My Skin Routines

Wow, it seems that I don't write on here at all anymore... It is because I am into tumblr a bit more as when I'm on the go, tumblr seems easier to post from. So if your interested in my blog, follow me on there: (but i will still be posting from here occasionally too) 

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Right, I wanted to talk about skin routines. Because realistically I DONT HAVE ONE... and i really want to find a routine that works for me. Since I was maybe about 12, my chin is my worst area for spots... some people say that's a stress area? But i havent been stressed for 8 years of my life hahaha? HAVE I?! haha no, i really havent; i love life too much.

The products I currently use often are: sudacream, clean and clear spot gel, clean and clear cleanser, water and soap. Those are my top favs. But sometimes, i dont use them for days, or ill use them all in one day... i just dont know what im doing tbh. 

If anyone has and recommendations  please holla at me. I will blog another post about this in about a month and tell you about if I have made any process in creating a morning and night cleansing routine. 

That's it for now.

Love,
ChrisTINA x 

MY FINAL 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION NO.4 - Friday 17th July

My final time to party for my 20th birthday (shed a tear.. i love partying to much haha) Me and my house mate (girl in picture above) basically got ready all day and then started to drink around 6pm eeeek. I had about 15 of my closest friends round for pre drinks and then we headed off to a club in Woking called Bed bar… and it all just went down here from there….. 

YES i have drunk a bit but not excessive amounts, but saying that I did drink a bottle and a half of wine and I am not used to it wine… All i remember was after being in the club for about 20 minutes was saying I am going to be sick I want to go home, then i remember walking to the toilet and being sick and that was it… i was gone. I got carried out of the club… i know it isnt funny but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA. wtf? my mum and the bouncers thought i had taken drugs or my drink was spiked. but there was no way that happened… i just guess i didnt eat as much as i should of during the day. oops.

The hangover lasted 4 f***ing days. It was a joke hahaha. I got upset at times thinking I had ruined my birthday, but then I realised everyone else stayed at the club (apart from dan, my housemate) and had a good time.. plus i had 5 hours at my house celebrating before so YOLO.. what happaened happened. and it happened for a reason… i might of ending doing something i had regretted if i hadn’t past out lol. 

NO REGRETS EVER. Live everyday day as your birthday! 

Oh yeah i forgot to say… i had to travel for 4 hours the next morning or same morning if you say, in the back of a cramped hot car to Cornwall while I was constantly feeling like I was Ron from Harry Potter; the time where he is throwing up slugs.  YES IT WAS THAT BAD.

hahahaha, never going to forget this birthday hehe.

Love ChrisTINA x

MY 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION NO.3 – THE DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY

It is the day! The actual day of my birthday; Wednesday 15th July. 20 years old! The amount of excitement I get for birthdays; not only mine, but anyone’s! It was a nice glowing day, not to hot but not miserable either, it was cloudy but warm :)

The morning started off with the traditional prezzie opening downstairs while eating breakfast; this could be the favourite part of birthdays because it is the start of the day and like me, my parents love watching me open my presents as they know everything they have bought me, I will be ecstatic for!  For breakfast we had a bottle of Bucks Fizz and croissants with peanut butter on one and Nutella on the other, hehe! We then got ready to drive up to London. We had a day out in Camden going around the shops, so I could buy a new outfit for Friday night with my birthday money. We couldn’t be bothered to spend money on a fancy meal so we got a classic sandwich from M&S then went to pick up my best friend/housemate (DANielle). We popped into my Aunties on the way back home to Surrey as well, but we got back just in time to catch up with the final of Love Island. Me and Danielle have watched this programme religiously from the start, we were so addicted haha! I really disliked Jess at the start but completely fell in love with her near the end of the series. But hands down my favourite were John and Hannah!!!!!! OF COURSE?! I have a serious girl crush on Hannah haha! To end the day we had Shepard’s Pie for dinner and then my gorgeous birthday cake for pudding.

It was such a perfect day, and reading everyone’s birthday messages make me so happy, especially ones from my best friends. I have so much love for all the people involved in my life.

*This is just a quick paragraph about some of my presents I wanted to share on my blog so you can get some idea what type of girl I am hehe. Firstly, the cutESTTT baby Cinderella toy. Omg so fricking cute, I am defo going to collect all of the Disney princesses. Oh and ALSO my mum send she bought this from Sainsbury’s? Yes for Sainos (this is why everyone should shop there haha). Next, Reece’s lip balm. YES THIS IS REAL, it is from primark. If you are obsessed with peanut butter as much as me you need to go and by this now! I couldn’t stop licking my lips after I put it on lololololol. MY UNICORN – ‘ah it’s so flufffffyyyyyy’ hehe I love unicorns (Another reason John was my favourite from Love Island – if you know, you know) ELSA & ANNA BARBIE DOLLS & FROZEN TIARA – My Nan and Uncle got me these presents, literally so happy that I know have these items now in my life. I want to take the dolls out of the box but they just look so pretty in the box so I just don’t know what to do hahahhaa?

Anyway, yep that was my birthday. Perfect, like every birthday I have. I am so grateful I have the parents, family and friends I have. Everyone should ‘Live Everyday Like It Is Your Birthday’ then you would always be happy. This is my very own made up quote that I use every day hehe! try it, it will make your day’s that how much more positive!

I have one more birthday post to write about my night out clubbing with my friends, which did not end up exactly as I planned hahaha……………… Coming soon ;) :) 

Love ChrisTINA x

MY 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION NO.2

MY PRINCESS PARTY!!! 

This was on the following Sunday, so the 12^th July. This was mainly for all my family, but a few of my closest friends came too! As I am OVER OBSESSED WITH DISNEY AND PRINCESSES, my mum decided to transform our whole house into a Disney castle… quite literally! But like I said before, we did NOT spend a fortune; we made things out of materials and bought most decorations from the £1 shop!!! We decided not to make it fancy dress as it would have been too much of a rush to have to find costumes as well as doing everything else haha.

I organised the schedule of the day; we played, ‘Pin The Tiara On The Princess’ and I made a Disney quiz with cheap prizes, which were all from either the £1 shop or TIGER. We had Disney songs playing all day, food, princess cupcakes, and of course PIMMS yaaaay!

It was the most perfect day, I am so lucky to have such a big loving family. & the presents I received were out of this world (Majority were Disney items hehe) but I will do a post about some of my presents in my post about the actual day of my 20^th birthday.

If anyone has questions about where I got the decorations from or how we made things, let me know!

Love ChrisTINA x 

My 20th Celebration NO.1

I say it every year but this was my best birthday yet! I had four celebrations hehe; and no... me and my parents aren't rich, we just go all out for everyone’s birthdays. And we pick up bargains from everywhere! Me and my mum are the top people at finding good deals, we never pay full price for anything! So in the next four posts I am going to tell you what I did each day very briefly to give you ideas on planning your birthdays, otherwise if I did it in detail, I would probably be writing for a year haha and that would be one long post. Instead it will be four small posts :)

Sunday 5^th July – CELEBRATION NO. 1

I decided to have a little gathering with my friends from Uni at my house in London. It was a lovely sunny day and we set up the garden with blankets and we ate food and drunk rose nomnomnommm. I got the most cutest presents from my housemates and my friends (picture below) You will now be able to tell what I am obsessed with haha (Disney, hello kitty, stickers, craft bits, make-up) I also got the old school game, JENGA! The BEST game to ever play for a drinking game. OMGGGG our forfeits were abit riskaaay, but you can choose how tame you want them to be. My dare was to go next door and ask my neighbour for a ‘Long Stand’ HAHAHA WTF IS THAT? Exactly. When my neighbour asked me what it was I made up that it was a long thing to get my teddy off that wall?... I was a bit drunk. Later, we played the game ‘Mr&Mrs’, there weren't any actual couples, but everyone had their person that they were really close to in the room. At the of end the day we watched Beauty and The Beast. PERFECT DAY AND NIGHT. Oh wait, we also went out to the field behind the house to play manhunt, tag and bull dog. We are all such kids hahaha.

 

Post on celebration 2 will be coming later on today! :)

Love ChrisTINA x

My Rheumatoid Arthritis Condition

Now I have stopped taking my medication I feel so much healthier as I felt like it was making me gain weight; every time I took the tablet my stomach would just completely bloat out. I started waking up at 6am every morning as my stomach just felt yuck. And what really pissed me off is when people say, ‘you sure you don’t just need to go to the toilet?’ no I fricking do not need to go to the toilet… I am old enough to know if I need a poo or not.. GAAAAAAD. It was a constant feeling of finishing a whole 20 slice pizza to yourself… you feel full and bloated. & lastly, it made me feel very drowsy most of the time, which isn’t great when I am supposed to be going to the gym to control my other condition (Hyper-mobility syndrome) HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE GYM IF IM TIRED? HELLO? ANYONE? I was just fighting myself and was in a no-win situation lol. So I rang my doctor and explained and he told me I could come of them for now and just take Ibuprofen till my next appointment with him.

I got my MRI scan results for my wrist and the issue is that the inflammation in my wrist is attacking my bone which will eventually lead to bone damage. To get the inflammation under control he advised me to have a Cortisone injection. Brilliant, I am fine with needles… Just one small prick in my wrist and boom I’m done. NO THIS WASN’T THE CASE. I walked into the room which the nurse was in and brought my dad in (who wouldn’t want there parent there) ‘So I am going to just put this injection into your bum, if you like to lie on your side please..’ SORRY.. WAIT WHAT? I laughed at first. She wasn’t joking…… Bye dad, out of the room you go hahahaha. I got nervous about the injection when I knew it was going into my bum, but it was totally fine! The nurse said the wrist would have been more painful anyway!

Even though this injection has done the world of good to my body, my doctor advised me not to get another one as it can lead to severe side effects. So this is only going to last for about 4 weeks, which is good as I have another appointment booked with him in a months time; I will be put on a different type of medication then.

I keep getting lazy and not doing my physio exercises for my wrist, but today I have had a splurge of motivation and I hope anyone that is going through anything similar to me. Please please please do the exercises you are told to do! It will work eventually! I am going to do them every day for now on, as I am determined to get back into doing gymnastics, breaking and floor work on my wrist. LETS DO THIS!

Love ChrisTINA x

Im Back: My 20th, Cornwall & My Arthritis

Wow.. it is the 21^st of July and the last time I wrote a blog was on the 3^rd July. THAT IS SO BAD and I can explain. Like I mentioned in my last post, I have been back and forth to London as I was assisting a choreographer for a piece for my Uni’s end of year show. Then, I was very lucky as I have a lovely woman who I call my ‘second mummy’ that got me a job at a lovely golf club about half an hour away from my parents house. So you can imagine… I was travelling up to London for a rehearsal and then rushing back to Woking to get to work. Then the last thing to add to my busy schedule is that my birthday was coming around very soon (15^th July) and it is known in my family that we always go all out for every birthday hehe!

So first, lets talk about my job. I LOVE MY JOB. I don’t know if I have a permanent position there, as it might just be summer work as it is pretty busy. I hope I get to stay on after the summer. The people I work with, omg?!!? ARE AMAZING AND HILARIOUS plus I get to work with my Mummy Mandy(my mums best friend) and my job is to clean up, serve behind the bar, serve up food, talk to customers, stock up.. pretty much everything. And because I love keeping things clean and organised this is a perfect job for me at the moment while I am still a student.

Secondly, my bdaaaayyyy! I turned 20 last Wednesday. My age doesn’t faze me at all.. it is just a number. I honestly don’t know how people get so worked up on their age. I got Barbie Dolls and Disney colouring books for my birthday and I am 20? Does that mean it is wrong? NOPE; not in my eyes heheJ I am going to do a whole separate post on my birthday as there is A LOT a lot a lot to update about that. I had 4 birthday celebrations in total… ooops YOLO.. ‘Live Everyday Like It Is Your Birthday’.. That is one of my quotes I live by.

Let’s talk about, right now! I am currently sitting in the cutest little chalet (is that how you spell it? It is a little house right?) Anyway, I am sitting on a sofa and have the view of the ocean right in front of my eyes. I am taking a 2 week holiday in Cornwall with my family. I have been coming here every summer since I remember (EXCEPT last year as I was involved in a show in London) My current condition (rheumatoid arthritis) is ‘kind-of’ under control. I will also do another post on only this, but I came off the Naproxen medication, as I was getting all sorts of side affects. Before I came here to Cornwall, I had an Cortisone injection which I guess controls my inflammation in my body. But blah blah I will do a big post on that soon. Maybe tomorrow?

Right I better get in the shower before my parents come up off the beach, as I have sand on my feet and mum will not be happy I have come in the house with sandy feet hehehe mwaahaha.

Love ChrisTINA x 

Fingers & This Weekend!

OOOO look at me on a roll! 2 blogs in one day.

I really am not sure if I should write my updates about me in the same blogs as my random stuff e.g. my sticker blog. But then i feel that people that are interested in stickers might not want to hear about my problems lol. So, for now I am going to write separate blogs and people can choose what to or not what to read. :) SORTED.

So ever since I have been taking this new medication for my Rheumatoid Arthritis I generally feel so much better within my body *TOUCH WOOD* I don't have to take one step at a time down the stairs in the morning anymore. Baring in mind, I have only been taking these pills for a week, so can they actually be working already? Maybe it is all in my head.. but something is defo working!

Though this morning, I woke up with all my fingers except for my thumb (is a thumb a finger?) on my right hand hurting and I can't shut them all the way when I clench my fist. I think that might have something to do with me texting a lot yesterday and that usually triggers pain in my fingers. 

My plan today is to start getting ready, after I have written this, to go to the gym. I have been told that steady, calm exercise at the gym will help me with my HMS to get me stronger. So I will do an hour there and then I am going to help out in a rehearsal for my Uni's end of year show. SO YES.. YAY - i am still involved in Overture, i am so happy that I'm still involved in some way!:) Then later this evening I am going to work with my housemate. We work for a promoting company and tonight we are doing shot work; we are selling shots to people in a bar in London. Probs not a brilliant idea because of my wrist and standing for 5 hours in heels but I NEED THE MONEY. Plus, I have my housemate with me that can help with stuff if my wrist starts playing up and we are allowed to take a break whenever we like which is perfecccto.

I don't think I will have time to write a blog tomorrow as I am going to the gym in the morning then a BBQ, then driving back to my home home (parents house) then going out - but not drinking alcohol because I'm not allowed to with this medication. But that's alright! I would rather get better than drink anyway!:)

I will be writing a blog on sunday, hopefully!

Love ChrisTINA x

P.S. if you want to follow me on Tumblr, here is my link:

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I post all my blogs on here on there too! But I add extra random things, like quotes, pictures of everything I'm interested in ETC. Have a look! :)   

I Love Stickers!

This is the most random post ever but I wanted to do it haha. I LOVE STICKERS and the picture below shows most of my stickers. I have a box at home home (this meaning my parents home and not my uni home) for all my Disney stickers and also because my mum is a craft DIY freak too, she has loads of stickers as well! 

I'm writing about this as because I have a lot of free time of my hands I want to find a nice pretty way to organise them all, but I don't know what. Hmmmm... I might have to look on Pinterest! I might do a full sticker collection blog soon and maybe a video if I'm confident enough haha. I just know some people will be like, 'why are you so obsessed with stickers, i don't get it?' WELL... i dont know why either, they just make me happy hahaha and you can create so many things and just stick a sticker on it to look even better ;) lol. 

Maybe next week me and my mum will find a way to organise them all. OMG I also will do a blog about our craft house. It used to be my wendy house when I was little in our back garden, but my mum has transformed it into a craft den. SO COOL.

Hope you have a laaaarvley day.

Love ChrisTINA x

Broke Student With No Job? Buy Top-Notch Clothes For Under £10! Take A Look At My Charity Shop Haul!

I thought I would do something completely different! Nothing to do with my conditions blah blah:) As I have said in a recent post, I love anything to do with planners, stationary, clothes, makeup etc... So I thought I would do a post about the things I bought from the charity shop the other week. I did make a video as well, but I am too much of a pussy to put it up anywhere yet.. maybe in a years time? hahaha.

ANYWAY... ^ that is an overview of everything I bought.

AHH THESE 3 JACKETS/blazer thing.. in love ♥ The first light cream blazer on the left was £6.99 (SORRY IF THE PRICES AREN'T THE EXACT THAT I BOUGHT THEM FOR.. it was at least 3 weeks ago I did this shop) The next thing is a waterproof jacket, which was £6, and it was originally from Marks&Spencer's! SO, BARGAIN and plus, the next beige coat was also from Marks&Spence.. and O M G isn't it beautiful?! It was only £8! When I first showed my mum it she thought it would 'look to old on me' (ageist... hehe only joking) but when I tried it on, she quickly changed her mind! Honestly, the items that seem the most old fashioned will probably look the most interesting and unique! You should try it!

Now, I know I said this was a Charity Shop Haul but these next two items > they are actually bought from a Facebook group called For Sale (?) < that would be the town I live in but obvs not going to put that on my blog (safety internet rules we learn from school haha) these two items were £3 EACH. Omg... If your like me, a broke student with no job but loves clothes, please take my advice and join these groups on Facebook! Plus, it will really help some one else that needs a bit of extra cash.. and exactly the same for Charity Shops; the money goes to a good cause. 

 

^ These 3 baggy t-shirts were all around £2.50-£3.00 I think hmm. Well they well defo all under £4 for sure! I love wearing big tops like this for dancing in, obviously not for ballet haha, but for hip-hop, contemporary.. well contemp depends on what teacher we have hehe :P The last long blue top, has got little puppy dog Dalmatians on and it is so freckinnnn cute! It was actually in the sleep wear section, so I am guessing it is supposed to be a nighty but oh well.. I wear it as a dress with some little shorts underneath.

Sunglass case £1, Clutch bag £4.50, Fifty Shades Darker £1.50. Everyone needs a sunglasses case for summer.. no one wants scratchy sunglasses. The bag is just utterly gorgeous and the book well :) I am reading the first one now, as after watching the film, I am kinda obsessed. AHH MR GRAY♥ and finding this in a Charity Shop made my day because now I won't have to pay the normal price which usually would be about £6-7?

Right, this dress was £8.50 but they was a little hole at the back so the women reduced it to £6.00 for me! WOOOOO. The grey wrinkly thing next to it, is actually a really cool skirt, but my mum wants to sow it in the middle so it becomes a pair of baggy harems.. she is so smart. 

Below.. is the last two things I bought. I think the pink top was £3 and the black and white jacket thing was £4 or £5? The pink top was originally from River Island and will be really nice to wear in the summer with some shorts! And the jacket; I love nearly anything with a pattern like this, so I had to get it hehe.

And that is it, phewwww. SWEATY HANDS yuck. If you think how much I would of spent if I bought this all from the high street?! Exactly. Make your way down to your local Charity Shop and have a gander, you never know, you might find your next 'going out' outfit. I defo will be wearing that dress out soon, maybe this Saturday hmmm? 

Hope this inspired some of you that want to save money or spend not as much than you usually would! 

Love ChrisTINA x

P.S. sorry for any spelling mistakes!

My Blood Test Results...

WOW.. it has nearly been two weeks since I last wrote a blog... I have just been so busy with appointments and travelling back and forth to London and home. Every thing has happened so quick in the last few weeks and I want to write it now in a short blog post as I don't want to dweeellll on the down side of things. 

So.. where do I actually start haha?! First off, I have now had 3 Xray's on my wrist.. YES three! and I have had a MRI scan on it too! One doctor can see a possibility of a fracture and another says he can't see anything obvious so he needs to look again. HMMM? I am still waiting back for my MRI results though. The same day I had my third Xray, I also had an appointment in London with my other doctor, who is specialised in dance... Me and my dad were sat at his desk when he told me my blood test results... 'You have rheumatoid arthritis.' I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT. My markers for RA were higgghhhhhh but luckily my inflammatory marker isn't too high which means my doctor has caught me at the early stages. WHICH MEANS i hopefully can get my RA under control! At the moment, he has put me on these tablets which i take twice a day. He also advised me to take a year out of my dance uni... 

You can guess the next part right? Since this monday, I have officially temporary withdrawn from my BA Hons Dance Theatre Degree course at London Studio Centre... Sounds all bad, but honestly there are so many positives out of everything that is happening! For instance, I do not have to take a full year out, it will only be 9 months; so I come back still as a 2nd year in April next year to finish my academic year before going into my final year. So I will only be a year behind instead of two! WOW i have said 'year' so many times hahaha.

I am determined to get so strong, fit and healthy and come back as a better improved dancer for next year!!! I don't have to stop dancing for 9 months, i just have to wait until my wrist is completely better and then just take it easy from there as I need to focus on getting strong before pushing my body to far!

I will keep updating my blog as I want to record my journey for this next 9 months (sounds cringey but HAY!)

Always stay motivated and determined.

Love ChrisTINA x 

QUICK UPDATE!

I got my X-ray results back. Yep they think I have fractured the small bone in my wrist; that I still do not know how to spell. Though the doctors know this now, I still have to wait until next Thursday to get an appointment with the fracture clinic to see if they want to put my wrist in a pot or not. Not that it matters now anyway.. I have been without one for nearly 6 bloooodey weeks! MAN. I have been trying to dance on a fractured wrist... I actually want my Dad to sue.. but we are too much of a nice family haha. 

I have officially pulled out of my Uni's end of year show; Overture. There is not even one word I could say to sum up how gutted I am. I haven't cried yet though? Maybe it hasn't hit me yet.. just like when I got advised to take a year out. Just no emotion at the moment. 

WELL on the bright side, I have come home back to Woking to live with my parents as it is half term wooo. & tonight is my best friends birthday night out in Southampton.. and it is 'shit t-shirt night' whatever the hell that means hahaha. I am not completely sure if it means where an 'over the top pattered shirt' (which I actually have many as I actually wear those 'shit' shirts haha) or if it means wear a shirt that 'you don't mind getting shit thrown at shirt'..(not meaning poo.. meaning paint.. maybe?) oops.. we will find out!

Going to start getting ready now... 3 HOURS IN ADVANCE. Girls need this long, it is essential. 

Love ChrisTINA x 

'Choose A Different Career OR Take A Year Out?'

It's now Friday, and I went to see my physio on Wednesday. He was so lovely and understood about everything I'm going through; he gave me advice as well and actually made me feel positive about things that usually would make me cry HAHA! He took a look at my wrist and examined it and then told me that he actually thinks I have fractured a small bone called... scchol..asndia (I DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT.. or pronounce it) and that he thinks that the last doctors might have missed something on my last X-ray. YEP GREAT. Next, he advised me to defer ALL of my assessments as it isn't fair that I get marked on what 'my body can do' which is nothing atm. 'zero marks for Christina Hobbins' 

Now for the bit that keeps getting me confused. I don't know whether to laugh, cry or just get the bloody well on with it. 'Your condition means you have hyper-mobility + pain... you can't go into the industry with your wrist hurting then 3 months down the line it's your shoulder, then your ankles then your hips and so forth... you might need to think about a different career choice or taking a year out of uni to really improve your strength and management of your hyper-mobility.' 

Thinking back to it, I didn't even react I just nodded and agreed and even now, writing this I'm not sure I even feel anything.. no emotion.. nothing. Maybe it is because I know I will NEVER not dance and choose a different job. But on the other hand, taking a year out and being a year behind all my friends? Well if it means in that year I can get strong as f*ck and then become an much better improved dancer than YES! I pick that option please. Hmmmm.. I still need a good think. I have an appointment with the doctor in two weeks, the one I went privately with, to hear about my blood test results. I think I will just have to wait to hear what he suggests before organising my 'TINA'S TAKE A YEAR OUT PARTY'.. lol joke.

Right I'm going to go and treat myself to some Oreo's and milk ♥

Love ChrisTINA x

Yesterday, Day Off & Water Challenge

3 days in a row wasn't too bad! I didnt have time to write a blog yesterday, i want to do one everyday but because I do go to uni till late its going to be hard. I might write two today.. maybe another one about something random? maybs. anyway yesterday... i wasnt in a great state, why is it when you ring your mum when your feeling down you just cant stop crying?! haha.. it was my first ballet class back in a week and it didnt do my wrist any good what-so-ever. having people knocking your hand while doing barre work wasnt too pleasant. (i know they weren't meaning to) I sat out the rest of my classes, and then got home and ate probably my whole fridge. and then i felt sh*t and bloated so i went to bed in the clothes I went to uni in.. gross i know but i get stuck in this rut where when im in a lot of pain, I become lazy and literally wanting to give up. but then I get motivated again hahaha... i swear i have two different personalities.  

Today has been the same really. I didn't even do ballet today:( I had to get my housemate to do the gears for me in my car as I can't do that either.. oh the joy! BUUTTT I have a physio appointment tomorrow, so hopefully he will tell me what I can and can't do; in regards to assessments as well. I have had to defer my contemporary assessment which was supposed to be tomorrow; there is a lot of floor work so there would be no way I could do that. Keeping positive for the appointment tomorrow though, I will let you know what he says!

& YEP WE DID IT! We uploaded it onto Youtube hahaha! It is quite cringe but we had such a funny time doing it. EVERYONE must try this! I will put the link below to the video, have a watch! :)

https://youtu.be/XBr08sKvOeQ 

*BELOW* Here is a screenshot of me and Dan doing our video. hahahaha (crying laughing face)

Love ChrisTINA x

The Strand/Covent Garden, Wrist & Youtube

I defo lied when I said I was going to Leicester Square last night for a meal, which YES i did spell it wrong HAHAHA. It's Zizzi's!!! We got of at the tube, Charing Cross and went to the Zizzi's down the Strand. OMG the best pizza i have had evvveeeerrrr. It was called Sofia and it was massive haha! I will post a picture below. So big that i didn't get a pudding after! wait what? yep thats right no pudding (I LOVE FOOD, so that is weird for me like REALLY weird) Then we went to this amazing bar/diner in Covent Garden called the Roadhouse; you can sit and eat until a certain time then all the chairs get taken away and making the whole bar into a massive dance floor. & as im a dancer that is like HEAVEN to me hehe! We got there just in time for Happy Hour, so the group of us got two cocktails for 11.00 instead on 16.00 which is okay.. still expensive I think, but I'm a student so I would say that. I ordered a Raspberlious and Screaming Orgasm, which came with whipped cream on top (so I guess i got my pudding in the end tehe) great night would advise EVERYONE to go but the only thing is, because we went at happy hour when it came to the time that we peaked... well it was 9.30pm. so we all got on the tube tired and ready for our beds at 9.45pm on a saturday night in london LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.


I forgot to mention that the 'body part' that was making me sit out of my dance classes on Friday was my wrist. Its been playing up for a good 3 weeks now.. It swells up in the morning and I have limited movement but then it gets better during the day. Still swollen this morning (will post some pictures soon so you can see!) but there is not much pain which is good YAY. Im just praying that it is at least 50% better by mid next week as I have all my dance uni assessments :( DREAD. & I do not want to defer anymore assessments. so FINGERS CROSSED.

As I have the whole day and no plans me and my house mate DANiella (i have a thing for putting people nicknames in capitals) are thinking about videoing the laughing challenge. why not?! It's where one person has water in their mouth and the other needs to try and make them laugh. I KNOW i can make dan laugh in a second hahaha. IM GOING TO WIN mwahaha:) I think we are going to put it on facebook so all our family and friends can see but might be extravagant (< is that the right word) and upload it on to youtube... why not?!

THATS ANOTHER THING... why cant we have emojis to put on blogs? would make everything much better (EMOJI - big smiling face)
That's it for today, and i will let you know in my next post if we ended up putting it on youtube (monkey covering eyes)

Love ChrisTINA x

Fingers, Today & Tonight!

Just a quick one today.. so I have just woken up. My body feels okay today except my fingers are abit swollen (this is what happens on a daily basis haha) but im going to go and ice them when i go and have my breakfast, so hopefully the swelling will go down!:)

I am going to Leicester square tonight for a meal at ZiZis < is that how you spell it? god knows haha. & then going to Covent Garden for a few cocktails for one of my good friends 20th birthdays! so that should be nice. I will post some pictures and gossip about it tomorrow woo! 

Well, Im off now. Got so much to do before tonight: I have to do all my jobs in my diary so Im all organised for next week, try and finish my pilates assessment that is due in next week, repaint my nails, do a food shop, a workout (maybe) and then get ready (which will take like 2 hours AHHH) what girls have to do ay?!

Also, just found this quote ^. Thought it was perfect for anybody that is worrying about something! It made me smile, so I thought I would share it with you:)

Have a good day!

Love ChrisTINA xx

Hi, Me & Why?

Hi! So, this is my first ever blog... EVER! Before I start doing this regularly I just want to say that I'm not a writer at all, im not good at it at all haha.. never have been really!:P But why should it be only good writers that write anyway?! So im just going to go for it and write how I would talk (probs bad grammar, slang etc) soz in advance!:)

Right, I should tell you some stuff about me. My name is Christina, but most people call me Tina. Why is my blog url called minaninatina.. I dont know, it rhymed? haha! i am 19 and a dancer. I have been dancing since i was 6 years old and I'm currently in my 2nd year training at London Studio Centre. I love my family and friends like CRAAAZZZZYY. I pretty much am obsessed (not weirdly obsessed though lol) with anything to do with: disney, beauty, hair, health, fitness, food, fashion, harry potter, planners & stationary, harry potter, summer, christmas, easter etc... you get my drift. OHHH, and beyonce! duh♥

So why have I randomly wanted to start writing a blog? Well I am currently writing this while sitting out of my ballet class (the teacher thinks I'm taking notes on the class, oops) I have recently been diagnosed with a condition called 'super hyper-mobility syndrome' by the NHS doctors. I have had problems with my joints and muscles for the best part of 3 years now. It SUCKS. Me and my mum weren't completely happy with my diagnosis, so yesterday we went to have a private consultation (on my health insurance plan) I had 4 blood tests.. not really too sure what all of them were for. But from talking to a lot of people about my pain over these 3 years, nearly everyone think that it could be rheumatoid arthritis. But I will find out soon!

I want to write about my process of recovering and getting stronger so I can start dancing everyday again! I would love people to be interested in my blog and the things I do and like, and even find people that have had these symptoms before or know what I should do? Non-dancer or dancer. I also feel that there isn't much support out there for injured dancers. (doctor wise) My aim is to change that!:) WOW, done. I promise not all my blogs will be this depressing, I will do random ones about other things I am interested in! I think this blog will keep me positive and keep my mind off things when I'm down about sitting out of dance again:( Sorry for the long winded first post lol:)

Love ChrisTINA xx