Something To Look Forward To.

So, after my awfully bad week last week, this week has been a slight improvement. Apart from my bad news on Sunday night, I haven't had much bad news, nothing extremely terrible has happened and I only have one exam this week which, with a bit of luck and being able to apply my knowledge properly, will go okay.

Yesterday, I didn't come to school. I stayed at home to "revise" for the Maths exams that I have today. Both of my brothers had the day off work so I spent the majority of the day with them, talking to them, having a laugh, listening to music. They were arranging a holiday they're going on with some friends, you know thouse "Sun Holidays" in the Sun newspaper? They're doing that, and I've been collecting tokens for it in hope to do it with my friends too.

Finally, I have something to look forward to in the short(ish) term - not including my birthday party (which I haven't written a blog about just in case someone reads it and I offend someone - the last thing that I want to do - but am I really looking forward to that)? Anyway, the Sun Holiday. We're arranging to go away for 4 or 5 days most probably over Easter to somewhere like Devon, Somerset or Dorset. Maybe somewhere slightly closer, I've got to show my friends the destinations of where my brothers and I thought were the best and we'll decide between us where and when we are going. Four out of seven friends would really up for it and can't wait, two do want to but will have to arrange it and one wasn't sure. But hopefully they will all decide that it'll be fun and worth it.

The major problem is that if we're a single sex group, we're meant to have someone who's twentyfive with us. It's a good job there are only seven of us in our group that want to go because the eight slot is for an over twentyfive. They just might not turn up on the actualy holiday - what a coincidence.
Also, I've probably got to drive all the way down to Devon or somewhere like that. Devon! I hate driving at the best of times - a ten minute drive to visit my family, or to the local shop - but a five or six hour drive all the way there and then all the way back? Lord, help us!

Isn't it great to have something to look forward to? Something that makes youre life seem that little bit more worth while. Something to think about when life gets hard or boring or sad. Something that will make you smile because you can't wait to think of all the memories you will make once it has actually happened.
The only problem is when you get your hopes up for how good it will be and you imagine what it will be like, will it really live up to your expectations? Will it be how you imagined, or was how you imagined it the perfect scenario and that just would never happen?

The only way to counter act that is to keep a very open mind. An open mind and an open heart. Realise that although the holiday (or whatever event it may be) might have turned out to be a disapster or maybe just a disappointment, something good must have come out of it. There is always a good thing out of every bad. Sometimes it's just hard to notice or figure out what it is.


"If you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out." - Tim Minchin.


I hope you are able to realise the good from any bad situation.
Keep an open mind and an open heart. You never know what - or who - might find them if they're accessible.

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