Saturday 24th November

8.00am - Snuggled up in bed with Bob the Bear
I'm all nice and comfy cosy now, wrapped up in my pale blue quilt with white flowers. Bob the Bear, my snuggly teddy bear is in my hand. Amelie is cuddling Fred the Ted, her bear, and Georgie will need to have her hand amputated if she is to be parted with Henry Horse! Housie comes knocking on our door, making sure we are awake as the bell has just gone. We all get up, wash ourselves and dress in our school clothes. We have prep to do all Saturday morning, and then the rest of the weekend is ours to do as we please. Except for one hour on Sundays when we have to go to the church and pray.

12.34pm - Sat on the lawns eating a cheese and ham toastie
It's absolutely freeezing cold and Jaz and co. have decided they'll drag me outside on the lawns at the front of our school to eat the lunch we got from the dining hall three minutes ago. Prep starts at 9.00am sharp and finishes at 12.00pm sharp. If we're not there on time, as soon as the final bell goes (we get a warning bell five minutes before 9.00 and then a final bell at 9.00), we get a Prep Detention, which means we have to stay in all Saturday, so no going out at night! Now we're in Year Eleven, we get to stay out until 10.00pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 9.00 on Sundays. We're not really allowed out any other days because we have to do 2 hours of Prep, and we have to report to our 'Prep room', so if we have any extra-curricular activities after school, we'll do prep after dinner.

But anyway, back to now. I'm bundled up in my fingerless gloves (so I can eat my cheese and ham toastie without getting grease on my gloves or fluff on my toastie), a warm woolly scarf, a bobble hat which comes over my ears and my thick furry-hooded black coat. My friends are similarly wrapped up, and eating everything from soup and a roll (Georgie) to hot dogs smothered in tomato ketchup (Luce). And we're all discussing what we're going to do after lunch.

1.57pm - Riding
Jess and I have decided to do some schooling (I mean the horse-riding version!!). Jess gets her favourite horse, Cookie - a big brown mare with a white stripe, and I saddle Red and we go into the arena. I've ridden Red every Saturday afternoon since I've been here, either in the school or out hacking or doing some show-jumping. During the week, Jess and I and some of our other pony-mad friends, have had lessons from one of H's fabulous instructors. I know I'll definitely make the Senior team this year again!!!

7.00pm - Out on the town - figuratively!
Me and the girls have spent the last 20mins glamming ourselves up ready to hit the town. Holly and some of our other day girl mates have arranged to meet us by the cinema too, and so we're all looking our best as we head into town. I love my outfit: black jeans, black Converse hi-tops, white smock-top thingy cinched with a wide black belt and black bangles. And my hair is wavy and in a messy ponytail. We meet everyone and decide which film we are watching, grab loaaaads of food and drink and pile into the screen in a mad bundle of long-haired, long-limbed, shrieking girls... Fun times =p

10.00pm - Back, just
We dash inside the school gates just as the bells from the town church sing for 10pm. It's been a good night and we're all hyper from laughing so much! We're all full too, we had huge bags of sweets and popcorn which we were constantly sharing out, as well as giant drinks of Coke and slushes. We always eat waay too much at the cinema lol. We all collect in Jaz's room for the hour-and-a-half we have left until Lights Out, talking about our night and playing music on Jaz's laptop.

11.30pm - Snoozing peacefully
Me, Amelie and Georgie are talking quietly, waiting for Housie to turn out the lights. When Housie does come in, she gets us to say our prayers (the Lord's Prayer) and then turns out the lights, and shuts the door on the bright corridor.