Shake It Out.

"And our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues strong
But it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn"

Before I say anything else, Florence + The Machine's new song is outstanding. Youtube it immediately. (Well, after you've read this)

I haven't written on here since June, and alot's gone on so I will try to update you briefly- ready? Lets go.

I've left 6th form. I will miss Highcliffe.

I got into Cardiff University to do History! (So therefore got good grades)

I went to Rome.

I went to Marwell Zoo. I went to Monkeyworld.

I went to Reading Festival.

I worked alot.

I had atleast one haircut.

I've enjoyed spending a much happier summer with my Mum than last year due to the circumstances.

I have had wonderful times with my fabulous friends.

I've laughed, so much.

I've only cried a little.

I've been exceedingly happy. I've been less so too.

I've been supposedly loved, and then dropped. Therefore been angry, not so much upset.

I've been lied to. I've been told the truth. I've been astonished by some people's actions.

I've grown a harder shell. I've been more open with people.

I've put trust in new people. People have lost my trust. Some regained it.

I've not taken anything for granted.

I've been more independent.

I've been scared about what the future holds. I've been ready to grab it.

So, I'm newly single and moving to Cardiff in a week to start a 3 year degree. So many opportunities await me. And y'know what? I cannot wait. I've lived in a quiet village for all of the 18 years, 9 months and 14 days and however many hours of my life. I'm ready to move onto better things, whilst still cherishing the past, keeping in contact with as many people as possible, but also meeting new people, from different parts of the country, or even world, with different accents, viewpoints, interests- exciting things.

Sarah Elizabeth Hemming; go and enjoy every moment and every new chance you get, go and grab it by the horns and get to where you want to be in life, you can do it.

"And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me"