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Listing my life

Discoveries I have made this week: 1. The non term-time hopper bus timetable. Do you like waiting? Do you enjoy gnawing hunger in the evenings? Do you enjoy randomly walking around because all Uni shops are closed?  Well you’re in luck! We bring you the non term time hopper bus timetable- now even more inconvenient! …

Having more fun(gi) in Sheffield!

Do you like food that’s sustainable? Locally sourced? Free? Healthy?* You should try: WALL MUSHROOMS TM Growing from the already present moisture in your kitchen- wall mushrooms (TM) are a low maintenance way to get your 5 a day! Wall mushrooms (TM) – are also absolutely free as you don’t have to pay for spores …

HMS Awesome

This week, my soundtrack would have been flight of the bumblebee. It has been crazy busy. This has been good from a distraction-y point of view but less from a quality of life-y angle. Oh well. Case in point: my eye. There were some bright points though! My friend who studied musical theatre in London was …

Ups and Downs

A man goes to his Doctor to get the results from some tests. Doctor: I’ve got some good news and some bad news Patient: give me the good news first… Doctor: well you’ll be proud to know we’re naming a new fatal disease after you! That joke is courtesy of my Aunty- who texts me jokes …

The things we turn to…

Knock Knock? Who’s there? Eight Eight who? Don’t you eight it when your bus doesn’t come, you get rained on and everything gets a lot more real. In fact, you love and hate it. The ward adrenaline is immense, the rush intense, medic handwriting doesn’t make sense…. By the way it’s week eight of placement. …

A weekend in the ‘sun’

So I went on holiday this weekend. Shanghai? Sri Lanka? Sharm El Sheikh? Actually Sheffield. Oh yeah, be jealous. It was lovely actually. I stayed with my long-lost housemate Marilyn who is also on placement and we painted the town red. If by that you mean we chatted loads and went round the high street …

The era of less significant birthdays

So I was 22 on Sunday. Yay. Post- 21…does anyone care? lol Well the best present was my family coming up (minus brother who was working, but we spoke on the phone). He got me some chocolate and more frozen stickers: I also got settlers of catan- an epic board game. We played it and …

Grumpy and hangry

Why are we waiting? Tense with anticipating The cold air is grating Now I’m debating When will I get home? Dinner is calling But the bus is stalling Cue me then mauling Snacks found whilst trawling The SU shop You could say I’m a grouch Starting to crouch I just want my couch Hands make …

No social life/ top 5 things to watch on TV

I’m on placement. That is all.   So currently I’m in bed by 9, up and out early and don’t really do much in the evenings. Highlights of the week were getting Frozen stickers from parents for Valentine’s (too cool), free coffee and scone in John Lewis (get a my John Lewis card)  and a …

What do you love?

This week I have been asked to link with the study what you love blog  – which is helpful actually because I’m on placement so my life is my course. Seriously. Placement takes over everything. So if I didn’t love it I’d be in trouble. My Story I’m a bit unusual in that I decided …