Too much time on my hands!

Whilst waiting for my Polish lessons and Native teaching course to being and with Pawel in University of Fashion design 4 days a week, I am finding myself with plenty of time to myself. I know I should enjoy all this spare time as, come next week when my Polish lessons begin I bet I will be praying for a bit more free time.
I braved the outdoors alone, in an attempt to take the bus and tram into the city centre to go shopping and I actually didn't get lost! I am finding I can understand Polish much more than I can write or speak it. In fact, I don't really have a clue on Polish spellings but that can wait.
I have found myself filling my notebook with lists. Random to-do lists, what I want to buy lists, names I like ( I am NOT thinking of having a baby anytime soon, I just think it's fun!) story ideas and a goals list. Whether I'll actually complete any of these lists is another matter, it just fills in the time!                              I am also following beauty vlogs and channels on the 'how to and style' youtube channels. The two in particular being :  'queenbeeuty' and 'beautycrush.'  ( I love them!) It's actually got me thinking I would like to get onto a beauty course? Perhaps make up for stage and screen, like making zombies and other monsters, although I know it would take a lot of experience and know how and I would probably have to start with a typical beauty course. I think it would be fun and interesting. There is a beauty school in Warsaw so maybe I will do a course after finishing my Polish lessons around July time. 


 I know what you are thinking .. 'GET A LIFE LOREN!' But hey, it beats reading up on English grammar for my teaching course!  :)

Microgynon 30

Those hellish little yellow pills.

For a year and a half I had been taking these pills, unaware of the consequences I faced everyday due to them.

I knew my personality had changed, darkened. I had no energy and wouldn't want to go out with friends. I felt heavy and lifeless and felt myself uncontrollably being bitter and bitchy to everyone I loved and cared about. I wasted the last year of my Uni life being miserable (although part of that was due to being stuck in Crewe!) and I couldn't pinpoint a valid reason.

Of course, my boyfriend got the worst of it. My ridiculous ups and downs, energy spouts and sleepy spells, he could tell I wasn't myself and always asked if there was anything he could do to help, to which I would snap 'no.'
It was Pawel who suggested trying to stop using Microgynon (the contraceptive pill) and of course I stopped using it straight away. After a week I had noticed a huge difference in my temperament and really my entire personality. I became myself again, happier, carefree and much more full of life. I was lighter and relaxed, my weight stopped fluctuating and I looked forward to life again . 

I can't believe I had let myself suffer the dreadful side effects of the pill for so long, letting it change who I was and almost sacrificing the relationships I have. Nothing is worth that. I swear I am never going to touch those pills again and I am throwing the 10 months stash I have left in the bin! 

:O

I have always read ELLE magazine. Its pages are filled with things I am interested in : Fashion, Make up, Health and interesting photography. One magazine can take a whole week for me to digest everything properly, I especially love the make up pages near the end of the magazine. I love how it can transform a face, the textures and colours. Although I don't wear much make up myself,  I love to look at the pictures all the same. I was one of those children who broke into their mothers make up bag, swirling the glittery 1990's colours all over my face and thinking the lipstick smears on my cheek and eyeliner on my lips made me look so grown up and cool!
Anyway, to get back to the point, I was craving an issue of ELLE the other day and actually managed to find some ..in ENGLISH!  Ah, I was so excited.. until I noticed the price! It was priced as 37 Zl! Which is around £8.50! As if! It is usually £3.40 ish and although that is still very expensive for a magazine, I just couldn't justify spending that much on a magazine fix! I'll just have to remember to stock up when I go home for christmas in 3 months!

first month here!

I have to say, my first month here has really flown by.  I'm still as foreign as ever but I have got a placement at the native speaking course and yesterday I enrolled into a Polish school, so hopefully it won't be long until I can say a bit more than 'thank you' or 'socks!'
Pawel is currently on his fashion design course which has him gone four times a week, so I am determined to use this new found time to write! I am actually finding it hard to write without a deadline, so I have decided to set personal deadlines to hopefully help get myself moving. As I have recently been spending my time exploring the depths of my wardrobe somehow hoping to stumble across a brand new expensive item I had totally forgot I had bought or watching every film to be found in our room, despite the language being totally incomprehensible! . . HELP!
I am going to learn how to use the public transport so I can take the bus and trams into the city centre and go exploring or simply find a pretty café, where I can just go and take my new little laptop and write a story :)


Its a nuisance being in such a pretty city with pretty shops (the Zara shops here are my favourite) and me being so silly with money. Seriously, I have bought quite a lot. Shopping gives such a buzz and the second I walk out of the shops, bags in hand, I suddenly feel awful for spending money! I swear when I come home for christmas, I'll be looking like this.. 

Interview!

Before coming to Poland, I applied for a CELTA teaching course in Warsaw where I can learn how to teach and looks great on my CV.  Unfortunately I sent the CV and pre course test to the wrong address and wouldn't be able to get onto the intensive course I wanted as the places fill up quickly (only 4-5 people get onto the course each term.)
About half an hour ago I had a phone call from the company, saying they have just received my application form and would like to interview me on Saturday for the part time course - every Saturday for FIVE months!!  Of course it came as a massive surprise as I hadn't applied for their October course but hey, I'm not going to turn it down!
So this is going to be my first interview... ever!  :O
So the next two days are going to be spent with my nose in between my copy of 'grammar and punctuation for dummies' as I have to say my grammar is pretty rusty, but I'm so glad somethings turned up :D