Beach Break

Today I returned home from a wonderful few days at the beach. I wish I could have stayed longer, but  the time I spent there was so much fun and the ocean was stunning!

We went on walks over the rocks each day and got to enjoy the beautiful views, walking to the edge and watching the waves crashing around us. On our last day we stuffed our faces with the traditional beach cuisine of fish and chips, which were so filling that afterwards we were feeling so gluggy that we returned back to our cabin and lay on the bed and watched a movie. After we recovered from our greed, we went to the beach and ran around in the sand until...

I ran into a hidden rock and sliced my big toe. A deep cut that flipped back quite a portion of skin and filled with sand while blood was oozing out of it. Being one of the clumsiest people ever, I was not surprised that this happened. And we made the "smart" idea to walk to the beach without shoes on (because our cabin was only 50 or so metres away), which made the walk back a bit of a challenge. But we made it and once I put antiseptic on the wound and bandaged the toe up, we continued our adventure in time for dinner. We got takeaway Chinese and drove to a beach lookout and opened up the boot of the car and sat in it while eating and watching the sun set, which was lovely and a great way to spend our last evening. 

After this semesters intensity, a beach break with one of my favourite people ever was exactly what I needed. 

Clearest Blue

Todays song of the day is different to usual, because I had a mental blank about songs to write about. I'm still completely obsessed with Postmodern Jukebox, but thought I should write about something else for this week. So I decided to ask one of my friends to pick a song for me and give an informal quick interview, which they very patiently agreed to do (thank you!).

'Clearest Blue' by CHVRCHES

Q: Tell me about the song. Why do you like it?
A: It's an easy listen and I really like her voice. Plus the lyrics discuss like a person's insecurity as to whether they are enough in their relationship.

Q: How did you feel when you first heard the song?
A: Energetic I guess. It's the sort of song that belongs at a summer festival.

Q: Where is your favourite place to listen to the song?
A: I'd say driving. It's a great driving song.
Q: Is that when you last heard the song?
A: Yep.

Q: Why did you decide 'Clearest Blue' when I asked to pick a song?
A: It's just a song that comes easy to mind.
Q: Why is that?
A: Because it's not a song that takes a lot of thought if that makes sense. Like the song feels like it sits well in the background to a good time, like festivals and driving so it's an easy mental soundtrack.

Q: What is another favourite song of CHVRHCES?
A: 'The Mother We Share'.

Spice Up Your Life

At the start of the year I admitted my childhood hardcore love for the Spice Girls in my post about Stop. I announced my continued love for them and how I to this day still will belt out the lyrics to all the songs and do all the actions, etc. Well, this Saturday I was able to live my childhood dream and got to be a Spice Girl for a night!

It was my amazing friend's incredible 21st party and we had to dress up as a celebrity/ someone from whatever decade we were born in. So my immediate instinct as a nineties baby, was to take the opportunity to finally be a Spice Girl! I was so excited! In my head I was like "I was born for this moment" and because I have short brown hair and a black dress, I was like "Posh it is"

I didn't realise how much this childhood dream still affected me, because as soon as I was in costume and did my makeup and was ready to go (while getting ready, I was singing along to the Spiceworld album) I was jumping up and down and on the car ride over, I was restless. I even managed to use this quote on the road, because I could:

And the party was AMAZING! It had an absolutely brilliant playlist which I danced to the entire night. No exaggeration, I danced from 8pm to around 2:30am non-stop. The only time I left the dance floor was to go to the toilet and that only took a minute, so it was pretty much non-stop and my thighs certainly felt it the next morning. Also, my other friend dressed up as Sporty Spice, so whenever a Spice Girl song came on, we got really into it. Speaking of songs, here is the classic Spice up your life: