The Sunday Post: Graduation Photo Album

That's it, University has officially come to a close and graduation has come and gone. After all of that worrying and anxiousness it actually wasn't that bad. The air con was not working as had previously been stated in an email, but thankfully the ceilings in the auditorium were high enough to get the air circulating so it wasn't claustrophobic. 

It was nice to see all of my friends again and have a good catch up, but it went by so fast! It feels like I wasn't even there. We had to get to the University to pick up the tickets and gowns for 8am, something my parents were not particularly pleased about as they both enjoy a good lie in. We had to stand in a lot of queues for a long time, but eventually everything was sorted, pictures were taken and off we went. In true University of South Wales style, the tickets were sent to the venue instead of the Uni so the ceremony was delayed by 45 minutes, but everything was over fairly quickly. 

Afterwards I raced back to my campus to throw my robes back to the hire people, it was so hot on the day and that teamed with a big heavy robe and no air con made me hotter than I have ever been in my life! I saw people casually strolling around Cardiff still in their cap and gowns hours after the ceremony, I don't know how they managed it, I think I would've died if I'd had to stay in it any longer. 

We were in one of the posher hotels in Cardiff for the two nights we stayed and I have to say the complimentary use of the Jacuzzi was very much welcomed. We had a really amazing meal at the Yard in the Brewery in Cardiff city centre after the ceremony, they had the best chips I have ever tasted in my life! Then later on I met up with two of my friends for some catch up drinks whilst our families chilled out in their hotels. 

I don't think it's really hit me that it's all over yet, I still feel like Uni isn't really fully over. I suppose my brain just doesn't want to think of the vast expanse of unknown life I have in front of me. That's all for now though, I did it, it was fun and now it's all over and it's onwards and upwards from here! 

The Sunday Post: Outfit Shopping & Driving Phobia

A quick sketch of Elsa// Graduation outfit sorted// A bit of meditation before bed// Time to dust my pencils off// Got to love Fat Fridays// 4th of July American style pancakes// My all time favourite music video// Some items for sale on Depop// Trying out the Crest whitening strips//  

This week consisted of mostly graduation outfit shopping and working. I have finally returned to my job and I'm now in the process of re-scheduling myself, getting back into the swing of working life and trying to fit everything I can around work. 

The one issue I'm having with this returning to work thing is that whilst my anxiety was bad, I developed an irrational fear of driving, something that is extremely inconvenient. To try and combat it, I've been dropping and picking my dad up from work every day (a 5-10 minute trip there and back). It has helped and I don't feel as much fear and panic when I think about getting behind the wheel. However the other day we got an email in regards to our graduation ceremony, saying that due to strikes, the air con in our graduation hall may not be working. I was already anxious about being at the ceremony (I have an issue with feeling trapped in those kinds of events) and the added idea that it may be uncontrollably warm has set me back in my anxiousness. Despite this little set back I'm determined to just push through until things start to get easier, live by the good old British motto of 'Keep Calm and Carry On'.

Moving on to some more positive weekly news, I found my graduation outfit! I got the River Island blouse and the pencil skirt from ASOS, the shoes are from Dorothy Perkins and the Fiorelli bag from Debenhams. I did want a nice blazer to throw on after the ceremony, but I couldn't find any I liked that went with the outfit and that I would wear again. 

Other than outfit shopping I've been trying to do more things that I love, like drawing. I managed to get my pencils out and do a quick sketch of Elsa from Frozen, which I'm reasonably proud of. I also finished my #100HappyDays, I never thought I'd be able to see it through till the end but I did! There were a couple of days where I just quickly snapped anything but for the most part I did it properly. 

So that's all for this week, next week I travel down to Cardiff one last time to graduate, I'm both excited and dreading it so we shall see how it all goes. Hope you guys have had a great week and let me know what you've been up to in the comments!