I've been a bit anxious about my birthday this year, it's been hard celebrating my life for the last ten years on a date when so many people lost theirs and I knew this year would be particularly poignant and upsetting. Luckily my parents and Thomas were amazing, they took me away for the weekend to the beach and I got lots of hugs and licks from Harry* (in fact he came and sat next to me that birthday morning just to lick my face, I couldn't believe it) so here are a few of my phone photos from the weekend.
I took a few fuji's on the beach too but it was kind of nice to be camera free for the weekend after carrying around 6 in Paris.
Every year on my birthday for the past ten years, I've taken a moment to remember the terrible events that happened in 2001 and then another moment to appreciate everything and everyone in my life, I am truly glad to be alive and to have such amazing people in my life (friends included, how wonderful was yesterday's post?) and all I really wanted this year was to be with the people that I love and to go on the beach... and that's what I got.
*Harry is the dog btw, its totally acceptable for him to lick my face, haha, I thought I better clarify that...
We first met at the University back in 2004. Uni was an amazing time and one of the best bits was our trip to Berlin in 2006 (we look so young!)
We loved our nights out and getting dolled up. This photo is from a Masquerade Ball that we were invited to in 2006. 
Then we went off on our placement year. C and Rhianne saw each other once over this time (C was in Leeds and Rhianne was in London) but we didn’t see G for almost a year because she decided to take herself off to South Africa! We made up for it in Final Year with lots of nights out, random get togethers and fancy dress! 
Before we knew it, it was time to graduate. C and Rhianne stayed in Leeds but G moved back down south (150 miles away sob!) but we were determined to stay in touch. There were lots of events planned from graduation to Disney on Ice, birthdays and a trip to Ireland next month.
Rhianne, you are one of the best. You pick us up when we are down, educate us on cameras (she’s obsessed, didn’t you know?), make us laugh, give us advice and overall you are one of the best friends we could ever had. (You are blubbing now, aren’t you?).
