Happy Thoughts

A little round up of what's been putting a smile on my face recently

The Duck Pond. -I will never tire of this park. 

• It was Easter last Sunday and although we had no actual Easter eggs, Noah and I made Easter nests together. Then this weekend my dad came down to visit for the day and surprised us with late eggs from my mum (she never forgets) so lots of chocolate has been consumed!
• Lettuce has literally come out as a boy!... This sounds like nonsense, but seriously, there's no denying it now!
• After what feels like a year long slump, I've finally gotten back into reading for fun again! I've read 10 books in March (including graphic novels) and I'm quite happy with that!
• Following on from my last point, I will be regularly posting book reviews on here. There will be a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel and short story collections. (You can check out my review of The Beauty here) This is one of the thing I've wanted to do on this blog since the beginning. 
• We've been marathoning doctor who from the beginning because I haven't seen any since Peter Capaldi started an Noah hasn't seen any since before then! But we've been getting so into it. Last night we watched the Van Gogh episode and there were tears all round. 
• Spring is here and the April showers have also arrived. This might not seen like something to be happy about, but I really enjoy listening to the sound of rain when I'm studying or reading or falling asleep. 
• I've been blogging for just over a year now and I hadn't even realised until yesterday, oops!
  

Bicks x

March Life Update.

Hi there!

I've been absent from my blog for a couple of weeks. I'd love to say that it's just because of a uni-work overload, but it's not. I've been feeling very down and really struggling to pick myself back up again. This sometimes happens to me so it's no shocker, but it's something that I dislike about myself a lot and I have to remind myself that it's not entirely my fault. It's partly because of this really horrible thing that I and many others unwillingly have problems with. I've briefly spoken about mental health on here before, however I'd like to keep the conversation going. I plan on posting more about it all and perhaps my own personal experiences too (maybe).

Meet my not-so-furry friends!

So last week I showed you my cute little piggies! This week I'd like to introduce you to my hairless but equally awesome little friends. They're like actual little dinosaurs!

Lettuce

We've had Lettuce for almost a year now although she's coming up to five years old. A friend of mine could no longer keep their tortoise, so of course we jumped at the chance to look after her! People always expect tortoises to be slow and boring pets. In actual fact Lettuce is an adventurous, independent, sassy little lady, and she's also pretty fast. She spends most of the day escaping from her pen, stomping around making a mess, biting people's toes and generally getting into mischief! And she loves her food too! We give her lots of veg (although she's not actually allowed lettuce) and she always dives straight into it. Most of the time she's happy to be exploring on her own, but sometimes when it gets a bit cold before bed time she does enjoy a little cuddle. Well as much as you can cuddle a tortoise anyway!

Kano

People's assumptions of bearded dragons can be a bit off too. Kano is a fascinating little guy, but he doesn't do a lot. He does do funny little things every now and then though. He likes to chill in his vivarium, on your shoulder and by the window sill soaking up the sun. We feed Kano worms and other bugs that hop around as well as some veg (which he mainly refuses to eat). He's a cool guy but he's quite shy and he finds most things a bit scary. Noah bought him about 3 years ago and it's taken him a little while, but Kano's finally started trusting me enough to handle him on my own now which is great!

So that's about it for our little family, sometimes referred to as The Ark (because my boyfriend's called Noah, get it? I'm funny... kinda). They can't hang out together in case they spread harmful germs or accidentally injure each other, but I've seen Kano watching Lettuce from his viv and the guinea pigs and Lettuce are well aware of each other too which is nice for them, We're hoping to add more members to our animal family, but there won't be any new additions for quite some time as we're moving and need to get settled first. 

I hope you enjoyed meeting all my little friends. Tell me about yours in a comment below? :)

Bicks xx