Sophie's World

I've written about it before in other posts but I thought it was about time to address it directly. As part of my Gap Year Bucket List, I am aiming to read 50 books. I love reading but while I was in school I rarely had any time to sit down and read. I always had homework, a test to study for, or another commitment that I had to be at. That was why, when I was writing my Gap Year Bucket List, I decided I wanted to challenge myself to read more. I'm not going to lie, I definitely overestimated how many books I was going to be able to read every month... I am not really on track to meet my 50 book quota but it's been really fun to challenge myself to read more anyway. It also forces me to put some quiet time aside where I can take a break and chill for a bit. Here are the books I've read so far (and all of them have been really good):  Unfuck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper Half the Sky by Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Les Miserables by Victor Hugo The Sixth Ext

So. The airport/flight drama starts again. Here I was thinking this return journey to Portland would be a piece of cake. Nope. Because why would it ever be easy? So, if you've read my previous blogs, there was some mishap and annoying travel on the way here. I was assured, however, that aaaalll would be good for my return. I was lied to. The only flight that leaves from Amsterdam for Portland leaves at about 9 in the morning, which means that I have to leave Edinburgh at some ridiculous time in the morning to get that connection. As my flight was at 5:50am, I needed to be at the airport by 4am. So here I am, waking up at 3:15 - shivering in the cold, walking like a zombie, and wishing mornings never existed - driving with Steve to the airport. All going according to plan. So what's the problem here you ask? Well. After checking in my bag and expertly going through security, I had my coffee, banana, did my last minute chocolate shopping, and headed to my gate that would be b

Ok, I know that I said I would have another blog done by the night of Hogmanay, or at the latest the day after... But I got a little distracted again . Sorry! Better late than never I always say! Anyways, I won't make this one very long, just wanted to kind of summarise 2018 and also the things I am hoping to do this coming year :) 2018 recap: 5th of January : Turned 18 - legal in most countries! 14th of March : Led the student walkout against gun violence at my high school - much scarier than I thought it would be when I volunteered haha 24th of March : Led the March against gun violence in Portland and spoke in front of thousands of people (didn't help that I'm so short so nobody could really see me #shortpeopleproblems) to try to have a positive impact on the world :) 6th of April : Went to watch the Hamilton musical!!  May : Took the tens of hours of tests and got the IB diploma - woohoo! 9th of June : Graduated from High School - another woohoo! 24th of June