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Well hello there, hasn’t it been a while. No idea where to start but in this post I want to give you a brief update of where I have been for the past year. Let us shoot back to a year ago. As I said in my last post, I went back to Nottingham for my 2nd year of Medicine in the middle of a pandemic. Oh, what a year it was; 2 lockdowns and a complete change in routine for online learning. It had some extreme lows for sure (with lots of tears) but I tell you, I met my best friends this year, I loved learning the content for my degree, I became much more confident and grounded and I made some of the best memories despite the COVID restrictions. I can look back on 2nd year with the biggest smile so I say bring on 3rd year (kind of… will explain later in the post.) Below are some of the many photos from 2nd year... This brings me to this summer…my last summer before they are filled with placement. After a tough year and extremely hard exam season I was completely burnout and exhausted when I came home. I had a week to chill and spend time with my home friends and family before starting work at the pool again… about time I earnt some money again. The end of July marked the beginning of a very busy and exciting 4 weeks ahead. Due to Covid I hadn’t spent quality time with my grandparents in a long time so I was excited to spend the 1st week away in Corfe with them. We filled the week with café trips, walks, lovely meals, the Olympics and of course lots of catching up. I came home ready to depart the next day for 4 days in the IOW. We spent the days on the water/at the beach, walking and by the pool chatting away before our themed evenings/partying. I made some of the best memories here with my best friends but it is fair to say I was totally pooped when I came home, I was in need of a big sleep. Oh but wait, no time for that, the weeks continued to stay chocca-blocka. My close friend from university came down to mine for a few days. We paddle boarded (and got heatstroke), took a trip to Brighton and chatted for 4 days straight. The week ended at the 255 triathlon in Goodwood. This is a whole other blog post in itself (a summary of the weekend is on UoNTri (http://www.uontri.com/news/2021/8/11/255-triathlon) but I hope to get round to my own race blog post soon. The race is the ‘World’s longest triathlon in a day’ and boi it felt like it, especially with my excruciating tummy ache for 10hours of it. Overall it was a special day spent with the wonderful UoN Triathlon team. Fast forward a few days and I was cycling 103km around the New Forest with Alice. Silly move Imogen, silly move as I had the biggest bonk of all time, I needed to rest more after the race. Either way we were blessed with the weather and the best company + some pretty good food ahhaa. Then began my camping extravaganzas, 3 days in Swanage to 2 days in Weymouth with my two favourite people (separate trips with 1 day in between for a shift at work). Many, many KM’s walked…over 40kms in the Dorset countryside; absolutely stunning. I finished the busy 4 weeks with a trip to see my other grandparents in Cambridge for their 60th wedding anniversary. What a special weekend. And now here we are at the end of August. It’s back to work for me to earn some money to get me through 3rd year university.
Well that was a bit of a long summary but how can you summarise a whole year and fabulous summer into one post… the answer is you can’t, well it is very difficult to. I think I am going to end this post here and then share ‘where I’m going’ as a part 2. We don’t have all day to be thekeanbean do we now ahaha. See you very soon for part 2. Adios, Immy <3
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