"Babies, Harry Potter, Umemployment" Ramblings of Ray #1

Ahh babies, they're cute to look at and hold occasionally but I feel like I'm in a never ending ball pit of babies (odd metaphor I know). I have been constantly surrounded by babies for 3 weeks straight and their cuteness and adorable little things they do stop having affect after a few days. It's not over for me though, I'll have a new edition to my family to join all the youngster I already have swinging from my limbs. This week my sister will hopefully be having her baby!!!! I am so excited for this baby, it has been long awaited and though her pregnancy has been complicated it'll all be worth it when he/she is finally here.

This may shock some of so prepare yourself but I have never watched a Harry Potter movie. My friends all think it's so weird and are always going on at me to watch them so I started to watch one this week and my friend Shauna phoned me and literally forced me to go out with my friends and all I really wanted to do was watch Harry Potter. Long story short Shauna was not taking no for an answer and I had to abandon Harry Potter and have not resumed watching it since. I'll eventually get round to watching it around the same time I finally finish reading Mockingjay (which I should add, I have started 3 times and not once have I got even half way). 

I know I'm not supposed to be complaining about unemployment because there are people out there with families to feed who have no job but I could use a job and use the money about now. I would really like to have my own independence and not have to run to my parents for every little thing that I want (that is in no means me implying I get everything I ask for, in reality its the complete opposite infact). It is frustrating knowing also that the chances of me being employed are slim because I still have not sat all of my GCSE's so therefore have no real qualifications and if someone is applying for the same position as me with 11 GCSE's A*-C and 3 A-levels I know who I would give the job to. 

I hope you enjoyed this week's "Ramblings of Ray" post. I am going to  make this a weekly thing but it may not always be on a Saturday because sometimes, JUST SOMETIMES, I do have a social life on a Saturday. 

Until next time, have a good day/night wherever you are,

Ray x

 ***Most of the photos on this post were taken from my Instagram and over there at the moment I am doing the November Photo Challenge where I post at least one photo everyday so if you want to check that out it is @rachelvslife ***

Take a break

 (You can see how small it is in this picture- the whole town of Ballycastle is situated on that hill)

Sometimes when you find that life is rushing by and you're doing things 110 mph and forge how to relax a little break away is in order-and for me this break came in the form of a remote town BallyCastle. I used to visit all the time when I was a child but after the summer of 2006 we just stopped. I've always wanted to go back but my family were never keen until my sister asked last week did I want to go for a drive somewhere and of course my first suggestion was BallyCastle. As I expected she took a little persuasion but we got there in the end. I endured a 90 minute drive through the little country roads but when I caught the first glimpse of the sea from the car I couldn't stop a little squeal escaping and turns out my 25 year old sister was just as excited as I was. BallyCastle is so small and quaint that it only takes around 40 minutes to get from one side of the town to the other. It was nice to be a child again for just one day and play in the old park I used to play in when I was little and chill on the beach and dig in the sand and just relax.

Do you have one place that you go to escape when life gets too much?


ray♥