Florrie Elizabeth.

The first week of the summer holidays is over and what a week it has been. Usually, the end of the summer term means that hours and hours of relaxation are to follow but, for me, not this year. Less than 24 hours after finishing for the year, three friends and I jumped on a coach to Lille, France for a week of language-advancing work experience. Yes, the prospect of working completely alone in an environment where not one person speaks the same language as you was fairly daunting and, yes, I had questioned over and over again why I had put myself up to it. Nevertheless, we got on that coach with optimism and were eager to start our journey to perfecting our Français. Despite the four-and-a-half hour delay that our trip was subjected to due to increasing pressure on channel services, a sing-a-long to Mamma Mia and Les Misèrables meant that we arrived at the hotel raring to get out into the evening air for some dinner. One hour we had to find a place to go and eat. One hour it took ...

On this planet, there are all sorts of people. People who do things at the spur of the moment, people who organise things months in advance, people who... write lists. I write a lot of lists. Anything from shopping lists to lists of hours of revision I have done. At any opportunity, I will write a list. So what better occasion to write a list than to write down everything I wish to do in my lifetime. I gathered that these things are probably more likely to occur if I write them on this blog, out somewhere in this interworld, broadcasted for everyone to see, so that some day, someone can message me and say "Hey, Florrie, swam with dolphins yet?" And, I will rush to book myself into a session with a dolphin just so that I can say yes. So, here is my list so far... Become fluent in French Eat a stack of pancakes at least 6 pancakes tall Go to New York Work in France for a period of time Attend Glastonbury Festival (again) Raise money for a dog-related cause Do the Warner...