Afghan is looming!

Today, was the start of the days that I was dreading to come around.
I had to intend a briefing on Liam's Afghan tour! It was quite honestly the most miserable meeting ever! The briefing discussed our welfare and obviously our loved ones welfare whilst they are on tour.

The officers in charge tried to make it sound as though they were going to a holiday camp because there are PS2's and DVD players on camp, whilst not trying to make address the fact that Liam will be in a war zone.

To be honest I am dreading when he leaves me in 6 weeks! I keep thinking to myself it is only 4 months then he will be home on R&R, but 4 months without seeing him will be hell! The day I have to pick him up when he has completely finished tour after 6 months will be the happiest day ever for me! Because I know then my life and his life is not on hold any more. You are probably reading this and thinking your life isn't on hold Emma, you have university to keep you going, and Bullet to think about etc, but, yes it will be on hold because until I know Liam is home safe I am going to worry like hell and I won't feel right without him next to me by my side.
When we are together we are inseparable we are like two peas in a pod, and unless you are in that kind of relationship yourself, you would not understand.

I know that I will be able to cope fine, it's not like Liam hasn't been away before he has been to California for 2 months, Afghan for 7 weeks, and lots of exercises, so I know I can do it! It will just be adjusting myself to the fact that he won't be around every other weekend or he won't be on the end of the phone when I need to talk to him because uni is stressing me out or I just want someone to cheer me up!

But hey ho! I'm just so grateful I will have my friends and my family!

Rant over!

Work Experience at The City of Lincoln Council

So, last week I had work experience at Lincoln City Council Press office, and overall I loved it! I had the opportunity to write so many articles, which was great, as it means more content for my portfolio. I got to release press releases on to the Internet, answered the telephone to journalists, did a little bit of work for their Lincoln magazine, Your Lincoln, that gets delivered to many of the houses in Lincoln, and so much more.

I also went to a press conference, which was something I didn't expect.

I imagined it would be like what you see on the news, all the journalists sat on chairs asking questions and for the photographers to be snapping away, this was far from the case. It was so civilised and more like a little rendez-vous then anything else. I felt a little bit like a rabbit in headlines whilst I was there, as I wasn't sure what I was meant to be doing, so instead I just sat and watched the journalists fight over who was more credible and who would be the first to be interview.

If anything, this past week, has made me more interested in the press office side a lot more, and who knows what lies in the future for my journalistic career.