I have...

• fallen in love
• had my heart broken
• recovered from it
• studied abroad
• lived on a different continent
• finished a degree in Chemistry
• synthesized a new compound that no one in the world has made before
• travelled abroad with friends
• stayed in hostels
• stayed in an old railway station in the Scottish highlands
• stayed in a highland farm
• seen a pine marten up close in the wild
• seen a deer in the wild
• been given an offer for Oxford University
• learnt to speak French and German
• met lots of new people and made friends with them
• lived with friends
• met Greg Proops
• met and talked to all of the Comedy Store Players
• been to the Edinburgh Fringe
• had a drink bought for me by Richard Vranch
• spent lots of time exploring London, on my own and with friends
• gone travelling on my own
• seen Terry Jones in person
• seen the Queen in person
• been to a show on Tim Minchin's live orchestra tour
• finished the huge, beautiful owl cross stitch
• learned to cook some very tasty food
• been on antidepressants
• been to several counsellors, two of whom were fantastic
• had plastic surgery
• been to Disneyland
• been to Italy
• been to France, LOTS
• been to Germany, LOTS
• been to Switzerland
• been to Spain
• been to Canada
• seen Niagara Falls
• been up the CN Tower at sunset
• studied Chemistry in French
• done silver and bronze D of E award
• recovered from depression and the issues that led to it
• camped on Shell Island with friends
• been on many guide camps and scout camps
• learned to kayak
• learned to rock climb and abseil
• abseiled off a 50 foot cliff
• sat around bonfires, singing
• played the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz
• sang in Chester Cathedral
• been in a concert tour of the Rhineland
• been to Cologne christmas market
• walked across to both St Michael's Mount and Mont Saint Michel
• seen a glacier
• heard cowbells ringing in an Alpine valley
• been to the Comedy Store, lots
• seen loads and loads of live comedy
• seen the Tardis and a Dalek in person
• been to a recording at the BBC TV Centre
• seen Hagrid's Hut and the Shrieking Shack at the set of Harry Potter in Fort William
• had a meal in an Oxford college hall
• pulled a randomer in a club...and then in a car park
• been a Brownie Leader
• been so drunk I've been sick
• been so drunk I've kissed someone stupid
• lost 2 stone
• put it back on again
• written a story