I've had such a very busy weekend! I had many meals out and trips out to places because I had a birthday and I have now reached the grand age of 24.
The oldest I've ever been and yet the youngest I'll ever be. And I certainly don't feel old enough to be described by words such as 'wise' and 'mature'. I'm definitely not as immature as I was even as little as a year ago but I'm still young.
I had a cracking weekend. I had pizza and pasta, I had cake and a buffet. I had fajitas and even managed to still lose weight at slimming world! Like I said I had a good weekend.
Monday was my actual birthday. I slept for half of it as i'd been nightshift doing overtime the night before. I know, I was doing overtime going into my birthday! Can't complain though as I was provided with cake and minty fudge, and we called in a takeaway. I don't think I've ever laughed on a shift as much as I did on the 15th of November.
With everything wonderful that's been going on in my life it's been quite upsetting to read and remember about the horrific things that are going on elsewhere in the world. It makes me so sad that people elsewhere are killing each other, the casual racism I've witnessed is terrible and some British people's horrific attitude of just expecting everything handed to them is absolutely awful! We live in a country where we're lucky to have a wonderful NHS that we don't pay for (and yet due to government cuts people complain about it all the time), and we have a benefits system that's meant to help you out short term but so many people end up on for longer term due to no fault of their own. People still complain that they 'don't get enough' money and yet there's other people who are doing so much to fight to keep their heads above water without having to rely on other people.
Life can be very hard.
The worst thing I've seen is so many people blaming benefit cuts on the recent arrival of refugees. And people claiming they've been 'turned down' for benefits (which clearly means you don't qualify for them) and stating that it's 'because of the refugees', which is nonsense as the refugees are funded from a separate budget from the benefits, and they have to be in the UK for more than 2 years before they can even legally claim benefits!
These poor people are fleeing from war, from terror, from a country where there's no jobs, and no hope. They come here for safety and to find happiness, so that their children can grow up without knowing the fear their parents have experienced.
And people in this country are acting like they have it bad?
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