Life as a Mum and Student; the good, the bad and the downright ugly!

What a week it has been! Unfortunately for the last week I have been very ill, yet again. It honestly couldn't be worse at this time of my studies. I began feeling very ill last Thursday and it just escalated from then and I unfortunately had to take another trip on Easter Sunday to hospital where I was diagnosed with yet another viral...

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So it's been a busy few days being a mum and student for me. On Tuesday I was working all day and then had to rush home to get Cerys organised for a Dance Competition she was taking part in which was for all the school's in the district. I had 20 minutes to get in the house, do funky hair and makeup...

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Being a mum and student means that my social life has pretty much went out the window over the past 4 years. So it was great to have a break away from everything at the weekend to attend the christening of one of my best friends daughter. Beautiful baby Emily xx It felt great to let my hair down and catch up with...

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So yesterday I went for a Graduate Assessment interview with a company that I've been keen to work with for a while and maybe you can guess from the title, but today I got a phone call to say that I got the job!!!!!!!! Girls are happy mum got the job!! Right now I am in such a little bubble, I cannot believe...

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Why do we do this to ourselves?! Haha, not the best  selfie!! The struggles us mums go through to try and remain youthful! So I'm not long back from a 4 hour appointment at the hairdressers, to try and beautify myself a bit for my interview on Tuesday and get rid of those ever increasing grey hairs! It's 4 hours out the day...

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So, I've not been blogging for the past couple of days as my schedule had been so busy and I really feel like I've been meeting myself coming back! My Godson Austin xx We had some great news two nights ago though, my best friend Paula gave birth to this wee handsome man. Meet my GODSON Austin!! Yes I'm saying Godson as I...

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What a strange couple of days it's been. There has certainly been a major mix of emotions over the weekend.  So firstly, I've not been very well over the weekend, suffering from fluey type symptoms. It's been one of those weekends I've felt really sorry for myself and have had many emotional breakdowns. I always feel so emotionally unstable when I'm unwell, lol...

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Baby's on the loose! from Emma Knox on Vimeo. Mark filmed this wee terror 3 nights ago climbing up on the sofa, on to the window ledge and opening the window! I had been out collecting Cerys from dancing and when he showed me the video on our return. my heart was in my mouth!  Now, it's not that Isla-Rose was in any...

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So, I couldn't do a blog about being a mum at university without mentioning the people that have played an integral part of my journey. I really could not do everything I do without two very special people; my Mum and Mark's Mum, yip it's the grannies! We really are blessed to have mums who have good health and are able to watch...

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Isla-Rose starting her Harry Potter obsession young! Since its World Book Day, I'd thought I'd have a short post about, my favourite pastime; reading. Unfortunately these days the only books I'm reading are technology textbooks and research material but I cannot wait to have time again to have some me time and do some reading. It's when I feel the most relaxed and can...

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Blogging is taking over my life! As I’ve previously mentioned, this blog has been created for my Digital Marketing module at uni, however I do have other coursework that I need to do AND of course the main one, my dissertation. This blog is only supposed to be a small part of my module but has completely hijacked my life. The extra time I should be spending...

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I want to get back to this, I want a toned tummy again! This picture was taken nearly 3 years ago, pre baby number 2. I was coming to the end of my first year at uni and life felt like a breeze (even though I remember thinking it was soooo stressful, oh how wrong I was!!) I remember being able to come...

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