As I am sat in my bed with a banana smoothie in a mason jar (because apparently I'm one of those people know), my fairy lights on and a playlist that I've been just adoring at 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning with no plans or ideas for the rest of the day (except maybe a few hours watching YouTube videos and playing the Sims) I thought it may be a good idea to reflect on the crazy and hectic week I have had. 

Last Friday (September 5th) I was in the midst of a school basketball game when I heard about 5 or 6 crack noises coming from my ankle; I thought they were just my ankle cracking into place because it does that every now and then, so I continued playing. It wasn't until I got in the car and drove a friend home that I realised my foot was very rapidly swelling, so I left her house and drove (for what seemed like a million hours, but in reality was only about 30 minutes) home to realise that it had swelled even further than half an hour ago. Keep in mind that by the time I arrived home it was around 9.30pm at night so there were no doctors open and I really just wanted to take pain killers, go to bed and assess the situation in the morning. Once I had woken up it had begun to bruise and was even more swollen so I knew I had to go immediately to the doctors. Long story short, I have had basic physio, ultrasounds and x-rays and come to the conclusion that I have done "Stage Three" damage, which is the worst and requires surgery to sew the ligaments back together in my foot as I have completely torn through them all! 

Friday 5 Septmber

Monday 8 September

Thursday 11 September

Aside from that, I had one day of actual school on Monday and then went into Exam Block for the rest of the week (until next Tuesday). My only exams are English (which was last Tuesday) and Maths (which was last Wednesday), so now I am exam free and have had the opportunity to stop, relax and do some serious thinking. It has only just hit me that I only have one (very, very short) term left of school to go and then it's out into the big, wide world and it's time for me to look after myself, no one running after me anymore; and that's terrifying!! Like what am I going to do?? I don't know how to cook! Or clean!! Or entertain guests when people want to come over for drinks and dinner!! I can already tell that being an adult is going to suck!! However, I do have the ability to play ridiculously loud music, watch Disney films whenever I want and eat whatever I want, whenever I want which are all bonuses. 

On top of all of this, I'm also in the process of organising to write a novel… I'm not sure what kind of novel, on what topic or anything but it's just something I've wanted to do for myself and say that I was able to write a novel. Of course, I know it's never going to get published and I don't particularly want it to either but I just want to cross it off my bucket list.

Hopefully the next few weeks are a little less intense.

- Emma xo