Goodbye 2012...

So, 2012? It has been a year of of big decisions, mainly revolving around university; did I want to go to uni?What course would I study? For me, it was like the first major step in deciding what I wanted to do for basically the rest of my life. I look back now and I realise that it's okay to change my mind but it's good I put a lot of thought into it!  Like many, the grades I got in my ALevel exams determined whether I went to university or not (no pressure) which meant due to work(school) and exams, a large period of my year was quite stressful. But, it has also been a year of new experiences, the biggest being that I started my first year of university and my first holiday with friends. So there have been great moments in my year too!

As I go through my Facebook looking for photos to upload to this post, it seemed my life was pretty much non-existent from January to June ha. Life for me was a pretty, standard and boring routine: Wake up, School, Home, Homework, Bed.  So, fast forwarding to May/June, I took my final set of exams..and the stress of it was finally over (well kinda, I still had to wait for my results). June 28th came along and I was FREEE!! 

I have put together a small photo timeline showing the highlights of the rest of my year...

This was the very last day at school. Surprisingly, I wasn't as sad as I thought I would be. It felt like the goodbye to this 'chapter' in my life was overdue and even though I would miss seeing my friends everyday, classmates and school of 7 years, it was time to move on. Hopefully, the people I cared about most would be in this next chapter, which was comforting :)

My school leaving prom. 

At the airport for a much needed holiday to Turkey!

Dinner at a Turkish restaurant.

Boat trip.

Hotel

My summer holiday was basically spent relaxing, playing tennis, enjoying my free time with family and friends and then results day came. Hard work had paid off and I got the grades to go to university!

Week 1

Bonfire Night

This year has had its ups and downs, but I'm thankful for all the experience it has given me. Good bye 2012!
Marian x