It's February! The month that means we got through January, the month in which I turn 18 and get to go see Prince of Egypt on the West End. In fact, today is valentines day, and I am spending it with no one other than my true love, Jesus. I had the house to myself for about an hour this morning and I spent it praying, worshipping and cleaning while listening to a podcast by the BibleProject. Once the others got back, I had some lunch and carried on spending time in the Lord's presence by writing in my 'journey with God' book.
These past 2 weeks have been so good. Nothing particularly special has happened, in fact, I've been doing exams, but God's spirit has been with me and I've felt it every day from the moment I've woken up to the moment I've gone to sleep.
Last week in Rooted we had a really good discussion about prayer and it helped me to examine myself and my prayer life, I found myself speaking to myself as I was answering others and talking to other people. Last Sunday was a great one. In the morning as well, my dad was preaching about Fasting. This week our church is taking a week of fasting - from whatever God calls us to fast - and my dad was preaching on what is fasting, why do we fast and how do we fast. This week as I have been preparing to fast, I have prayed more than normal, I've read my bible more than I usually do, and I've read a devotional about prayer every single morning for the past 6 days. Every single day, God has spoken right into my thoughts and heart through his word and the devotional I'm reading. This past week I have felt God's presence like I never have before and I keep thinking about why I haven't devoted myself to the word like this before. I'm stupid that's why. No, but seriously, I started writing my prayers down and it has made a significant difference to my prayer life. Also, the more I pray, the more I find myself praying, it's crazy. Something my dad quoted in rooted last week when we were talking about prayer, is that we should "pray until we pray". Meaning we should pray until we find ourselves praying in the spirit, praying because the spirit is guiding our prayers. This quote has also changed my prayer, I find myself praying for longer because I don't ever want to stop.
To be honest, I don't really know where I'm going with this, I just wanted to write about what's been going on the past few weeks. My exams, I think, went really well, I did the best I could and now I leave it in God's hands. I have two weeks off for work experience and half term and then I'm back for the next part of my course which mostly contains course work. I'm excited about what the next part of the year holds and excited for what God's going to do. This week, I've really been focusing on God and I hope that over the next few weeks, I don't stop focusing on God and that I only grow closer and more intimate with him.
My prayer for anyone reading this is that they are inspired and encouraged to pray. It really does make a difference, even if you don't have much hope or faith, God listens and he will answer, even if it isn't how you expect.
Thanks for reading.
BeeBee
xxx
Friday, 14 February 2020
Saturday, 25 January 2020
2019 Review
Well, I know its a bit late, especially considering January is over in a week, but I've been busy with college and revision and even now, I am writing in my break from revision. Anyways, I'm going to try and remember some of 2019 and give a ' summary' of it.
The start of 2019 was rocky, especially with me skipping a level of college and starting straight on level 3. It meant I had to make new friends and learn all new stuff and basically be almost thrown into the deep end of college. Even though I felt like quitting college in the first few months of 2019, God was always with me, leading me, bringing me peace and being the loving God he always is. I definitely couldn't have made it through college last year without the provision of peace that came from God. When I took my exams for college last year, God was the one I leaned on and he got me through, resulting in me ending the year with a Merit grade and also great friends to move onto the next year with. I would say that last year of college was definitely one of the hardest parts of my life, but it has really helped me to grow in confidence and also helped with my faith, plus I met my best friends.
The summer is honestly a little blurry in terms of personnel stuff, but I'm sure there were ups and downs in terms of it. Mostly I remember having joy in the summer, summer is mostly a joyous time for me. I'm just generally happier in summer. One part of the summer I do remember is that I took my relationship with God for granted. I was in a great place with God, but I started having a mindset that I wasn't aware I was having but it was a mindset of a Sunday relationship, which basically means, I would only care or work on my relationship with God on a Sunday at church. This is a terrible mindset to have and I don't remember exactly when, but I think it was just before limitless festival, or maybe during limitless festival that I realized I was having this mindest and I needed to sort myself out because otherwise my mental state was not gonna be good for very long. So I basically prayed, worshipped and eventually re-found my relationship with Christ. My relationship came out a whole lot stronger for it too.
Limitless Festival was definitely the best thing that happened in 2019. It was just exactly what I had needed for a really long time. It was an answer to my prayers and it happened at exactly the right time. I love how God works, it's so incredible and nothing like I ever imagine. If you want to read more about what God did then go read my Limiless Festival blog post I did in August.
Since Limitless festival, my relationship with Christ has been much stronger, deeper and closer. College has felt better, my worship and faith have felt better and it's because I find myself rooted in Christ more than I ever have. I find it so hard to describe how it feels when something changes drastically in my life, so the only way to describe it is that I do just feel more free and rooted in Christ.
It's crazy when I think back to the beginning of 2019, it almost feels like a dream, but I know because of it I can worship Jesus and have a faith that is so much stronger than before.
The last couple of months have been good. I've been stressed and anxious at times about all that is coming, such as me turning 18, my last year of college and I'm taking my last exams this week; in a couple years I'll be in University hopefully and In my gap year, who knows what will happen. It's all nerve-racking, but despite the anxiety of it all, I find my comfort and trust in Christ, so I know I don't have to worry about it because it's all under his control. I have a certainty in God that I haven't had in previous years and it feels so good.
Overall, I'd say that the second half of 2019 was pretty amazing, but it wouldn't have happened without the first part of 2019, so I guess that was alright too. I hope you enjoyed reading my little recap/review of 2019, I certainly enjoyed writing it. I should hopefully be back writing another post soon, probably in 3 weeks or so and I'll most likely be talking about how I think my exams went. So, talk to you then.
BeeBee
xxx
The start of 2019 was rocky, especially with me skipping a level of college and starting straight on level 3. It meant I had to make new friends and learn all new stuff and basically be almost thrown into the deep end of college. Even though I felt like quitting college in the first few months of 2019, God was always with me, leading me, bringing me peace and being the loving God he always is. I definitely couldn't have made it through college last year without the provision of peace that came from God. When I took my exams for college last year, God was the one I leaned on and he got me through, resulting in me ending the year with a Merit grade and also great friends to move onto the next year with. I would say that last year of college was definitely one of the hardest parts of my life, but it has really helped me to grow in confidence and also helped with my faith, plus I met my best friends.
The summer is honestly a little blurry in terms of personnel stuff, but I'm sure there were ups and downs in terms of it. Mostly I remember having joy in the summer, summer is mostly a joyous time for me. I'm just generally happier in summer. One part of the summer I do remember is that I took my relationship with God for granted. I was in a great place with God, but I started having a mindset that I wasn't aware I was having but it was a mindset of a Sunday relationship, which basically means, I would only care or work on my relationship with God on a Sunday at church. This is a terrible mindset to have and I don't remember exactly when, but I think it was just before limitless festival, or maybe during limitless festival that I realized I was having this mindest and I needed to sort myself out because otherwise my mental state was not gonna be good for very long. So I basically prayed, worshipped and eventually re-found my relationship with Christ. My relationship came out a whole lot stronger for it too.
Limitless Festival was definitely the best thing that happened in 2019. It was just exactly what I had needed for a really long time. It was an answer to my prayers and it happened at exactly the right time. I love how God works, it's so incredible and nothing like I ever imagine. If you want to read more about what God did then go read my Limiless Festival blog post I did in August.
Since Limitless festival, my relationship with Christ has been much stronger, deeper and closer. College has felt better, my worship and faith have felt better and it's because I find myself rooted in Christ more than I ever have. I find it so hard to describe how it feels when something changes drastically in my life, so the only way to describe it is that I do just feel more free and rooted in Christ.
It's crazy when I think back to the beginning of 2019, it almost feels like a dream, but I know because of it I can worship Jesus and have a faith that is so much stronger than before.
The last couple of months have been good. I've been stressed and anxious at times about all that is coming, such as me turning 18, my last year of college and I'm taking my last exams this week; in a couple years I'll be in University hopefully and In my gap year, who knows what will happen. It's all nerve-racking, but despite the anxiety of it all, I find my comfort and trust in Christ, so I know I don't have to worry about it because it's all under his control. I have a certainty in God that I haven't had in previous years and it feels so good.
Overall, I'd say that the second half of 2019 was pretty amazing, but it wouldn't have happened without the first part of 2019, so I guess that was alright too. I hope you enjoyed reading my little recap/review of 2019, I certainly enjoyed writing it. I should hopefully be back writing another post soon, probably in 3 weeks or so and I'll most likely be talking about how I think my exams went. So, talk to you then.
BeeBee
xxx
Saturday, 4 January 2020
December Recap :)
Well, It's officially 2020!! To be honest, I'm not that bothered, I could be like "Wow, it's crazy. End of a decade, oh my gosh it's mad!" But I actually don't find it that crazy. I will admit I'm a little scared of turning 18 which is the only 'big' thing that is happening to me in 2020, oh and I'm finishing college, which is weird, but apart from that, it's just another year.
Anyways, I haven't written since the start of December, so I thought I'd come and write a quick rundown on the last month of 2019.
Let's start with Dec 2nd. We put the Christmas tree up. even though we weren't gonna be home for Christmas, we still did it. Sadly we take it down on Monday, but when we put it up, it looked cute and I got some nice pictures.
On the 5th, I went to Blue Planet and saw some lizards and fish and stuff. Oh, and I found Nemo.
The 7th and 8th was really fun because we had Kennycarols, which went well the first day but was a bit chaotic the second. The second day, the tent had blown down and we had to transfer the event across the road into CityChurch, but it was a miracle of God because the whole place filled up and we had to keep finding new space for more people. It was crazy, but fun and really cool.
We got to have a cute girls' night on the 11th. My sisters, and my mum and I spent the evening strolling the Christmas markets and then finished the night by watching, now one of my favourite Xmas movies, 'Last Christmas.'
15th - 17th our family headed down to Gosport to celebrate my Granny's 70th birthday. We decorated this cute cafe and Granny had all her friends and it was really sweet.
On the 20th there was a really cool showing of the bible story/Nativity that was all songs and drama and it was very cool. This played at the LiverpoolOne church and it was cleverly done and very enjoyable.
21st was my littlest bros birthday and he chose to spend it at Air Unlimited.
Well, 27th was a sad day because we all had to part ways and go home, but I got a pretty picture of the house.
Skip forward to the 31st aka New Year's eve, and us girls are off shopping in the Trafford Centre for our friend's birthday. She also spent the evening with us and welcomed in 2020 with us by having a sleepover.
Anyways, I haven't written since the start of December, so I thought I'd come and write a quick rundown on the last month of 2019.
Let's start with Dec 2nd. We put the Christmas tree up. even though we weren't gonna be home for Christmas, we still did it. Sadly we take it down on Monday, but when we put it up, it looked cute and I got some nice pictures.
On the 5th, I went to Blue Planet and saw some lizards and fish and stuff. Oh, and I found Nemo.
The 7th and 8th was really fun because we had Kennycarols, which went well the first day but was a bit chaotic the second. The second day, the tent had blown down and we had to transfer the event across the road into CityChurch, but it was a miracle of God because the whole place filled up and we had to keep finding new space for more people. It was crazy, but fun and really cool.
We got to have a cute girls' night on the 11th. My sisters, and my mum and I spent the evening strolling the Christmas markets and then finished the night by watching, now one of my favourite Xmas movies, 'Last Christmas.'
15th - 17th our family headed down to Gosport to celebrate my Granny's 70th birthday. We decorated this cute cafe and Granny had all her friends and it was really sweet.
21st was my littlest bros birthday and he chose to spend it at Air Unlimited.
We had our Rooted party on the 22nd and it was a lot of fun playing games and quizzes and eating cake.
Then it was Christmas eve (24th), in which we spent opening a few presents, traveling down to Wales and playing sardines with the cousins in the massive house we were staying in.
Obviously then, it was the best day of December, it was Christmas Day!! We awoke around 8:00am and opened stockings and got ready, We then sang a few carols together and had a 'spiritual' moment. That lead to lunch, but before lunch, a few of us took a short walk in beautiful Wales, and lucky for us it was blue skies. Once we got back, it was yummy Christmas dinner and then we chilled, played, chatted and took family photos.
Boxing day, I went on another walk with some different members of the family, but this walk was a whole lot more cloudy, foggy and slightly wetter. Apart from the walk, I didn't take many photos because the day was spent playing silly games and just hanging out and spending time together.
Well, 27th was a sad day because we all had to part ways and go home, but I got a pretty picture of the house.
A couple days after we got back, on the 29th, I went to 'The International Horse Show' with a couple friends, which was a lot of fun. My pictures aren't that great because we were way back in one of the back rows, so even though my pictures don't show it, it was very cool.
Skip forward to the 31st aka New Year's eve, and us girls are off shopping in the Trafford Centre for our friend's birthday. She also spent the evening with us and welcomed in 2020 with us by having a sleepover.
Well, that is what I did at the end of 2019. To be honest, December was one of my favorite months of the year. Spending Christmas with all the extended family and staying with them in Wales was so much fun and I really miss them. 2019 was a pretty great year, but I'll talk more about that in a different post. I can't guarantee that it will be up before next month because I go back to college in 3 days and its full steam ahead when I do, so my blog might end up having a couple weeks, maybe even months where there is nothing uploaded, but I will try.
I hope you have enjoyed this "quick" rundown of December, and I will try to upload again soon.
BeeBee
xxx
Sunday, 1 December 2019
Immanuel - God with us
December 1st, and so begins the countdown to one of the best days of the year!! I am so excited for Christmas because when am I not? but also because it's been ten years since we went away for Christmas with our extended family. Mostly it has been a tradition to spend boxing day with the extended family, but ten years ago we actually went away for Christmas and stayed in this house thing and it was a lot of fun. This year we are all a lot older obviously, but for some reason, I feel like that's what is gonna make it that much better. The only sad thing is, it could be our last Christmas where it's possible for us to all be together without the oldest ones being occupied elsewhere, so this year, its gonna be special in so many ways.
Anyway, I didn't come to talk about my excitement for Christmas, instead, I wanted to talk about how recently I have really been feeling the presence and peace of God and I really can't express my love and utter aw and wonder for Him enough.
My college assessments are coming up this week. Monday and Tuesday I have my theory writing assessment, on Wednesday I have my practical assessment and Friday I have my mock exam and in just 5-6 weeks I have actual exams. This is all scary as heck and literally, every day I go into college at the moment one of us in my friendship group will be stressing and having a mental breakdown. For me though, the stress is different, like my friends have actually cried over the amount of stress that is overwhelming them, but for me, there is a sort of peace about the stress I'm feeling. Over this year I have gone through so much, whether that's physically, mentally or spiritually. I have gone through physical battles of myself, I have gone through battles of the mind, but also through battles with God and his calling for me, but through it all, God has been the one I go to. Even when I was battling Him, He would be the one I talked to, He would be the one who understood, the one who wanted to listen, who was there and present and helping me to understand, He was the one sending me peace, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love.
A Couple of weeks ago I was really struggling, every time I would be on my way home from college I would be on the bus home and want to start breaking down and crying, but the tears never really came and it's not because I wanted to hold it together and not cry, because all I wanted to do was cry, but I think that maybe I didn't cry because on a spiritual level, I knew God had everything in his hands and there was no need to be stressed, anxious or fearful of what was to come and I didn't realize this until just a couple days ago.
This week we got our assessment week timetable and got told it was 6 weeks until our actual exams and I freaked, especially considering we have to get 315 hours of work experience this year too. This basically means I have to revise, do any homework or assignments and do work experience on my days off all in such little time. To me, it feels like a crazy amount, maybe it's not as much as I make it out to be and maybe other people have more work to do than me, but I'm not trying to compare myself to anyone else, I am only saying that this is stressful for me. Anyway, this week as I've been revising and writing notes for my theory assessment, I've been remembering my mums preach in church a couple weeks ago about finding rest in the work, about how we can find a calm and rest in God amongst the busy, overwhelming work full days. I also rediscovered a playlist of acoustic Christian music to listen to that has really got me through this week. Within the playlist there are so many songs that are about seeking God's presence, but also about knowing that God is with us and in control and has brought us through storms and will not leave us in this one and I have felt such an utter presence and closeness to Christ within these songs. I know that I can trust God and I can talk to Him and He understands my situation and He knows me and He is my best friend. He really is, He has always been my best friend and I have found such wholeness in Him this year. I used to be so sad and depressed about the fact that I never really had a best friend, I had friends I thought were my best friends, but never really were, then this year, I have great friends, but I still can't seem to call them my best friends, and just this weekend I have come to notice that God is my best friend and I don't need a best friend that is 'human' God is all I need, I can speak to Him about anything and everything, I praise Him and go to Him, but not only that, He is always there for me, He always wants me, He is always showing me love, even when I don't deserve it, He is always helping me and leading me and speaking to me and always with me. He is my Immanuel. He doesn't have to do any of this, I certainly don't deserve it because I'm not always the greatest at being a friend back, but He still chooses me as His child and friend and loved one.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm still nervous and anxious as heck for this week, but I can say and know so confidently that God is with me, He is with us, I can trust him with my fears and anxieties and I do not need to be afraid. Being afraid is only allowing the devil to win, it's only allowing him to take hold of me, but I choose God and His strength and His love. God is so much greater and stronger than any fear or storm that may come my way. So I say all praise to God this December and forevermore, no matter the results on my mocks and no matter my results for the real thing.
Anyway, I didn't come to talk about my excitement for Christmas, instead, I wanted to talk about how recently I have really been feeling the presence and peace of God and I really can't express my love and utter aw and wonder for Him enough.
My college assessments are coming up this week. Monday and Tuesday I have my theory writing assessment, on Wednesday I have my practical assessment and Friday I have my mock exam and in just 5-6 weeks I have actual exams. This is all scary as heck and literally, every day I go into college at the moment one of us in my friendship group will be stressing and having a mental breakdown. For me though, the stress is different, like my friends have actually cried over the amount of stress that is overwhelming them, but for me, there is a sort of peace about the stress I'm feeling. Over this year I have gone through so much, whether that's physically, mentally or spiritually. I have gone through physical battles of myself, I have gone through battles of the mind, but also through battles with God and his calling for me, but through it all, God has been the one I go to. Even when I was battling Him, He would be the one I talked to, He would be the one who understood, the one who wanted to listen, who was there and present and helping me to understand, He was the one sending me peace, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love.
A Couple of weeks ago I was really struggling, every time I would be on my way home from college I would be on the bus home and want to start breaking down and crying, but the tears never really came and it's not because I wanted to hold it together and not cry, because all I wanted to do was cry, but I think that maybe I didn't cry because on a spiritual level, I knew God had everything in his hands and there was no need to be stressed, anxious or fearful of what was to come and I didn't realize this until just a couple days ago.
This week we got our assessment week timetable and got told it was 6 weeks until our actual exams and I freaked, especially considering we have to get 315 hours of work experience this year too. This basically means I have to revise, do any homework or assignments and do work experience on my days off all in such little time. To me, it feels like a crazy amount, maybe it's not as much as I make it out to be and maybe other people have more work to do than me, but I'm not trying to compare myself to anyone else, I am only saying that this is stressful for me. Anyway, this week as I've been revising and writing notes for my theory assessment, I've been remembering my mums preach in church a couple weeks ago about finding rest in the work, about how we can find a calm and rest in God amongst the busy, overwhelming work full days. I also rediscovered a playlist of acoustic Christian music to listen to that has really got me through this week. Within the playlist there are so many songs that are about seeking God's presence, but also about knowing that God is with us and in control and has brought us through storms and will not leave us in this one and I have felt such an utter presence and closeness to Christ within these songs. I know that I can trust God and I can talk to Him and He understands my situation and He knows me and He is my best friend. He really is, He has always been my best friend and I have found such wholeness in Him this year. I used to be so sad and depressed about the fact that I never really had a best friend, I had friends I thought were my best friends, but never really were, then this year, I have great friends, but I still can't seem to call them my best friends, and just this weekend I have come to notice that God is my best friend and I don't need a best friend that is 'human' God is all I need, I can speak to Him about anything and everything, I praise Him and go to Him, but not only that, He is always there for me, He always wants me, He is always showing me love, even when I don't deserve it, He is always helping me and leading me and speaking to me and always with me. He is my Immanuel. He doesn't have to do any of this, I certainly don't deserve it because I'm not always the greatest at being a friend back, but He still chooses me as His child and friend and loved one.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm still nervous and anxious as heck for this week, but I can say and know so confidently that God is with me, He is with us, I can trust him with my fears and anxieties and I do not need to be afraid. Being afraid is only allowing the devil to win, it's only allowing him to take hold of me, but I choose God and His strength and His love. God is so much greater and stronger than any fear or storm that may come my way. So I say all praise to God this December and forevermore, no matter the results on my mocks and no matter my results for the real thing.
Immanuel - God With Us
BeeBee
xxx
Sunday, 17 November 2019
We went to Spain
I'm finally free to start writing about the absolute joys of my holiday in Spain. It's been 3 weeks since we got back, but I've been quite busy with college work since we got back, but I finally have some free hours, so lets jump right in.
D A Y 1
We awoke at around 2:00 am to get to the airport for around half 3. Yes, it was a bit of a crazy morning, especially as my older brothers car battery decided to die just as we were about to leave and so some of my family had to get a taxi down to the airport instead. After the shenanigans of getting to the airport were over, the journey through security began. To be honest it wasn't as crazy as I was expecting it to be. apart from the fact that when we had to weigh our suitcases and scan our tickets, the tickets wouldn't scan and so we had to get them reprinted, it was a hassle, but we got through it and quickly said goodbye to our suitcase, praying that none of them would get lost, which they didn't. As I said, security wasn't that bad, I did actually send the beeper thing off, but it was only because I got told my earings would be fine going through, so I didn't take them off.
We got through security and off onto the plane we went. I actually really loved my first plane ride, the take-off felt a little like an elevator I thought, but I didn't mind it, I kinda liked it actually. It was quite cool for our first plane ride because not only did we get to see sunrise, but there were also some great chances for photos.
The journey wasn't long, only a couple of hours, most of us either slept or just listened to music. Once we got into Menorca and out of the plane, the heat and humidity immediately hit, but I loved it, it made me so excited. We got onto our coach and headed down to the hotel, let me just take a minute to say how great this hotel was, the rooms, the food, the activities, it was incredible. Anyway, we settled into our rooms, all of us girls sharing a room, including K (My older brother's girlfriend, who came with us), the boys shared the room adjacent to ours on the right and my parents with my youngest brother on the left.
Once we were settled in the rooms, we headed down to the beach in Punta Prima that was a 5-minute walk from our hotel, we then played a few games of tennis before it was food time and then we chilled until we decided it was sleep time.
D A Y 2
The Tuesday was a bit of a fail of a day, we made a couple plans that got canceled because of rain and other various reasons, but that didn't stop us from having a really good day. We basically spent the day in the hotel, but it was all good because it had loads of activities and games going on.
To top an imperfect perfect day off, there was an electrical storm that we could see from our balcony views, which meant for some epic slow-mo videos and screenshots of those slow-mo videos. I'm pretty sure the storm was still going when we all went to sleep.
D A Y 3
It sunnied up after the storm, so on the third day, we decided to head down to the town of Mahon and look at the markets. We spent all day there pretty much, just wandering around the towns, looking in a few clothe and souvenir shops, we also took a boat ride around the docks and smaller islands.
The evening was spent chilling, either in the bar watching the entertainment or playing games back in the rooms.
D A Y 4
This was actually one of my favorite days despite it being a little dreary. We basically got driven round in a coach all day getting a tour of the island, we went from North to South and obviously made a few stops on the way to take in the sites.
The night was spent pretty chill again, I spent the night looking up at the beautiful stars because the sky was clear and I don't get to see the stars enough in Liverpool. My older brother came with me, so I wasn't lonely as well. (I know that the following picture on the right is not the best picture of stars, it was only taken on my phone and its the only one I have.)
D A Y 5
Honestly, this was the best day, and I'm not just saying that because it was J's 21st birthday. It was so chill and sunny and beautiful and honestly couldn't have gone better. To start the day off, we obviously had breakfast, but then we headed off to the water park.
We spent until lunch at the water park and had Italian in one of the restaurants at the hotel. We then opened J's gifts and cards and headed down to Binibecca beach, where we stayed to swim in the sea and watch the sun go down.
You ain't ready for the beauty that was this sunset, and the pictures don't even do it justice.
D A Y 1
We awoke at around 2:00 am to get to the airport for around half 3. Yes, it was a bit of a crazy morning, especially as my older brothers car battery decided to die just as we were about to leave and so some of my family had to get a taxi down to the airport instead. After the shenanigans of getting to the airport were over, the journey through security began. To be honest it wasn't as crazy as I was expecting it to be. apart from the fact that when we had to weigh our suitcases and scan our tickets, the tickets wouldn't scan and so we had to get them reprinted, it was a hassle, but we got through it and quickly said goodbye to our suitcase, praying that none of them would get lost, which they didn't. As I said, security wasn't that bad, I did actually send the beeper thing off, but it was only because I got told my earings would be fine going through, so I didn't take them off.
We got through security and off onto the plane we went. I actually really loved my first plane ride, the take-off felt a little like an elevator I thought, but I didn't mind it, I kinda liked it actually. It was quite cool for our first plane ride because not only did we get to see sunrise, but there were also some great chances for photos.
The journey wasn't long, only a couple of hours, most of us either slept or just listened to music. Once we got into Menorca and out of the plane, the heat and humidity immediately hit, but I loved it, it made me so excited. We got onto our coach and headed down to the hotel, let me just take a minute to say how great this hotel was, the rooms, the food, the activities, it was incredible. Anyway, we settled into our rooms, all of us girls sharing a room, including K (My older brother's girlfriend, who came with us), the boys shared the room adjacent to ours on the right and my parents with my youngest brother on the left.
Once we were settled in the rooms, we headed down to the beach in Punta Prima that was a 5-minute walk from our hotel, we then played a few games of tennis before it was food time and then we chilled until we decided it was sleep time.
D A Y 2
The Tuesday was a bit of a fail of a day, we made a couple plans that got canceled because of rain and other various reasons, but that didn't stop us from having a really good day. We basically spent the day in the hotel, but it was all good because it had loads of activities and games going on.
To top an imperfect perfect day off, there was an electrical storm that we could see from our balcony views, which meant for some epic slow-mo videos and screenshots of those slow-mo videos. I'm pretty sure the storm was still going when we all went to sleep.
D A Y 3
It sunnied up after the storm, so on the third day, we decided to head down to the town of Mahon and look at the markets. We spent all day there pretty much, just wandering around the towns, looking in a few clothe and souvenir shops, we also took a boat ride around the docks and smaller islands.
The evening was spent chilling, either in the bar watching the entertainment or playing games back in the rooms.
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This was actually one of my favorite days despite it being a little dreary. We basically got driven round in a coach all day getting a tour of the island, we went from North to South and obviously made a few stops on the way to take in the sites.
The night was spent pretty chill again, I spent the night looking up at the beautiful stars because the sky was clear and I don't get to see the stars enough in Liverpool. My older brother came with me, so I wasn't lonely as well. (I know that the following picture on the right is not the best picture of stars, it was only taken on my phone and its the only one I have.)
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Honestly, this was the best day, and I'm not just saying that because it was J's 21st birthday. It was so chill and sunny and beautiful and honestly couldn't have gone better. To start the day off, we obviously had breakfast, but then we headed off to the water park.
We spent until lunch at the water park and had Italian in one of the restaurants at the hotel. We then opened J's gifts and cards and headed down to Binibecca beach, where we stayed to swim in the sea and watch the sun go down.
You ain't ready for the beauty that was this sunset, and the pictures don't even do it justice.
We arrived back at the hotel just before the restaurant had finished its dinner rounds, we also managed to get a birthday cake that tasted so good, one of the best chocolate cakes I have had.
That was basically it for J's birthday. Honestly, I think this day was so much fun, every moment was so good, right from the waking up to the going to sleep, there probably wasn't one moment where I wasn't either smiling or laughing.
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This was also a pretty great day, we took a walk over to a cove with some really clear blue waters, so we did some snorkeling and saw lots of fish. We also saw a really cute cat just chilling on the beach.
For lunch we found a cute restaurant where most of us had pizza, personally, my favourite thing about this restaurant wasn't the food, it was the owner's dog who was the cutest fluffiest thing.
After lunch, most of us headed back to the hotel, where us girls went souvenir shopping, the rest of my family either stayed down at the cove or went looking around the town of San Luis.
Then it be dinner and goodnight time.
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This was a sad, but joyful day. It may have been our last full day, but we used it to our advantage and it was great because it was sunny, so we were able to get some great tans to bring back to Britain.
The morning was pretty chill with some of us choosing to go for a bike ride, while others either went for a swim in the sea or paddle in the shallow pool. I was one of the people that decided to go for a bike ride, it took just over two hours, but we hired the bikes for 3 hours, so we had plenty of time. We cycled up to Binibecca beach and chilled up there for a bit of a break. We then cycled a little past Binibecca for an icecream stop and then off back down to Punta Prima. It was a lot of hills, and also a little weird cycling on the opposite side of the road, but it was really fun going down the hills and cycling near the sea. Because the cycle only took a couple hours, we soon joined my older sister sunbathing by the paddling pool.
That almost concluded our last full day, but to top it off, the entertainment in the bar that night was some intense, but cool acrobatics.
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And so began the goodbyes to Menorca. Our flight out wasn't as early as the one in, but we still had to be up by at least 7;00am, so it was average early. I was so sad to be leaving and literally was on the verge of tears a couple times. I really did love everything about it, it just seemed like everyone was happy and getting along and becoming closer as a family, it was also so cool getting to know K and spending time with her. There isn't one thing I would change about it, which I feel is a bit cliche, but it's true, I feel like it just really brought the family closer.
One of the perks of getting up at 7:00 meant that we got to see the sunrise, it was quite pretty. Getting through the airport was pretty simple, people say that once you've done it once, it is pretty simple, which I thought was the case, although security is still the most stressful thing about getting through the airport. I was quite chuffed as well because I got a window seat both on the way there and on the way back.
That concludes my holiday in Spain. I'd say it was pretty great for my first time abroad, I would definitely go back if I could. I was almost depressed for 2 days straight when we got back like I didn't get out of bed at all.
I hope you enjoyed this read. If you didn't, I don't really care, I write these things mainly me for me anyways. If you feel like it, leave me a comment and hopefully, I'll be back writing another post soon.
BeeBee
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