Are you an evening person, or a morning person?

OK, so it's 10 O'Clock at night on a Sunday evening, and you've just realized you have an important essay due the next day. Do you stay up till 3 trying to get it done, or do you get up super early the next morning to get it done? In simpler terms, are you a morning person or an evening person?
I'm not sure what I am, I think maybe a bit of both. When I have been messaged by a friend as I am stepping into bed about a piece of work I had no idea about, I panic. A lot. A lot a lot. Often, there are tantrums. 
You see, I have a bit of a problem with becoming un-motivated. To understand this, you must understand that I am a bit of TVaholic, which means I never miss my favorite shows and I always know when every show is on. A TVaholic. (Which, incase you hand't realsied, I invented). So when I come un-motivated it is normally when I watch TV (which turns out to be a large amount of the time)! The way I picture it, it is like a large motivation switch in your brain that is on when you wake up. However, the minute you press the on button on the TV remote, that switch clicks off. I found that it doesn't just have to be TV, things like playing games on devices and even texting or something like that can be enough to flick that switch. I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here, aren't I? - something I tend to do! Anyway, my point is, in the evening after I've watched an hour or two (or three or four) of TV, I very rarely feel like going upstairs, picking up a pen, and getting stuck into an essay. So, when I do get that message from my friend reminding me (which has happened more than once!), I am probably more likely to have my tantrum and then go to bed, setting my alarm for about 4:30am. And, anyway, I did hear once that if you use any sort of electronic device an hour or less before you sleep, it can make you sleep worse! A fun little factoid there!
However, a lot of it does depend on what mood your in. You know there are some mornings when you jump out of bed and you feel great and nothing can bring you down from cloud 9? But then there are also those mornings that the alarm goes, and you practically start sobbing at the relentless beeping. I must say, I flinch every time one of the timers goes off on The Great British Bake Off, because it sounds exactly like my alarm. Of course, what I said in the previous paragraph about night-working can have little bearing in some cases. For example, I am currently writing this blog entry at 9:42pm. Now I know this may not seem particularly late, but please trust me with the next thing I say, because I am speaking with full honesty.
I like sleep.
I really do. Because if you think about it, from the second that beeping starts and you wake up to the second you lie your head on the pillow, somewhere, deep (or not so deep) there is a part of your sub-concise that just wants to be back in bed.
So, anyway back to topic (what is it with me and these tangents?). In conclusion, I believe that I am probably more of an morning person than an evening person, however, sometimes the evening can be good too.
So if you enjoyed this little piece on me and my thoughts about sleep and work and whatnot, please keep reading my blog for more like it. Thanks! 

Who DOESN'T enjoy a bubble bath?

So last night I had my first bath in absolutely ages, and it was FANTASTIC! (Don't go thinking I'm all gross - I shower everyday!) 
My friends and I had done Secret Santa previously that day and the person who had me, always smells amazing (seriously, you should smell her, she should work in Lush or The Perfume Shop!) I often tell her how good she smells, and so she decided to get me some of the products that she uses - let's just say that Secret Santa isn't particularly secret! Anyway, so I opened my gift to find a bubble bath/body wash, lip gloss and a selection of impulses. 

The bubble bath and lip gloss were from a brand called 'I love...' which is available from Super drug. Just if you're interested, the brand has various cosmetics in the flavors mango and papaya; strawberries and cream; raspberry and blackberry (my favorite!); coconut and cream AND vanilla and ice cream.
 So, last night I decided to have a bath with my new raspberry and blackberry bubble bath. 
I poured loads into the bathtub, and sat and watched as the bubbles began to grow. It took a while, because we have a pretty large bath, but eventually it was done. I got in, and started to relax. However, I'd made the mistake I have made many times before and made  the water very hot (because I like a hot bath) but then it becomes uncomfortable and I have to get out. But I thought that I shouldn't get out so soon, so I started to play with my bubble baths and another product (Sugar Crush body wash by Soap and Glory) and I started to blow bubble through my fingers.
If you haven't had much experience in finger bubble blowing, I should tell you that you don't get very big bubbles, and they are normally very weak and flimsy. But, that being said, these bubbles that I was blowing in the bath were absolutely ginormous! The biggest one that I blew must have been over 30 Cm in diameter! The average size that I made was still pretty big, and I needed two hands to hold it, because it was probably about 15 Cm in diameter!
Before I knew it, I had spent half and hour just sitting in the bath playing with bubbles.
It was the most curious thing ever, because the normal bubbles that you get don't last very long at all, but these were near impossible to pop! I played with them, separating them into smaller bubbles, smooshing them back together - I even put my hands inside of them, touching the insides, and it still didn't pop!
It's really hard to describe exactly what it was like or even why I am bothering to write about it, because to most people, I am just wittering on about bubbles, but to me, there is something slightly magical about a bubble. It is a little pocket of air, surrounding by a coating made up of some kind of soap mixture or something, but when these massive ones caught the light, they were so beautiful, and to me, it really seemed like a ball of magic.

So, if you enjoyed this, please continue reading my blog for more of the same.
See you next time!

Google, gurgle or gargle...

I had the weirdest thought on the way to the bus stop this morning. Why is Google called Google? Why not Gurgle? If an Irish or Scottish or Welsh person says Google, does it sound like Gurgle? And what is the difference between gurgling and gargling? Like I said... weird!

The word Google (in a maths sense) means a number with one hundred zero's. So does that mean that the search engine Google has 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 websites on it? (And yes, that does actually have 100 zero's - count if you don't believe me). That number is very very very very very big, as you can probably tell, but is there that many websites in the word? I don't know. There are millions and millions of websites, but is there really Google? Or is the search engine lying to us in it's name? And if it is, surely it should be renamed to something like: 'several thousand million'? What do you think? Please tell me in the comments section down below. Ooh, I just remembered a fun fact about Google I heard a little while ago: Did you know, that the most searched thing on Bing, is Google? 

Now, onto my next point about the word gurgle! Yay! Actually, I was just thinking, is gurgle even a word? I think it is, but I may have made it up... let me check in the online dictionary (on Google). OK, so the dictionary says:
(of babies) to make a happy sound with the back of the throat, or (of water, especially small streams) to flow quickly while making a low, pleasant sound.

This is meant to be a gurgling baby!

I didn't make it up! That's reassuring, because I can never tell, I make words up all the time. So, the word gurgle describes a baby noise or water... well that isn't quite what I was expecting, and takes me a little off topic. I was expecting the dictionary to say something like 'the noise the stomach makes when one is hungry'. Is it just me who's tummy gurgles? Or am I a little bit weird and should consider seeing a doctor? Hmmm... Anyway, back to my original point... If someone from Ireland or Scotland or even Wales said the word Google, would it sound like the word gurgle? Because that would be a little confusing. But then what would the word gurgle sound like? Would it sound like Google, or just like gurgle, or like something else entirely?

Now, onto my final point, which actually is a little redundant now after that last little dictionary search. What is the difference between gargling and gurgling? This came from when I was going on about gurgling water, and how it helped me when I had a sore throat (try it, and see if it helps you). But then I was told that the proper word was gargling, and I suddenly had no idea what gurgling actually was (hence, looking it up in the dictionary to ensure my sanity). But now I can tell you with full honesty that gargling is something that can be slightly repulsive with water in your mouth, and gurgling is a baby noise, water sound, and perhaps a stomach rumble (I'm still considering it).

Anyway, if you found any of this mildly amusing or entertaining or just downright weird and you'd like to read more, please continue to read my blog.
Thank you.