October Round-up

Where did October go? I can't believe it's November already, this year is flying. I've been really bad at blogging this month. If I've not been working, I've been watching Breaking Bad (which I've now finished, sob) or going out here, there and everywhere.

I had a week off work last week, which was great. I don't think I spent a day at home. October has become gig month for me. Everyone seems to head out on tours at this time of year. I went with my sister to see Kids In Glass Houses, for the final time, which was quite an emotional show all in all! Last week, I went to see Black Stone Cherry with Airbourne and Theory of a Deadman, you can read what I thought about that here. I also saw Twin Atlantic who were incredible, and on Halloween it was a double night out seeing Rock of Ages at the theatre and then Royal Blood afterwards, which was probably the sweatiest gig I've been to for a long time.

At the beginning of the month, me and my mum took part in a Memory Walk for the Alzheimer's Society. It's something that has been quite personal, as my grandma was diagnosed with it a few years ago, so we thought we'd try and raise some money for a wonderful cause. We raised a lot more than we expected, so that felt like a real success. The walk itself was really easy, and it ended up being a sunny day.

As I spent Halloween in dingy rock clubs and theatres, me and my pals celebrated a day later. We all dressed up and went on a night out. Cliche, I was a cat, complete with Claire's Accessories sequined ears, New Look 90's choker and dark purple lipstick.

I went to a university open day last week to get some more information on the course I was planning to do. I say, was, as everything's kind of been thrown up in the air. The head of the course advised me against doing a foundation year, as I already have a degree so I would be accepted onto another fairly easy. I just need to make my application stand out. So, in order to that I've got to take up some form of human biology and get plenty of voluntary/work experience in similar fields. It's all scary, and exciting and stressful all at the same time.

November is probably going to be slightly dull. There's a few gigs coming up, another university open day, but that's about it so far. I'm sure most of my time will be spent at work or looking for presents for the dreaded C-word. Hopefully I'll find more things to blog about this month and make more time for it, because I really want this to work.