Finally!

Hooray! After two afternoons of being sat in the library typing up blogs, I have them all written from the last week! Yes! Accomplished! Not much interesting has happened the past few days, so there isn't really much to write about. Apart from one thing which was fun, that will be my post today! Then how about another, how I feel about the move? Yeah? I have to, I only have 13 days left in England!

So, the big event was my day, then night, with Elise. She came down to base at 11, as we''d decided we'd hang out. To start off with we wandered to the other half of the base's housing to see if we could figure out where Devante lives. We couldn't. So we went back to TLF to use the computers. When we were coming out, we bumped into Chris, Xavier and Miles. We thought we'd hang out with them for a bit, and ended up spending the rest of the day with them.

We were at the park next to TLF pretty much the whole time, apart from when we went to the BX to buy some more plastic bubbles. Those things were so much fun! You blow the bubble up, but then you can touch it and mess with it and stuff. They come it different colours too! Its was fun!

When Elise's mum came to pick us up, we said goodbye, and ran off. When we got to Elise's, we thought we'd go to the skate park, but the cricket team was practising on the field, so we couldn't. Then we thought we'd knock for Ariel, but she was doing homework. So we ended up, in Elise's back garden, making daisy chains. they were super cute! Then Sophia, Elise's little sister, came outside, and I put some flowers in her braid. She is such a cutie! I want to steal her away!

Ariel came round when she was finished and we all messed around in the front garden. Then, when Sophia had to go in, we three walked to Hinchingbrooke Park for the evening, it was a nice walk around, and we played and talked and scared each other, as teenagers do. We laughed at some of the slut who walked through and got some dirty looks, but it was all worth it!

When we went back, Ariel went back to hers and Elise and I decided to make Jelly. It didn't work. Oh well. We also watched a movie, but Elise got bored off it so we Urban Dictionary'ed our names and random words, then she fell asleep. I was still wide awake though so i checked facebook and some other things.

Well, Sam has walked off, I better go and find him!

SophieEleonore. xx

Suncream Would Be Nice (May 25)

Today, Sam, Nanna, Peter and I went to the beach. I wore my swimming stuff and shorts so I could tan and swim. Unfortunately, there was a nasty wind blowing which meant it was too cold to swim. However, being sat in the shelter of some rocks, it was nice enough to tan. So, while Sam dug a whole, caught fish, and flew the kite, Nan and Peter went for a stroll and I lapped up the sun. I regretfully didn't put any suncream on though. Now I'm rubbing lotion on to stop it peeling!

Once Nan and Peter returned, Sam and I decided to build a castle. Don't hate. We had fun and my poor back got more sun. I flew the kite for a bit, then we went for lunch in Bamburgh Castle. It was the first time any of us had been inside. We looked around the rooms, my favourite was the Great Hall. Don't know why though...

For lunch, I forgot to say, I had a crab sandwich and a prawn one. Let me explain! I didn't eat two! Nan got crab, I got prawn and we split - half and half. I have been craving crab since I went to Xavier's and they were eating it.

We ate, looked around the castle then... Ice-cream. Bubblegum Ice-cream. It was delicious, once it was all gone, we drove to the little wooden toy shop. Its cute, i made a bracelet, it says 'BITE:)ME' it was 2.60 with a leather band. I also got a cats cradle, I haven't seen one since primary school! I still remember all the patterns, its great!

Golly, my back is sore.

SophieEleonore. xx

Mental Note to Self (May 25)

Hair goes frizzy if you don't condition it after shampoo.

SophieEleonore. xx

Again with the Weather (My 24)

So, after the freaky fog, it got super nice and hot again. Lurveley! This afternoon we went to Howick Hall to meet Nans friend Julia. She was lovely and chatty, bought us all afternoon tea in the hall. Banana milkshake and another scone hit it up in my belly. God! I eat so much junk!

Once we'd strolled around the gardens, we went to a little cove thing, it was cute, we had a wander round. When that was finished, we drove back to Julia's and she said she'd take us to a spa! Not really a spa though, just a pool. With a hot tub, sauna and steam room... It was fun though, we had a laugh.

On the drive home we stopped for chips! They were five minutes out from closing. (Bloody chippy's shutting at nine!) We drove back along the coastal road and saw the barn owl again. Stopped at the base of Bamburgh Castle to eat the chips. Now we're home and I'm in bed.

Hand cramping!

SophieEleonore. xx

The Weather Changes Like Fashion (May 24)

Wow. Looking outside right now you wouldn't imagine it was 27 degrees this morning. We all thought today was going to be beautiful, and it started off so, but now (1:56pm) it looks quite the opposite.

We decided that today we would travel to St. Cuthberts cave. It was boiling hot. I noticed especially as the only dry shirt I have left is a black one. Joy. We trekked up a hill. Again. It was steep. Butt looks great. And we started along a trail. About half way there I jump around a puddle and what do I nearly tread on? A snake. An adder to be exact, well we think it was an adder. I screamed! The other people on the path stopped to stare. Awkward. It wasn't nice.

The cave itself was okay, not my cuppa tea, but yeah... When we were walking back, the same place we saw the snake, there was a super cute newt/lizardy thing. I wounder if it was a great crested newt like the ones on Alco? I was the first one to the car by like 10 minutes, so I called Elise. So what if she is still in school, its lunchtime, so of course she wants to hear my voice. We chatted for a while, then she had to go.

Once we were finished at the cave, we drove to some little farm shop and had lunch. I had half an egg and cress on brown and half a tomato and cucumber on white. It was delish! Then, as we ordered a course meal, I had a fruit scone, a caramel slice, a meringue, and a slice of lemon drizzle. God that makes me sound so fat. I don't care, it was great!

We're back at the cottage now because the fog rolled in. We went into the cafe for 30 mins. It was gorgeous when we went in. We come out and it is foggy, and cool. We were supposed to have a walk along the beach. I was going to swim, but no.

Its foggy.

SophieEleonore. xx

Too... Hot... (May 23)

My bed, was creaking. Hitting the wall. Too much noise. I'm the only one in the room, and its boiling hot. I'm only wearing a baggy shirt and I want to tear my skin off. So now I've moved all my stuff to the other bed.

Tired. Night!

SophieEleonore. xx

Catch Up! (May 23)

Feels like I haven't written in ages! Even though it was only two days ago. I guess you feel it more when you're writing it out by hand rather than typing. I can't remember what the last thing I wrote about was. 'Please hold while I check.'  Cheesy Elevator Music

Ah yes. My book and before that, Holy Island. I finished reading. Cried again. Its such an amazing story. I love it, so much. So yesterday, what did I do...? Oh Yeah! We (Sam, Mum, Chris, Nan and I), Peter doesn't like water, took a boat trip out the Farne Islands. These Islands are famous breeding grounds for birds. Especially Puffins!

I always thought Puffins were the size of small penguins, but they aren't. They're tiny! When they fly, because they can, I didn't know that either, they look like they are struggling so bad! Its quite hilarious! There are these other birds called Arctic Terns, they get territorial. They peck people to make them go away. The one guy got pecked on the nose, it started bleeding, and another on the ear. Hilar! Oh! And there were seals! They were beautiful...

That was yesterday, the day my annoying brother read all that I've written so far. (He is asking all these questions about Xavier now - dweeb.)

Today Mum, Sam, Chris and I went to Berwick-upon-Tweed, or something like that... We walked, and walked, and ate lunch, and walked some more. Up hill, down hill, along rivers, over bridges... I have a great butt now, thanks to all the walking. We were looking at some old city wall ruins and stuff, pretty cool. However, if you've seen one ruined castle, you've seen 'em all.

After we'd finished walking, we drove to Scotland. I've never been before! It's one more country I can tick off the list. Yay! It was beautiful! So hilly, and sunny. Has been great here all week. We went to a little cove/beach thing. I got my shorts out the trunk and swam! Well, waded up to my thighs. I have a great tan on my upper half now though! I had an argument with Sam on the way home and punched him (gently) on the side of the head. Didn't end well...

Now its nearly eight nine and I'm watching the sun setting over the forest from the window seat in my room. The window is open and I can hear the birds, a train going by and the faint roar of the ocean miles down the gentle hill at the back of the house. The clouds are pastel colours, blue, yellow, pink and browny/purple. The clouds are silhouetted against it, a faint grey. Stunning.

Nan and Mum are home now, write again tomorrow!

SophieEleonore. xx

Bloody Books (May 21)

Okay, so all day today I have been reading this book. I love it, read it a million times. So, I know whats gunna happen. But when you read it so much the answer to the issue seems so obvious. It pisses me off.

The Host - Stephanie Meyer

I recommend it.

SophieEleonore. xx

Busy Day on Holy Island (May 20)

So today I got a bit of a lie in - if 9.30 counts? Got up, had breakfast and was off out the door as quick as a cricket! Whoosh! We were gone. We went to the Holy Island.

The Holy Island is a small island off the coast of Northumberland and has a road to it which get covered at high tide. It has a cute little village and a church. A priory also. Then out on a peninsula, a castle. It's beautiful! I think the island used to be home to Monks. I'm not sure though. I know there was a monk who lived alone in a small rock/house/island just off the coast of the Holy Island. Does that count?

It was such a busy day, when I got in, I took a nap. Again. For the second day in a row. I love sleeping and as it is the summer holidays for me now, I can do as much as the family will let me. I've also been showering a heck of a lot. I love water. So much. I feel amazing just feeling water around me.  So when Nan said she wanted to walk along the beach, of course I went with her!

The second the car stopped I had my jeans around my knees (pulled up), my shoes and socks off and was running to the ocean. It was a breezy evening on the beach, however, I couldn't feel it. I could only feel the sand between my toes and the sun on my back as I sprinted for the water! Oh! It was so cold! Once my feet were used to it, I was running through the water once again laughing and posing for pictures.

When we got back I found that Macala, my step-sister, had gone into labour with baby Adeline. Yay! I'm super excited for her! But my head hurts now, busy day. Another coming tomorrow aswell! Joy. I wish I could just sleep. That would be great.

Goodnight people of the world.

SophieEleonore. xx

Shout Outs?! (May 20)

Wow! For the first time, I've been asked to do a shout out! Yay! That makes me feel great. He asked me to o this a few days ago, but I forgot to add it to my last entry!

Check this blog out! Its like mine - living/moving overseas:

Over Seas As A American

Write later with more from today!

SophieEleonore. xx

(May 19) No Internet - Joy

Hmm... Where to start? Last time I wrote was Thursday. It is now Saturday evening. Lets talk about Friday. Then I can talk about today. First, however, let me explain how I'm doing this. I have no internet. No computer. Nothing but a notebook and a pen.

I'm sat in bed with my old notebook from school. It is my computer at the moment and I will use it for when I cannot write online. It is not a diary, if it was, my brother would steal it. He always does if I write one. Thats another reason I wrote a public journal. He doesn't read them because its not impotant if its public. What he doesn't know is that it really is.

Anyway! Friday was a pretty amazing day. It was Chris' retirment ceremony, he has done his 20 years. It was great, we had a conference room in the 'Stukeley Inn' and the ceremony ran smooth. When Chris got up to make his speech, he choked up. Never seen him cry before. It was wierd... But he got over it soon enough. After the official things were sorted we all went out for lunch. It was so much fun. We were all laughing and eating cake. The Americans parked on double yellow lines - illegally. And we parked in a private church car park,. Oh Well!

Once the eating was over everyone headed home. We got back just in time to see the run. People were doing the mile for something, I don't know. Sam did it and came fifth. Well done him! I went to the school and saw a bunh of my friends. Then went to the park with Kim for an hour. Miles joined us part way through. Emma text me asking to go to the bowling alley with her at 4.30 so I did. She grabbed some food so I walked her home and headed to the school to sit with Jada till her mum came to get her.

Jada and I sat and talked for ages. Xavier came over and invited me to go bowling with him, Miles and Chris that evening. I sorta like Xavier a smidge so obviously didn't deny. The evening came and we all hung out. Didn't bowl, just played some pinball then wandered the base. It was fun. Till I had to go home.

Xavier offered to walk me back, I accepted. But Chris and Miles followed - annoying! I was going to tell Xavier I like him, but not in front of them. So I facebooked him and explained. Not telling the reply. Leave you hanging!

This morning we were uup early and on the road by nine. Or was it ten? I can't remember, it was early. The first hour (of four) I was with Chris, Mum and Sam. Then, we met Nanna and Peter for breakfast. I switched cars and joined them. I mainly read for the next three hours. But when nan put 'Mary Chapen-Carpenter' on, I counld't help but stop to sing along!

The cottage we are staying in this week is super cute! Its tiny and has the most amazing view of the ocean and the Holy Island. Did I tell you where I'm staying? Near Alnwick, Northumberland. It was beautiful today. Blue skies and sunshine! There are three rooms. One single, one double and one with a bunk-bed and two singles. The last is mine. Sam is on the bunk and Nanna and I have a single each. Mum and Chris have the double and Peter is in the single downstairs.

I think I'm out of colours now? And my hand is cramping. Later!

SophieEleonore. xx

It's Here.

It's here. The moment I have been dreading the longest has arrived. I had to give my laptop back to the school today, so now I have to walk to the library every time I want to check facebook, or write a blog. The blogging is fine, and hour every evening, but I'm a hopeless facebook addict, so I'm going to start having withdrawal symptoms. Oh well. I guess its just something I'm going to have to get used to...

Today was my last day in school till August/September time. I love it, I'm so super excited, freakishly long summer holiday here I am! Whoop! My friends bought a pizza for us to eat at lunch today, and a box of cans of soda, and we all ate under the tree. Which is the first place we all at lunch together. It bought back old memories. Quentin made a toast to all the good times and made me cry. But I know I'm going to see them all again. I have Dragonfest to go to!

I made the stupid mistake of forgetting to pack my extra battery for my school laptop, so now mum and Chris have to pay for a replacement one... On top of that, they have to pay for my Dragonfest shirt too because one of the teachers bought it for me because I kept forgetting to take the money in for it... Whoopsie! Oh well, at least now I have another memo of Alco High School to go along with my giant foam finger from the first Football game I watched. Ahaha!

Everything is gone from my mind. I was thinking about what to write when I walked over and- I remembered. 12 Kingdoms. I'm hooked on this anime show. Its pretty good, all in Japanese, I have to read the sub titles, but I don't care. Its a pretty good show. You guys should watch it, I'm on the eighth episode right now. There are like 60-something. I have to watch them again when I'm in the states, but knowing my luck, I will forget about them and it'll be horrible.

Well yeah, I'm now awkwardly sat in the library, staring at the screen trying to remember what I was going to type about again... Urmmm... How about another how I'm feeling about the move? Yes...? No...? Well, You aren't going to be able to answer till I finish and publish this, so... Yes.

I'm super excited. But fed up of it all at the same time right now. I just want it over and done with. I want to be in America, looking for some decent food. In my shorts. And my tank top. Without worrying about dying from frost bite...  Though in saying that, it has been really nice lately. So I'm happy with that. But its never going to reach 35 degrees in England! Lets face it!

That seems like a decent amount to be able to publish now. Later!

Sophie Eleonore. xx

A Few More

Yay! I have time to write a few more blogs straight onto the internet! Woow! Less hand cramp for Sophie! Well what to write about today? Band concert.

For the past quarter we have been practising for our final concert of the year. The Beginning Band would open, followed by the Choir, and finally, the Advanced Band (that's me). The songs we played were:

Manhattan Beach

Emperata Overture - My Big Solo was in this piece

The Magic of Mozart

Fitzwillam Suite

Phantom of the Opera Medley

Marches of the Armed Forces

They all sounded super pretty, but my favourite was Emperata Overture, even though I didn't hear most of it. As my solo was getting closer, I was getting more and more scared. My heart began to beat so loudly in my chest that by the time it got to the solo, I couldn't count the time, thankfully, after three months of practising, I didn't screw up. Proud face!

My knee started really hurting when I got in, so now I'm lying in bed, waiting for it to stop. I know it will be bruised and sore tomorrow, but know where near as bad a poor Matt's ankle. He broke it. Clean. Sharp. Broken. He posted a picture of his x-ray on facebook, and its scary how neat the break is. But at least it will heal easily... I feel so bad for him. He's in track and now he won't be able to finish the season, or go to Europeans anymore... Bless him.

Well, I'm shattered. Good night world! (Especially all those new people in Germany and France)

Sophie Eleonore. xx

I Will Take Over The World And Make Homework Illegal

Suddenly, this is right around the corner, I move out of my house tomorrow into temporary lodging on the Air Base. Its so nerve racking! However, because of this, it also means I probably won't be able to write as often. Though, I do have a note book and a million pens in my bag, so I will still be writing these, you just won't get to read them all right away. I loose my laptop on Thursday when I hand it back into the school. However, I will be using the library to update as often as I can get over there.

Today, well, this weekend I spent the time at my dads, but I only managed to get round there Saturday evening. I had to stay home so mum could make something for me, and finish some homework, which I'm still doing now actually. I hate homework, it should be illegal. That is what I will do. I will take over the world and make homework illegal.

Unfortunatly I have no idea if this weekend will have been the last weekend I get to spend at my dads house, I have to ask my mum if there is any chance I can go round there again. I doubt it will be able to happen though, we have so much planned. Chris' retirment ceremony, then we are in Northumblerland for a week, then I'm spending the afternoon with my friend, then I have a doctors appointment, the day after that is Dragonfest, then Sam has Orientation for his next rank in Scouts. That puts us through to the start of June. 11 days later we are off to the airport to go to Germany for a couple of days. Golly, I'm so busy!

All my bags are packed ready to move out now. I have a giant suitcase filled with clothes and books and note pads and everything! We have so much stuff! I love how the airlines allow military to have two giant bags, we filled one duffle bag purely with shoes! Its great! (I just finished that homework, and now I feel epic! 'MoneySuperMarket Adverts FTW!) Now, I'm pretty sure I promised you guys an essay on how stressed I was feeling a few days back. Well I can tell you all that stress is now gone, and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted, however, I will still post the essay. So here it is:

Sophie Mobius

Honours English

Essay 30 – Don’t tell me Quarter 3 was Hard

            Don’t tell me, that the third quarter was hard. Many people think that dropping school a month early is all fun and games, it isn’t. You can’t just drop; you still have to do the work, maybe not as much, but a lot of it, in a compressed amount of time. It isn’t easy. A lot of people thought that quarter 3 was cruel, but what I feel is cruel, is having two months of work to do, in two weeks.

            I have cried myself to sleep virtually every night the past week, because I haven’t had a spare second on top of all the work. I even had to take a day off because of stress, and I ended up working on things all through that day. I’m yearning for some teachers to be volatile, and decide to cut some more work off for me, but it is highly unlikely. I’m wary of going into a certain class now, for fear the teacher will assign more work for me to do, I feel veneered and trapped by the piles of work surrounding me. I wish I could have had more time to do this!

            Yes there are some bonuses with leaving school early, a long summer holiday, more time to relax and wrangle with my brother… and lots of ice-cream; however, to get this, you have to go through a lot of stress. Now, most people will think all the work is easy, and two weeks to complete it will be fine. However, some teachers didn’t give me the work until the two weeks was here, I even have one teachers work to do, in two days. You will think I’m exaggerating. I can assure you, I’m not.

            Now the time has come to hand all the work in, and I have realised just how much I have to do. It’s a lot. I have essay’s galore stacking up. A painting to complete that I started on Monday because that’s when it was assigned, thankfully I just finished my math year.

Now I’m stressed and had writers block. So I started rambling, and managed to scrap an essay from it I think. I guess it is a good idea to just write your train of thought down and then see where it takes you. This would make a good conclusion to what I’ve been saying. However, I haven’t written enough yet and I have to add some vocab words in, time to go through it again.

So think of me in venerability because I did what I thought to be impossible. I wrote three mini essays, two big essays, made millions of notes, taught myself algebra, read two books, well maybe not quite all of the two books, read and answered all the questions for an entire chapter of science, mimicked a Georgia O’Keefe piece, all in two weeks. While being sick with a cold, plus being stressed, plus trying to keep up a decent social life and move country. Oh, and finals. Now, be wry, tell me quarter three was hard.

By the way, the bold words are the vocab word I had to put somewhere in there, I just threw a couple around, not sure if they fit, but oh well!

Now I'm sure you guys have had enough to read for one post! I will write again as soon as I can!
Sophie Eleonore. xx
 

Reality Is Kicking In

So reality is kicking in now... Everything is seeming so much more real than it did two weeks ago. The packers came yesterday for the first few bits, and they will be back again on Monday and Tuesday to pack everything else... I'm starting to live out of a suitcase with all my essentials in it to. This is going to be something to get used to. 

We move out of our house on Monday, and into temporary lodging on the Air Base. Its cool though, a lot of my friends will be closer, and we get a bungalow, so we wont be stuck in a tiny TLF flat. We are madly cleaning the place at the moment, painting over walls, getting the mud off of all the things that have been outside, and I still have all that homework to do! 

I suppose you want to know this two. We are going to the airport today. My step-brother, Mike, is going back today. His flight leaves in just over five hours, so we have to drive him down there... Its super exciting because I know we will be getting driven down there in exactly a month!

Oh my gosh! I just looked at the date, May 12th. I leave for Germany on June 12th, then from Germany to some place in Georgia on June 15th... Woah, that's scary! Things really are going to be getting real soon!

I died my hair, trying to get back to my natural blond, but as I died it red, its taking a lot of effort to get it out again. We thought we'd just dye it blond. That didn't work. At all. So mum bought me a hair stripper. To get all the colour out. (My mum did not buy me a hairy stripper. For those of you who read that wrong.) And it worked, the red left... But not all of it. I had a light ginger/blond coloured hair. I liked it, but mum didn't and I was still wanting my natural colour back. So, when mum's friend came round she bought a hair lightener with her and forced me to put it in my hair, despite the fact I didn't want to. I am not bright ginger. I don't care that the colour is ginger. I find gingers quite sexy actually. But not my hair is florescent, neon orange. 

I cannot believe its exactly a month now...

Sophie Eleonore. xx

Can't Remember....

Honestly cannot remember the last time a did a lot of things. Breathing, relaxing, writing a blog and tumblring are just a few of them. I'm so swamped with homework, I barely have time to sleep... I hate it.

So, now I can't concentrate again. And I can't be bothered to write another word so: Later I will post the essay I wrote about how stressed I am. That should clear things up!

Turah for now!

Sophie Eleonore. xx

Fuck Men.

Fuck men. Fuck boys. Fuck the male race completely. I just cannot be bothered with guys right now, at all! I mean, if you are going to dump me, at least tell me. Don't just change your relationship status on Facebook and wait for me to log on and find out myself. I mean, what did I do to deserve that? I stayed up late every night to get the chance to chat to you. I got up early every morning for the same reason. But no. Apparently I don't deserve an explanation, or even a message. Pathetic.

Do you know what else really pisses me off? When people don't tell me things I need to know. Like if you are going to take me out to get something right after school, tell me. Especially if you know I normally stay after to practice band pieces. I turn my phone off normally in school, so calling me isn't going to work. Well, I guess I'm leaving it on from now on otherwise you might forget to let me know things in advance.

Yesterday was a pretty shitty day for me. Can you tell? Yeah, I got dumped silently, got taken out to get something that I can't actually use! And cried about 3 bucket loads. Yeah. Shit, I know. 

I wish I could tell people things though, about me. Nothing bad, just things I wish I could talk about, but I can't. Again, nothing bad (aimed at you dad, I know you're reading this). Actually anybody reading this, don't freak out! I'm completely fine, most of you know it anyway. But some people don't, and I like it this way. Don't call me if you have my number, if you don't know now, I'll tell you in my own way. Chill out. 

Anyway, I just got in from school and have a bunch of homework...

Sophie Eleonore. xx