#We bought a huge pack of reeses the other day and not long after we bought them i found the entire empty pack in the bedroom

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Its becoming rapidly clear to me that if I ever move in with a friend they're gonna need to be really chill with me having designated baskets in the kitchen for snacks that are for one person and snacks that are for everyone

[thehikingnerd]

Day 103.

 At about 6:30am I woke up to the sound of a truck leaving the ranch property.  We were sleeping just outside their barbwire fence in our tents in what could be described as a ditch, and they easily could have and probably did see us camped there under the trees and behind a thin vail of brush.  I can’t be sure if they saw us or not, but they didn’t stop and try to say anything or run us off.  Either way, we soon packed up, had some breakfast and were on our way, continuing on our long road walk.  Since the original 1800 mile marker of the PCT was unreachable and in the middle of a fire closure, at the same latitude (best I could tell on the map/gps app) I drew my own mile 1800 marker in the gravel at the side of the road.  We continued on and eventually began to run short on water yet again, this road walking was more of a pain in the ass for getting water than I ever would have imagined.  I guess I figured there would be more gas stations and convenience stores along the way, but there was a real lack of these most of the time. We were both about out when we came to another parking lot day use area near highway 62.  Out of desperation I asked a nearby construction worker for some water and he thankfully gave us some. As we drank the water, we rested under the shade of the shelter they had there near the entrance with all of the maps and information.  Then two forestry/fire service trucks pulled in and after talking with them a bit they gave us like 10 bottles of water and a bunch of cold Powerades. Pretty awesome trail/road magic that hit the spot and helped us out.  We now had rested and had everything we needed to keep heading toward Crater Lake.  We eventually get to the sign for Crater Lake National Park and keep going for about 10 miles before we reach Mazama.  All along the way we see workers dealing with brush and trees; efforts to mitigate the fire damage and prevent it from spreading in this area I assumed.  They were cutting most of the smaller trees in the area and stacking them in piles by the roadside.  We stopped to talk to one fire worker about everything that was going on with the fires and to see if he had any info that would be important for us to know. He Showed us a big map of all the fires in the area and even gave a us a couple of more Gatorades before we headed further up the road.  We hadn’t walked very far before Dixie perk and milestone passed by us in an SUV.  They had hitched from the other end of the fire closure into Crater Lake and were heading to the campground there.  They turned around on the road and we didn’t even know it was them until they came back with hands sticking out the window as they approached handing us out some good beers, Reese’s Cups, Snickers, and peaches.  These were all welcomed road/trail magic, but the peaches in particular were amazing.  We chatted a bit, they offered us a ride (but of course Butt’rs and I had to walk to connect our footsteps, so we declined) and then they drove on to the campground.  We continued to eat and drink as we walked, and soon, another fire-worker stopped and gave us peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... this brought our total today up to 5 times we received trail/road magic!! Although road walking has its clear drawbacks, it definitely has its perks as well lol. We still had about 4.5 miles and planned to see Dixie and the rest in about an hour and a half at the campground/restaurant.  As the sun lowered, it lit up the smoke-filled air in a warm orangish yellow glow that was pretty amazing to see. And the scenery itself was starting to change as we could see deep ravines from the road and hear a river down at the bottom. It was so tiring there by the end, but I finally made it to our destination only to see no sign of Dixie at the restaurant.  I came back around the outside of the restaurant and saw that Butt'rs had made it in just a few minutes behind me. We checked out the store there and walked into the campground area to look for them all, and to find the PCT campsite.  But the place was huge, and we were already beat and kind of wanted to just be done walking for the day. So we went back to pay to sleep in the campground and asked them where the PCT site was since we couldn’t’ find it on our own, it was seriously one of the largest campgrounds I’d ever seen. We finally found it and dropped off our bags and went to the restaurant to eat dinner as at this point we still had no sign of the others and were honestly a bit annoyed and puzzled that they were nowhere to be found and had not left us any word of where they were or what had happened to them.  With no cell service and no battery on Chinese Valentine’s Day, I waited there at the restaurant for my battery to charge enough to just get into the green range and then went to the by then already closed general store so that I could connect to the wifi network at the picnic area out front.  I had no choice but to pay online to use their wifi, so I bought an hour of wifi connection and then finally was able to message Angie and Facetime for the holiday J. After a good conversation and getting to catch up and see one another, I went back to a restroom and left my battery pack to charge overnight.  I finally went to bed at around 11pm after having to set up in the dark.

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As you probably know from my ‘Birthday Tag’ post three weeks ago, it was my birthday recently. On Saturday 21st January, the day after my birthday,  I celebrated my sixteenth by having a birthday meal at a local Tex-Mex with my best friends. It was a really great night, where I was surrounded by friends, food and lots of fun! <3

My outfit for my birthday meal (c) Grace Galvin

I’m just going to touch on all of the wonderful gifts I was given for my 16th birthday from friends and family members, considering they were all so lovely and thoughtful! To me, pricing doesn’t really matter when it comes to gifts. As long as some thought was put into it, that’s all that matters! :D I am not in anyway boasting or bragging about my birthday presents, simply thanking those who gave me them and showing you guys, so maybe you can be inspired.

I am not, in any way, trying to boast or brag about my birthday presents, simply thanking those who gave me them and showing you guys, so maybe you can be inspired.

Family

This year, my mum and dad surprised me by buying me an Amazon Echo Dot! This thing is literally one of coolest presents I have ever received. I’m planning on doing a review and walkthrough on how it works, but essentially you can ask this little device questions, get it to play music, tell you the weather, set alarms, play games, such as 20 Questions, or purchase items from your Amazon account. You can even connect it to the lighting and heating in your house for convenience, and simply tell the device to switch your lights on and off for you. It is simply controlled by your voice, where you say the command word (Alexa, Amazon or Echo) followed by your command. I can’t wait to see what other stuff I can do with my Alexa app and this device! :D One feature I particularly love is the ‘Inspire Me’ feature. If you say ‘Alexa, Inspire Me’ then she will play you one of a selection of inspirational speeches by famous celebrities. It’s honestly great if you’re like me and need a motivation boost to enable you to do tasks such as revision.

They also gave me a tote bag that I asked for from a shop called BookwormBoutique on the Society6 website. It has a galaxy background and white text that says ‘I’m going on an adventure’ with a white book graphic outline. In fact, the whole BookwormBoutique Site (as well as others, of course, this is just my favourite) has loads of gorgeous designs that can be transferred onto throw pillows, tote bags in a variety of sizes, mugs, t-shirts, purses and even shower curtains, just to mention a few! The products are not too expensive, and they are also of a very high quality which I am so pleased about! I have these adorable book-themed badges that I’m going to pin on the bag (which I have talked about before) and I’m also looking to get some Coldplay band badges to pin on there too! <3 <3 <3

My mum gave me a gorgeous pair of light-blue droplet earrings from H Samuel! <3 They are so beautiful and glint in the sunlight! 😍

My sister bought me a giant 90 by 60 cm corkboard, so I could pin my world map up on my wall, and be able to stick push pins in the places where I have been and where I want to go. I’m so happy with how it looks and I can pin all of my important school things and weekly timetables on there (and the actual GCSEs exam timetable I just got 😁) too :) She also bought me a massive ’16’ badge for me to wear into school! :D Thank you, Cecilia! <3 <3

Friends

My friends bought me some very thoughtful, fun and useful gifts for my 16th, which I opened the majority of on the 21st at my meal :) Two of my friends, Jazmin and Myah, gave me my presents in school on my actual birthday. As you may well work out, I have consumed some of the food items before they ever got to the photography stage! 😂😂 They were delicious, though :)

Jaz gave me a gorgeous poetry book by this person called Tyler Knott Gregson who found a typewriter in an antique shop in Helena, and ever since, he has written poetry on random scraps of paper with it. The poetry book is a compilation of these poems and as a poetry lover and amateur poet/writer, I can completely relate to his poems on a deep emotional level. He is also a very talented photographer and big on social media, so do look him up :) This present has got to be one of the most beautiful and heartful gifts I think I’ve ever received! Thank you so much, Jaz! <3 <3

Myah gave me a selection of little gifts – she gave me a set of Primark Gold, Silver and Pearl Earrings; a silver photo frame with a picture of both of us in it, some Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups;  and an ‘H’ mug which I now use every morning for my orange juice at breakfast :) Thank you very much, Myah for such personal and tasty gifts ;) <3

The rest of my friends gave me my presents at my birthday meal, which was absolutely wonderful. I don’t think I could ask for more thoughtful and caring friends :D

  My lovely friend Chloe bought me a Love and Friendship Colouring book that is filled with gorgeous designs and quotes which I am in love with! To go with that, she also bought me a beautiful set of 36 wooden colouring pencils! I personally have a thing for collecting adult colouring books, so I was delighted to see that she had given me this! I’m going to spend my time winding down and colouring these in! Thank you so much, Chloe <3 :)

  Then, Sanjana gave me, firstly, a stunning square photo album/scrapbook where I can stash all of my photos and ticket stubs etc. I am in love with the vintage world map cover that it has! <3  The other gifts she gave me were:

A Packet of Strawberry Bon Bons (yum! :) )

A Flower Print Passport Cover and Luggage Tag (Wanderlust <3)

A book called ‘Girl, Missing’ by Sophie Mckenzie – from the blurb it seems like such an interesting premise and I personally cannot wait to read it!

Thank you so much, chum, for these gorgeous gifts! I’m obsessed with them all and they have really got me feeling wanderlusty! 😍🌍

Mollie gave me the softest pillow I think I’ve ever possessed – it’s a gorgeous rectangular blue Reblog (!!!) pillow :D I doubt I’ve ever been more excited about a cushion in my life <3 <3 She also gave me a HUGE Galaxy Chocolate bar – and I mean MASSIVE! 🍫 I’m surprised I have been able to save it this long without eating any of it! Finally, she got me a fab set of Avon Eyeshadows – the colours are so vibrant and shimmery and they are just perfect! Thank you so much, Mollie – you know me too well! ;) <3<3

Now onto Maddie <3. Maddie gave me these beautiful blue faux flowers in a pretty jar, a £10 gift card to WHSmith and two gorgeous cupcakes although they aren’t pictured below because I ate them! 😂 One was chocolate and one was vanilla but they both tasted absolutely amazing and I was so grateful for them! Thank you very much, Maddie – the flowers look fab in my room! Plus, I used some of the money on the WHSmith card to buy myself something I’ve needed for so long – a light-blue box file! 😍 To me, my box file is the ultimate organising tool for all of my pens, highlighters, notepads and pieces of paper. It is waterproof and has so much capacity :) I honestly can’t leave my house without my box file anymore and I thoroughly recommend them to everyone, especially students!

Ruby gave me a gorgeous set of crystal droplet earrings and a necklace to match! They are both absolutely stunning and sparkle in the sunlight which I love! :) <3 She also gave me a bath gift set which comes with a black and gold (I am obsessed with black/white and gold!) cosmetic bag, two bath oils/bubble baths and a lotion! I personally can’t wait to relax in a lovely hot bath with these as they smell so amazing and look fab too! Thank you so much, Ruby, for the gorgeous jewellery and the bath gift set! I’m going to have such a relaxing time with them! <3 <3

And last, but not least, Freya gave me a lovely selection of presents, not all of which I was able to picture below but I still will mention! The highlight (in my opinion) of these presents was a planner! :D  I had been looking at this planner for a while so it was honestly amazing that Freya gave it to me! <3 It has a weekly planner, shopping list/budgeting section, packing list for travel, decisions (pros and cons) section and some blank pages for notes. It even comes with a transparent zip lock wallet for little pictures and documents in the back! :) I use it so much and it is so helpful for organising my life! She also bought me a pink heart plaque which says ‘There is no such thing as perfect. Remember: your flaws are beautiful’ <3 This is one of the things I have got to remember as I strive for perfection – that it is okay for things not to be completely alright and that vulnerability and fragility can be beautiful. As well as a ’16’ badge for me to wear at my birthday meal, the last two gifts she gave me were an Essence Clear Mascara for me to use during shows and other situations where real mascara may easily smudge and a hairbrush that says ‘I use this as a microphone!’ That is so me!  😂 Thank you, Freya, your presents are so sweet and thoughtful and I am definitely using them in my daily life <3 <3

The Meal 

Woo! We’re on this section finally! The meal was absolutely fantastic – we went to a local Tex-Mex which has the most amazing food :p For the sake of this not dragging on, I’m going to include a couple of my favourite pics from the meal, followed by a slideshow of the rest of the pictures :) <3

Chloe and I decided to share two starters between us, so we got mozzarella sticks (my fave!) with salsa and a plate of nachos with melted cheese, guac, sour cream and salsa.

This was my main meal – the Classic Burger which had Jack Cheese and was served with curly fries. It was simply delicious!

Toffee Fudge Sundae (c) Freya Beecham

Freya and I decided to get one Toffee Fudge Sundae with two spoons as we were so full up after our huge meals! It tasted absolutely divine and it was a great dessert for sharing!

We got some mocktails to finish up on a wonderful evening. Chloe and Ruby got Pomegranate mocktails and the rest of us got one called ‘Designated Driver’ which is basically lemonade, pineapple juice, orange juice and cranberry juice! They tasted absolutely amazing <3 <3

The Birthday Girl (c) Mollie Cronin

And this last one is me at the start of the night, in my birthday dress. I am completely obsessed with this dress, it has bell sleeves and is shoulderless! <3 <3

Here is a slideshow of some of the night’s best pictures:

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I hope you’re all well and having a lovely week! Have you been up to anything fun recently? Let me know in the comments below :)

xoxo

Hannah

  What I got for my 16th Birthday + Meal Highlights As you probably know from my 'Birthday Tag' post three weeks ago, it was my birthday recently.