Easter Madness!

*Huff*...*Wheeze*...*Clings to edge of desk and hauls myself up*...

It's been a mad few weeks! Assignments, packing, going home, catching up, more assignment work...
Oh, and it was me and my sister's 21st Birthday on Good Friday! Yay! :D

Which seems weird if I think about it for too long - it doesn't seem 5 minutes since I finished primary school, let alone getting through secondary school and sixth form (intact), working for a year, Gemma getting married and going to Uni for the first time.

Gah. It's going so fast!

It also means that it's been 2 years since I started Pink, Purple and Dinky! 7000 pageviews is not bad going! :)

Wait. I have 7000 pageviews?!? WOW!!!!

I have over 100 twitter followers now too! Rather pleased with that. Just the Facebook page to work on now! :P

Back to birthdays - me and my sister had a fabulous time! We didn't invite as many people this time; we figured having 60-odd people at our 18th was quite a lot, although we would've ended up with around 50 this time if it wasn't the Easter holidays!

We got some pretty awesome presents this year - too many to name, but I got some jewellery from my parents, a cookbook and a Whittard's infusion mug from Gem and Joe, plus a watch and a (surprise!!) bunch of flowers from Dan!

Flowers from Dan!! These were brought to the door by a delivery guy at 10am on my birthday - I was not expecting it at all! (They're all my favourites!)

 Lots of cards from friends and family! (Plus flowers. Pink. Happy. :3)

Sister Selfie! Mum and Dad bought me the scarf! :) 

My Whittard's tea mug! (With Very Very Berry tea :3)

Me and Gem also made each other's cakes! The one she made me was a TARDIS...

 I cried when I saw this. It looked amazing in person! (Before it was eaten, of course!)

My sister with her creation! (Made with some help from Mum as well!) She put pictures of the cake on Reddit too!

Now for the one I made her...

 A Smartie cake!!! (With added fudge, jazzies and chocolate toffee on top)

Made by me (with help from Mum when putting the fondant icing on - I'm never good with covering cakes)! 

It was filled with Smarties and it was, essentially, a rainbow cake! As my sister would say: "ALL the rainbows!" :D

Needless to say, she was very happy! :3

And they were both unregrettably tasty. :3

Holidays aside, I'm now back in York and (supposed to be) getting my things ready for two presentations next week. Thankfully they're nearly done, just a few more checks to do and they'll be ready to present!

I just need to get my head around the fact that my second year at University is nearly over. Wow.
I finish this academic year at the end of May, but I'll be staying longer thanks to being an RSA. That, and I'll be looking for a job in York too - I'm aiming for my first Summer away from home!
*It's so weird...*

Right then peeps, I'd best be off - I have assignments to attend to...

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Timekeeper Memories

So me and my boyfriend Dan were talking about memorable trips we had when we were kids.
I told him about me and my family's experience at the Millennium Dome back in 2000 (14 years ago, I know!) - my Dad worked there for a short while so we got to go twice.

We found a video on YouTube that took the viewer on a virtual tour of the Dome, highlighting various innovative and exciting exhibits, including wonders (if you remember them!) such as Play, Rest, Living Island, and of course, The Millennium Show, amongst other things.

I was particularly disappointed when I noticed that one area in particular hadn't been included in the tour. This was probably my favourite part of the Dome - it was called Timekeepers of the Millennium.

Whilst animatedly telling Dan about me and my family's enjoyment at firing "Time Crystals" (aka foam balls) at each other, I sadly told him that I had no idea what had happened to it when the Dome closed (before becoming the O2 Arena) and that as soon as I knew how to search the internet for it, I have been trying to discover the answer to its whereabouts ever since.

So this evening, while I was doing my work, he decided it would be a good idea to look for it himself, starting with a wiki page of the Millennium Dome.

After finding a picture of the front of the Timekeepers area, he noticed that it was similar to one of the rides at Chessington World of Adventures, a website that had been mentioned on the Dome wiki page as the suggestion to Timekeepers' whereabouts.

I can now reveal that after 14 years of wondering and hoping that it wasn't in a scrapheap somewhere, Timekeepers has been found!

It now takes the form of a play area called Temple of Mayhem in the Wild Asia section of Chessington. Sadly the height restrictions mean that I can no longer play, but it gives me great pleasure knowing that such a great attraction found a really good home to be enjoyed by the masses (of children. Lots of them).

So Chessington, when I come and visit you for the first time, don't be surprised if I'm outside the Temple of Mayhem reminiscing of my amazing time in the Millennium Dome, firing "Time Crystals" at my twin sister and running around like a maniac.

Because I did.
And it was awesome.

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