In which Summer has been happening

It's a little embarrassing to myself, to see all the things that have passed by in the last month without any blogging. Yet rather than feel completely ashamed I can celebrate that life has been so well and truly stuffed with fun. Each of these deserves a post in its own right but instead I'm just going to dip my toes into them again and be excited that there will be more stuff to blog about in the future.

1. Weddings
 I went to my friend's wedding about a month ago and everything was at absolutely peak cuteness. We danced away at the ceilidh and I had tears in my eyes for the hymns.

 2. Spain
I went on holiday to the same place as last year. The same house, same sea, same restaurants with largely the same friends. And you know what? If anything it was even better than before. I am completely in love with Spain and I yearn so much to live somewhere like that, where everyday I can swim with fish and put my snorkel on.

Slide cars. Isn't this the best invention?

3. ComicCon

 This year I went as The Little Prince from... Le Petit Prince, the children's book. I also experienced what ComicCon is like if you dress up as someone literally nobody recognises. Strangely isolating in truth. When everyone around you is saying 'I love your costume' or 'Oh my God! It's my favourite character/love interest' and none of that is directed at you, it's a bit odd. I mean I did look darn cute as the prince but I've learnt a lesson for next year - I like attention and I'm going as someone popular. (More on that below). My friends all had brilliant costumes, which I put on my tumblr if you are interested.

4. Bioware.
Since Christmas when we got our new tv I have worked my way through Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3. I have played Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2 and now I'm desperately in love with Dragon Age Inquisition, the triumph of games made by Bioware. My past love of Fable II for all its customisation, cuteness and characters has been thrown out the window by this set of games. And like a true geek all I want is for everyone to appreciate its brilliance: so go play it!  And that's why next ComicCon I'm already heart set on playing Sera from Inquisition. 

My in-game girlfriend

Check out my utter cutie of an Inquisitor. 

 

 5. One last thing: Homemade Lego sweets.
Enough said.

So that was June & July for me all crammed in at once. :)

In which Spain was a beautiful dream

I have a somewhat post-Spain melancholy. Which might be inevitable looking back on these pictures. It was a really happy time and now I'm back the things in my life that make me unhappy are feeling unnecessary. I'm itching to change things and make some big decisions about my life. And not just that from now on I want more and better snorkelling. I want to think about the things I most want out of life. And nearly one year on from getting married, having a wonderful solid relationship in my life means that I feel free to mix the rest of it up a bit!

There's a strange thing to holidays, as though they exist outside of realtime. Returning after a trip to the sun feels so strongly grounded, like a weighted curtain is just dropped over the whole thing. Bam. Back here again. Holiday memories are always wrapped in this cocoon of warm light and happiness. I  think because their very nature is to be a change, something totally different from the normal life, they actually become somehow surreal when we remember them because they have nothing of what is familiar in them. It's why films like Moonrise Kingdom work for the Summer - it's never quite real to us. Or that's my theory. And it's one I'm using to explain the way that thinking about specific days of holiday have that magical feeling of bliss to them when I recall them. And I think my first trip to Spain will always be like that, playing itself back to the tune of Pharrell Williams' Happy.

Now that I'm done with my romanticising, let's get down to some pictures. The outfit is River Island, both dress and hat which I bought for the trip and am really happy with. Normally River Island clothes are for people with model-esque proportions so I was so surprised when I tried it on and it actually fit! I've just put in a few other pictures from the trip as I don't want to labour you all with holiday photos.

The view of Moraira, the town we were staying near.

At the villa we were staying at, just by the pool.

Lil' hermit crab

 

There's me snorkeling. Which is literally the best thing ever. I swam with the fish and saw a live swimming octopus.

 

 Do you ever feel like holidays don't quite seem real when you get back from them?