How I've been spending my time.

Whenever someone hears that I spend most of my nights awake, they ask what I do for all that time and to be honest, the night goes pretty fast for me, well that is until it gets to 5am then from then the night/morning starts to drag, but for the rest of the night, I spend my time watching TV, reading, trying to get a blogpost wrote or trying to learn another language...

Ok, so the last one, I have to emphasise on the trying. While I was recently holidaying in Spain, me and my friend felt rather out in the wild when we were around all the spanish speakers but for most people it is compulsory to English while in school, which I guess is why we're always able to get by while on holiday but I only managed to grasp some basic French during my time in school. So after spending our nights meeting new people then trying to put together their sentences, we figured it wouldn't hurt to know a spanish word or two! Now that I'm back home I'd love to be able to say that I'm taking some intense spanish classes but I'm really not... I just downloaded a few apps onto my phone to get me started and I've really been loving the app Duolingo, the way it's designed and set out is great, it feels more like a I'm playing a game rather than doing something educational. I also just discovered their website which is just as great and they have a discussions page on there, so when I see everyone on a crazy-good level while I'm trying to work my way through level 5, I have to say; it is keeping me motivated! Intro to Duolingo.

Let's talk about Catfish: The TV Show! 

Catfish: The TV Show is a reality show following online relationships and revealing the truth behind them. I remember watching Catfish: The Movie when it premiered in the UK on More4 in 2010, I was confused then by what sort of programme I was watching, I don't think it was classed as a movie then, it was just a documentary but there was a lot of suspense and build up throughout the whole thing, so I was expecting some kind of horror film ending, although the ending did end up being pretty anticlimactic I did enjoy it and I have watched it again, since. So I obviously was excited when I heard they were coming out with TV show a couple of years ago and now I've watched every episode and I still love it and it does makes me laugh, I know theres a serious side to this show but you can't help but crack up when spoiler alert; a lesbian woman is convincing people that she is not only a man but also the rapper, Bow Wow! Really..

2 Broke Girls...

I always have this show on record on the TV because I'll usually put it through the night when I'm feeling pretty out of it and just want something on in the background that I don't have to focus on too much to still enjoy it. I love watching dramas but my brain doesn't always want to focus for too long, so I like easy watching programmes that I can just put on and can still enjoy even if I blank out for a few minutes! :)

Not quite television now but onto YouTube! YouTube has become quite a big thing recently and I've been watching Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart's (the 2 great comedic personalities of youtube!) new show HeyUSA on Astronauts Wanted channel.

They're both so much fun to watch and I find myself constantly rewinding to listen to their funny comments over again! And until I'm able to get out there and adventure myself, I'm quite happy living the traveling adventure through this series! 

Reading...

I recently finished reading Tasmina Perry' Perfect Strangers and I loved it! Now I am one to usually roll my eyes at most love stories, so when I read 'she is swept off her feet by American businessman Nick Cooper', in the first paragraph of the blurb I wasn't persuaded to buy the book but I read on to the second paragraph and read 'But when Nick is found dead in his hotel suite and Sophie becomes the prime suspect, she realises her lover was not all he seemed.' And there; I was convinced, any kind of crime or mystery, whether it be in a book or on the TV, I'm in! It took me a while to get into the book at first, probably because I had to put it down every 10 minutes but once I was able to get stuck in, I didn't want to put it down. There is a lot of mystery to the book, so it keeps you on your toes and guessing right 'till the end and the ending did not disappoint!


So that is a little bit of what I do during my nights when I know I'm not going to be sleeping, I also write stories and my blog but that ends up being an on and off task that takes me a while; this post has taken me over 3 nights to write but we got there! :D

I hope you're all well.