one day at a time evan.: 10th November 2013: still trying to recover.

Shorter blog today!

Tuesday was a weird day. Got quite a bit done, considering how ill and tired I was feeling. Got in at London at 7am and got home a couple of hours later after dropping Misty off at school. Sorted out a few bits, got home and unpacked main things from my suitcase. Typed up two blogs, downloaded my photos from camera to computer. Got a few other things done and few people seen. Then in the evening, Mum made her homemade cottage pie, which was really tasty but I struggled to eat more than 10 forkfuls (the downside of Kenyan food = loss of appetite). Still, Mum, Misty and I headed to Misty's school bonfire night which was great! Lai performed and sang some great tunes, despite poor equipment, I joined her for our mash-up of 'Wherever You Will Go' and 'Waka Waka'. Lai then finished the evening with 'Firework' whilst the fireworks went off, which caused a few wet eyes. Then headed home to tell stories of my Kenya trip and fell asleep at 9pm.

Wednesday, was luckily a free day, so I didn't have to go into sixth form. Got another blog typed up, was going to have a driving lesson but that got moved to a time I couldn't do, so I cancelled it. Plus, it probably wasn't a great idea anyway. Got on and did some stuff. Then went and did club, which wasn't too bad, but full of people asking how Kenya was (which was fine!) but to be honest all I could say was 'it was great!' or 'yeah good thanks!' probably not what they wanted to hear but I couldn't form a sentence and at times it was weird to even think I'd gone. After that I had another early night!

Thursday was an incredibly long day. I was late for school, then had to sit through just under an hour of analysing Antony and Cleopatra, then I had two hours free to spend researching what books to do for my English Lit coursework and typing up a blog, as well as being asked how Kenya was over and over again. Then an hour of English Lit where I fell asleep, got up to get some cold water, tripped on a chair on the way out of the classroom and tripped on the same chair on the way back in. Decided to chill during lunch because otherwise I'd have another hour sleeping! Final lesson of the day was a two minute meeting to tell my English teacher what books and theme I'd chosen for my coursework. Then home and do a few more things.

Friday, a morning spent typing up yet another blog, going through photos and getting many other jobs done. I then went in to sixth form, had Media Studies, sport at lunch and then went and watched Misty's school assembly. Went home, uploaded the blog, went and did club and then headed to Dads for the weekend.

Saturday was a chilled day, uploading photos, watching TV and sharing stories of Kenya, with a solid wintery dinner and Sunday was another chilled day.

Music of the Week

First up is my favourite song at the moment! It's a cover of one of my all time favourite songs anyway, and it's covered by one of my all time favourite artists, so not much could've gone wrong to be honest! The advert it soundtracks is one of the best of it's kind to, I'm talking about the John Lewis Christmas Advert! Soooooooo good!!

Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen (link)

Next is another cover from a band that are pretty well-known for their covers! It's Bastille covering Died In Your Arms!

Died In Your Arms - Bastille (link)

A song I've been singing A LOT alongside my friend Lailana with a ukulele in front of people mashed up with Waka Waka is the classic Wherever You Will Go, but Charlene Soraia's version of course!

Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia (link)

Another song which is a bit more upbeat compared to the others is George Barnett's 'Animal Keeper' it's a pretty good tune and his EP was released last night at midnight, so go check that out because it's really good! :)

Animal Keeper - George Barnett (link)

Finally, (I've forgotten the song I was actually going to put here) BUT whilst I've been typing up my blogs and sorting through photos in the past week I've been listening to Jamie Cullum LOTS! I've had this specific song (which is yet another cover!) on repeat, as you can probably tell from most of the songs chosen this week I've been trying to chill and take many things in, whilst trying to keep upbeat and sane! So here's a live performance of him performing it! :)

'There'd be sunshine in everyone's sky' and 'every star would shine in everyone's sky'.