The mindless rambling of yet another Sophie

// Trigger warning - death discussion.  Just thought I'd pop this here in case that upsets anyone. I don't go into graphic detail but just discuss my own fears. -- If you know me you will know that I love the fantasy genre. I don't care if it's books, films or games I love it. The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies are some of my favourite films and I'd be lying if I said that I hadn't gone through a Twilight phase in school. The interview with the vampire movie is also one of my favourites but I do desperately need to get onto reading the books (I know, I know I am an awful fan). As with a lot of other people in my generation the Harry Potter series is also of course a staple of my childhood though again I must admit I was late to the party when it came to reading the books. (Again, I'm a bad fan). But, if I really had to boil it down my favourites are vampires and elves. Now a lot of people like vampires for their Gothic portrayal and dark, sedu...

Moving is one of those things that is stressful and I don't think I've found a single person yet who hasn't had atleast one stressful moment whilst moving. I never moved house as a child however in my adulthood I have moved out 3 times. This time is sort of my 4th. I say sort of because we are putting our stuff into storage for the summer then moving back - we're in uni accomodation. Also, as a side note I've loved uni accomodation (stayed in 2 different kinds) and I know some of my friends have hated it so unfortunately it really is down to the uni I'm afraid. Anyway, the point of this post is to make a list of the things I've learned through my experiences in moving. Maybe you can relate or maybe you could learn/prepare yourself after hearing some of the mistakes I've made along the way. 1. It's going to be stressful. Accept that fact now and trust me you'll be better off for it. FINDING somewhere to live is hard enough and you think yo...