 6 senior section members, acting as mentors for the girls, hopefully to give them a bit of guidance, a bit of a push to get things organised, and support whenever they need it.
The camp is less of a camp, and more of a residential. We're staying in the Edinburgh YHA (This one, I think), and our indoor activities will be taking place in The Halls. We're also going climbing, having a day out in Edinburgh itself, and popping along to the World Conference occasionally (including taking part in the Opening Ceremony!). The theme that the guides have chosen is Love You, and there are going to be a variety of workshops throughout the week, aiming to build the girls confidence and self-esteem. I think that's all I'm going to say about what we've actually planned so far - can't give it all away!
At the weekend in CHQ, we all got Media Trained, so we can give successful interviews to any journalists that come our way (hopefully!) as well as some planning and generally getting to know the girls! It was a great weekend, and I really got on with all the SS members, and the guides themselves! My guide mentee (C) and I are organising the evening activities and opening and closing ceremonies - brilliant job!
Next stop: Edinburgh in June for our second weekend, then Edinburgh in July for the camp itself! Excited!! But first: Dissertation time, much less exciting!
Friday, 25 February 2011
Hello World!
I've been planning to blog for a while now, just to keep the world updated on my exploits, generally within guiding. Now seems as good a time as any to start, for two very exciting reasons:
1) I've been selected to help mentor a guide who is helping to run YELL (Youth Event Live and Love, yes cheesy name, well done GGUK!) camp this summer, and tomorrow I'm off to London to find out a bit more about what I'm doing and:
2) Even more exciting: I've been chosen to go to Sangam this autumn, 29th August to 16th December, which I literally cannot wait for!!
In my general life (you never know, maybe a bit of introduction might be nice!) I'm a student, heavily involved in my SSAGO unit at unit (I've just left the executive committee, and that's only because I'm in my final year and can't be on it any more!!), and I also help run a Rainbow unit each week. Before I head off to India in August, I've got an action packed summer, what with YELL, and Charnwood and attempting to fit in my exploration for my Queen's Guide award! Crazy busy!
Anyway, I'll be back on Monday or so, hopefully with a bit more information on quite what this YELL thing has in store for me and the guides! I'm a little busy with my dissertation currently, so posts won't be regular just yet, but when I head off to India I'll definitely be keeping it updated for all my friends and family, who obviously want to hear about me me me :P
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