Well here we go again, giving this blogging malarkey another go. As the world slows down for a few months I thought best to use this time to finally write some of the blogs I’ve had planned (like many other people I’m sure!).
Please bare with me as I’m very rusty!
Were living through a very unusually time where the world has been put on pause. I’m sure like everyone, we are all experiencing high and low days, and finding new ways to occupy our minds. I’ve decided to read the biggest book I’ve ever owned (1092 pages and tiny writing..), I ordered some paint and going to give that a whirl – never painted before but thought f**k it, if I cant try now when will I?! And I’m going to resurrect the ol’ blog.
Its been a while (18months!!) since I last checked in, and what a wonderful whirlwind year and half I’ve had. I’ll give you a quick run down of what you’ve missed…
Sept 2018 –
Me and the boy embarked on our second world travel adventures – and it was everything and more. We started in Costa Rica before travelling south round most of South America. We climbed the Inca trail to the magnificent Macchu Piccu, we explored the incredible Amazon rainforest and welcomed the New Year in in Rio De Janero. We jumped on a plane and headed across the oceans to New Zealand to spend a month galavanting round in a camper before heading to the beautiful island of Sri Lanka. Our last pitstop before home was India to celebrate the wonderful and colourful Holi festival.
April 2019 –
Once home we moved north to York, where I finally got a job within the charity sector, something I had been aiming towards for many years now so it definitely softened the blow of being home.
Summer 2019 –
I spent the summer catching up with friends at festivals, beer gardens and parties. Weekends in Europe were some of my favourites, with a beautiful stop in Lake Como and a boozy weekend in Dublin. I was sad to see the sun disappear again for another year. I was fortunate to secure a second job as a Youth Worker at a charity I had spent evenings volunteering at (stay tuned for more on this fabulous charity).
October 2019 –
Me and Josh decided to take a week away to Marrakech, exploring the old Medina before spending a couple of days snd nights basking in the Sahara under the sun and stars. This becoming one of my favourite moments ever as my beautiful boy asked me to marry him. I spent two days without any connection or outside interaction, just enjoying this perfect moment together (cheesy I know).
Nov 2019 –
I came home buzzed and instantly started planning, attending wedding fayres and booking to see venues. Wedding took over most weekends – and I loved it!
Dec 2019 –
Christmas, food, alcohol, cheese, more alcohol and more food. How else do you spend December? We ended the year with a family ski trip and my first time on the slopes – I’m practically pro now, and welcomed in 2020 in the French Alps with fireworks, snow, and wine in hand (naturally).
Jan 2020-
I started the new year on a high with an internal promotion to Fundraising Coordinator at Family Fund. I felt I had finally achieved the role I wanted, trying to do as much good as possible for a worthwhile charity.
We celebrated our engagment over three weekends across our home towns, with all our family and friends and we couldnt have been happier.
Which brings us to now, I’m not going to dwell on our cancelled plans as that’s not going to achieve anything, instead I’m going to try and see this situation as an opportunity to catch up on all the life admin that I struggle to find time to complete – starting with this blog.
Now we are all caught up, and you know how I’m spent the last year or so, I can move on to start telling you about the incredible charities I now work for, and the work they do!
Stay tuned, and I promise I wont disappear again (well for the foreseeable…).
Love and hugs,
G x
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