30 days of adventure...

While reading an old Psychologies magazine I came across a paragraph which said:

Visit psychologies.co.uk where this month (Scarlett has ripped part of the magazine, but I believe it was either Aug or Sep 2014) our Life Lab experts are blogging about how to cram more adventure into your life and, join our 30 days of adventure challenge.  

So, instead of moaning about the little things (and getting mocked by a parody account) I'm going to appreciate the good things in life. 

Call me a hippy but sometimes we need to take chill out and have little adventures. 

The adventures can be as small as trying a new food to travelling to a new country (not on my budget, a different county I could do) so, I am starting my #30daysofadventure challenge... 

Day 1. 

Went to Littlehampton for lunch in Wetherspoons, which you could argue I could have done anywhere, but it had a nice back garden. 

I waited a long time for my food and when I asked the waitress where it was she said:

'Oh, they forgot about it' 

I ignored my own advice on not moaning, so I Tweeted and blogged about my unhappy experience...http://sym-ple1.blogspot.com/2015/05/am-i-being-unreasonable.html

I got owned by a parody account. It was a twitter adventure! (You could argue that I failed my challenge on day 1, but onwards and upwards.) 

Day 2. 

I applied to go on TV on a show called 'First Dates' and imagined meeting the man of my dreams (pah!) 

I then walked from Worthing to Ferring, down a path which I used to walk down all the time when I was younger. I used to imagine that fairies and gnomes came out at night and played together. Yes I was a weird child...no I don't still think that's true. Honest. 

I also went to a new pub called The Tudor. Finding a new pub is always an adventure. 

Day 3.

In the early hours of the morning I went to random flat with some girls after a night out. It sounds more dangerous than it was, I knew one of them, so it was all good! 

Day 4. 

I read 'A street cat named Bob.'

Day 5.

I wrote a review for a product which will hopefully lead to an exciting blogging project. 

Day 6.

I went to a pub after work and met new people, oh and someone dressed as Kiss- I thought I was hallucinating. I then tripped over on the pavement and smashed my chin up. -bad adventure. 

Day 7 

Spent the afternoon on a friends balcony and booked a holiday, turns out there are some cheap deals to Spain! 

Day 8 

Bought new Muller Light youhurts- it counts as an adventure as in my mind I was sat on a beach in Barbados eating it. 

Day 9.  

Went to Brighton for the afternoon and to a weird pub that I thought I was going to get murdered in. It was like something out of the film 'Hostel'. The toilet was downstairs in the pitch black and there were people sitting on a sofa watching a movie on a tiny screen. Weird. 

Day 10. 

Made friends with 2 dogs, I'm not the biggest dog fan so it was a big step for me. 

Day 11.

I realised that the majority of my time is spent in pubs (I work in one too) but it's research right, I have to check out the competition?! Started reading Story of O by Pauline Reage  - an explicit adventure. No alcohol required. 

Day 12. 

The epic toilet adventure!

I decided to take a new route home with Scarlett after school. While we were down a road (and a little lost) Scarlett announced she needed the toilet...

'NOW!'

Cue her scootering and me running (yes haha) down lots of new roads trying to find a toilet (why is there never one in the street when you need one?!) Thankfully, I located a Morrisons in just in time. 

Scarlett: 'Can I have some sweets now?' 

Me: 'No I can't breathe, we have to go home, NOW!' 

Day 13.

Went to shoreham airport for the first time and watched the planes. A pilot then contacted me on Plenty of Fish, fate?!

Day 14. 

Went to The Bull in Goring for a friends birthday. I hadn't before, oh that's a lie I bought condoms in there once, but this time it was nice to have a drink instead of running into the dispensing machine in the loo as a teenager and then running back out. 

Day 15 Monday 

Met a new guy and hung out with him. That's all I'm saying. 

Day 16.

Had a Sex and the city moment and drank cocktails in town with friends. 

Day 15. 

I had a day of panicking and revising for my driving test tomorrow. Tomorrow is the adventure today, the prepping. 

Day 16. 

Passed my driving test!! Went for breakfast at the renovated Bluebird cafe and bought my first car!! Best adventure yet! 

Day 17. 

Took Scarlett to Mc Donald's and tried their strawberry lemonade smoothie thing. Pretty scrum. 

Day 18.

Took my mum and Scarlett out in my Mums car for the first time. I gaffer taped my mother. 

Day 19.

Started writing a murder/mystery novel and am scaring myself at what I am writing. I need to stop watching murder programmes but it opens the question 'who are we?' I have begun a fictional adventure. Also watched 'Into the woods' for the first time today- that film is not suitable for children, there is death at every turn. But Johnny Depp is a hot wolf in it so I can't complain, wait- I can because he DIES! 

Day 20.

Tried this bad boy...

It was so minty and reminded me of holidays at my parents friends house in France, where we had lots of adventures including when my parents forced me to eat rabbit (so I was like 7 and didn't know what it was but that's not the point).

Day 21.

I drove to Weald and Downland open air museum, a journey that should have taken a maximum of 40 minutes but took us 3 hours. We got lost, then there was a diversion, I had to squeeze past a bin lorry on a tiny country lane (with my P plates on- round of applause please.) Scarlett was sick and by the time we got there I was exhausted. Scarlett make a candle (I've given up candle making so I'm making her do it now!) and did a brass rubbing of a unicorn (I lost it but don't tell her!) she was then sick in one of the Tudor style houses. It was an epic day. 

Day 22. 

Went to the beach and read a book (not the whole thing, a few chapters) the gulls started surrounding me, so I freaked out and left...

Day 23. 

Went for a walk and met a cat, I called him Bob.

Day 24. 

Went to see a Michael Jackson Impersonator and he was amazing! I fancied him a little bit, is that weird? 

Day 25.

Went to a festival called Funk the Family. 

Day 26. 

Went to an Art event and made collages and a giant cardboard house.

Day 27.

I picked up my car! Drove to Arundel and went to a pub (what?!) I had an Appletiser in a wine glass and I fooled myself that it was alcohol. 

Day 28. 

Went to a cocktail bar and asked myself...who invented pepper vodka because it is rank! 

Day 30.

Typically the last day I had the biggest and most awful adventure...Scarlett went missing http://sym-ple1.blogspot.com/2015/06/you-got-scarlett.html

Well, it's been an interesting 30 days. I've had some epic adventures, some random and one very bad but I've realised that things happen everyday good and bad, but they are all adventures and (here comes the soppy bit...) we should be grateful and take life by the balls. 

Be random, make every day an adventure and do something new. 

What will tomorrow bring??? (Hopefully something including wine...)