***Ella*** It was still only Wednesday, and it had already felt like the longest week that I had ever experienced. I was reminded of the times I had looked forward to going on holiday when I was younger, or the week before Christmas; how the week ahead always seemed to drag before you were going to do something exciting. My 'something exciting' happened to be a date with arguably the kindest and most handsome guy at school. He might have said in the gazebo that he was the lucky one...something I still couldn't get over; but that award was definitely going to me. How did the shy science girl with zero charm and maximum social awkwardness, manage to get so lucky? .. It had been unseasonably warm since the weekend, so I had been getting out daily for a good, long run. This morning, howev

