And ghetto Belle is my mooooooood!

I have a home for Girls Can Do Anything! Four Communications who completely saved my ass by offering a free space for my last event when Library messed up have agreed to host my future events. Isn't God good? So I'm thinking to bring it back for the release of Sara's book Ticking off Breast Cancer that we're publishing at Hashtag Press. We have an idea for a great panel with AMAZING women and I think that would be amazing.

Now my schedule is super packed BUT I'm ready to take my career to the next level. I love and am so proud of how I have forced my way into publishing but I just don't want to be stuck in publishing. I love when creative people get to do other things in a different creative field and that's what I want to do. Then I had a dream that I was in a meeting with Helen but she was dressed like Kris Jenner! Securing the bag. It hit me! I've been working with different people for different parts of my career but really Helen is my Kris freaking Jenner! Apart we're great but together we are explosive. Of course Helen had a similar idea so when we met it just synced and now we have an action plan. It's not daunting but it's just loads of work. Building your brand and taking it to the next level is never easy but I'm ready to do it.

I have good news! So my story Beats, Love and high top trainers has been doing the rounds at the publishing houses. With the big ones, one is still like will get back to you-long! And the other is like why is Abs not writing middle-grade? Can she make it middle-grade? Then going to the smaller houses, they were like why isn't she doing it through her own imprint?! Hashtag Press is better than ours. Adding that all up, I just thought do you know what unless it's a big massive house that has shit loads of money to pump into me, then I can do this through my own business and earn all the money. So that's what I'm going to do. My YA book will be out soon—more details to come and I can't wait for my lit launch party. My ideas for it are bloody brilliant.

That has made me want to go back into dance. Not on the competitive level I was on before but just to get back up there. I think it will look weird to have a dance book, advertise it and then I'm not dancing. You feel me? So I think a year of being consistent and training will make me feel comfortable to do some solo / freestyle stuff. Hopefully.

The Lion King is out next week!! Can we take a second for this picture. I am obsessed. Just got to see it for the culture.

I really really want a Range Rover. I'm due a new car and I just want a Range!! I'm currently with Ford and they keep ringing me offering great deals. I was being such a brat and asking for all this extra stuff, which they done but then they sent me the colours they had in stock and I'm just like meh.

I'm really not feeling my gym. They just keep getting rid of the fun classes, the music the instructors play is just so dead. I mean it's not everyday plank! I was initially thinking to ask the gym manager if I could start up a dance class, something fun like Beyonce just to get some form of vibe at the gym and then I figured let me just take my ass back to dance as my workout.

The other day I was leaving the gym and wanted to go Primark in Mare St. I was on the bus and passed this studio and they were doing Barre!!! I have wanted to do Barre for ages but it's always in the City and super expensive. To be fair this was still a bit pricey but it wasn't far from my home. I was so excited that I went home and booked it straight away. The day Barre was happening my dad wanted me to drop him at Forest Gate at party. The traffic was a madness and I was getting so annoyed because I really wanted to go Barre and they bloody fine you if you don't come. I made it to the class on time and told my dad I'll pick him out at half 8. The class was so hard. I know ballet is hard but this was intense but fun though. Defo triggered the dancing bug. Please tell me why when I went to my phone I had eight missed calls from my dad and two from my sister. I'm calling my dad.
Me: What's wrong?
Dad: Where are you? I'm bored.
Me: I said half 8. I'm at a class
Dad: So what time will you get here?
Me: HALF 8.
He then called me four times as I'm driving down to ask if I'm close by, then I can hear him in the background telling someone, “It's okay she can drop you.”
Me: What? Who are you talking to?
Conventionally he has a bad connection.
I get to the party and my dad is there with an uncle I haven't seen in years and his wife. They hop in the car so I guess I'm giving them a lift. My dad tries to tell me it's on the way home. It was not.
I am sweaty, starving and my body hurts so I'm not in the mood. We drop them off and my dad can tell so offers to buy me petrol. We can't find any so we drive to my local and the traffic was at a standstill. I don't know if it was just because it was a Friday night? We get petrol and there's this bakery that we go to to get this amazing bread and I said if I find a spot we can get it.
As I'm parking, Dad goes, “Oh should we leave it?”
Me: I'm already parking!
I turn to him waiting for him to go and get his bread. He looks down and I realise his shoes are off.
Dad: Oh my feet hurt can you get it?
He gives me the money and I lock him in the car. I literally walked up the road and something told me to turn round, My door is OPEN on a busy main road. I hurry back to the car.
Me: Dad the door!
Dad: I'm hot. You left me to roast.
Lord help me! I finally get the bread and then he says, “Didn't you get two?”
Let's just say getting home was a major priority.

Can we take a second for how epic Love Island was? Yes! Break up Michael and Joanna. And ghetto Belle is my mooooooood! The way she went for Anton, I was like let him know sis! Did anyone else cry when Amy gave her leaving speech?

I love Wimbledon but very glad it's over. It was really distracting me from doing work. I really wanted Serena to win but Halep was amazing wasn't she? The way people on Twitter were trying to trash Serena when she is the greatest female athlete of all time! Despite her age as the commentators kept feeling to remind everyone. So dumb. I love when Serena shouts, “Come on!” I think I'll adopt that. The men's finals had me on the edge of my seat. In awe of them playing for over 4 hours.

Kylie Jenner with a private jet with her brand across it is the level of extra I need in my life. Period.

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