My 2020

Yes I know that I'm 7 days late for a look back at 2020, but as we are now in yet another lockdown and I have managed to get stuck at my parents house again, I have some free time to write before I make a start on my uni work again.

Like pretty much everyone, I started 2020 so clueless to the struggles of the year ahead. I almost feel like a different person... almost.

It has been a difficult time but I thought that I'd look back at the good points- to start things off, I got the results from my first semester of first year back and I was so happy with them. I felt like I'd tried so hard and that all of that time and effort had paid off.

Back in March, I went home for mothers day and ended up stuck there for the duration of lockdown. It was difficult and there were struggles because of our personal family circumstances- and I know that some many people around the world were struggling as much as we were or even more than, and I hope that you are all doing better or have the support you need- but even though we were struggling we managed to make the most of our time together.

I was going to be positive, but I thought I should mention the grief of the year. So many people have lost family members and so many people didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. I know that some people might not understand or may feel that I'm undermining their pain, but for us our dogs are our family (I know that there are plenty of people who will understand), and we lost our 6 year old Labrador in June due to a rare undiagnosed form of cancer. We've struggled and our other dog seemed to go through a state of depression but we slowly recovered. He left a lasting impact on our lives and I'll always love him. 

We were supposed to spend the first two weeks in July in Cyprus for what my mum believes is our last family holiday for a while (because I'm a uni student who can't afford it and my sister will be next year) but our holiday, like many other people's, got cancelled so we created our own holiday in our garden.

July also marked this blog turning 5. I haven't really mentioned in and I didn't realised until October (when I wrote my last blog post) but I started this blog 5 years ago and even though I haven't been consistent with my updates I'm still quite proud of myself for writing on this blog for so long. 

I returned to my accommodation in September and a week or so after I moved back into my flat I met my new flatmates and I really feel like I've made long-life friends.

In October my parents got a new dog, some people might feel that we moved on quite quick, but there was this empty space in our life and our 2 year old spaniel was depressed so we felt that it was needed. She is one of the sweetest dogs, she's helped us so much and our spaniel is back to his old self for the most part, obviously there are some differences but she really has helped him. 

October also brought my 21st birthday. It's odd to think that I started this blog when I was 15 and now I'm 21 and pursuing a journalism degree at uni.

We went into the second lockdown and I am thankful that I was stuck with my friends for that time.

December brought the first semester of my second year at uni to a close, I submitted my work and a few articles for the uni magazine and then I went home for Christmas. 

And here we are, leaving 2020 behind, and although we are still going through it and we might still be struggling, hopefully we can look forward to the future.

What were your bright moments from 2020?

Love you all xoxo