Home Is Where The Heart (Wifi) Is

"Home Is Where The Heart Is" - Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD) 

I recently spent a weekend away at my Grandma's house in Scotland. As lovely as it was to see the Scottish side of family, I did find myself always searching for a wifi connection wherever I went. My Grandma doesn't own a computer, let alone a wifi router, which is fair enough seeing as she doesn't know how to use such a thing but rather frustrating on my part.

I know what you're all thinking, 'It's only 4 days, I'm sure you could cope without wifi Mhairi'. Ordinarily, I would have agreed with you but, when I got back, I realised I had never spent such a long time without internet connection. I know how incredibly snobby and ungrateful this must sound, and I genuinely did have a (mostly) good time when I was up there. And, if it meant some extraordinary wrong in the world was righted, I would give up my internet connection without a thought. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is I didn't realise how much people these days just take wifi as a given. I've never really thought about it before but if I go out somewhere I almost always connect to their wifi whether I actually need it or not. It’s just something I do. When I got back home I spent hours on end catching up on Youtube etc. Which leads on to another realisation. I subscribe to a hell of a lot of people. I was only gone 4 days and there were at least 35 videos in my subscription box!

Despite my yearning for internet, I still stand by the fact that I do NOT think I’m an internet addict. I know people who, when not sleeping or at school, don't do anything else other than go on the internet. I, however, have a social life and actually go out and be with my friends instead of just messaging them (although I do a lot of that too). 

You may or may not be wondering why the title is what it is. Another thing I have noticed is I only have 3 places where my wifi connects automatically; my school, my house and my best friend’s house. These are the places I am most often, evidentially, and probably what I would call "home" (minus school....I’m forced to go there :P). So, "Gaius Plinius Secundus" (Yes, I did spend time looking that up...don't judge) I think that it’s time for a change in your quote. 

"Home Is Where The Wifi Is" - Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD) & Mhairi (2013 AD)

Baby Hamblett | A Fangirl's Reaction

Yes, I know, this is Union J related. To be honest though I don't think it’s possible for me not to write this post so you're just going to have to put up with it :)

At 9:30 am on Thursday 28th November Princeton J. Alexander Hamblett was born to Caterina Lopez and JJ Hamblett. It was great in anticipation as on the 18th September JJ tweeted to announce that he was going to be a daddy. That was the day when the fangirling began.

I've never seen a fanbase take news so well! Normally, whatever the news, there is a small minority who don't like it and post negative comments on all the social media websites. A member of a boy bands girlfriend’s pregnancy announcement can create all sorts of drama in a fanbase because it is a sign that said member is settling down and therefore no longer available. But, for Baby Hamblett, I didn't see one negative comment. Everyone was delighted by the news (including me) and was so happy for them both.

Since then I have been buzzing, literally so excited. I have met them twice since September and both times I have congratulated JJ. On the second time me and my friend Sophie, bought him a baby grow because we were so excited and that was why JJ followed me :)))

There have been many false alarms, like JJ and/or Caterina have tweeted something and everyone got the wrong idea and went crazy thinking that it was happening and then only calming down when we were reassured by JJ or Cat that it was in fact not happening. But this just proves the excitement of the fanbase as a whole.

And then the day came. On Wednesday 27th November JJ tweeted.

This was when everyone went mad. Like if you read this, it could mean anything but somehow we all knew. We all knew it was time and my timeline was filled with excited tweets and good luck messages (a lot of them my own). As soon as I woke up on Thursday morning I went straight to twitter to check. Nothing. My fangirl heart just had to wait a while longer.

All through registration and lesson 1. I was constantly checking my phone. Like I checked it every 5 minutes I was just so excited! And then at 10:20 he tweeted again.

As you can see from the amount of retweets and favourites compared to the other one, this tweet was one of the most exciting tweets ever.

So there you have it. Baby Hamblett, Princeton J. Alexander, was born. I fangirled my way through the day and victory danced my way home.

Congratulations to JJ and Cat and I wish all the best to the THREE of you in the future!