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I'm Still Here

2018 has been hectic. 

I could possibly end the post there but that doesn't seem like a great way to come back. 

I've spent the last 6 months pretty much sat at a desk studying with very little time for anything else, hence the absence of posts on here. At some point soon I'll write about everything that has happened so far this year, but for now, I just wanted to quickly say that A Levels are over and I'm back. Hopefully I'll get some stuff up over the next few days but right now, my main priority is to try to destress and return to normality after what has been a pretty tough (although at times wonderful) year in more ways than one. 

In the mean time, for anyone with exams coming up or having finished them, I hope you too have a restful and well deserved summer. 

Elle xxx

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