Oops I Skipped a Couple of Months
In my defence, I was really focused on getting my dissertation finished and sparkly and beautiful. While also doing part-time summer work in a busy clothes shop at manic sales time.
Still! The job is over, the money is saved, and (after some furious struggle with the printing company, who ripped me off, the fuckers) the dissertation is handed in. It's been weeks since I woke up in a cold sweat, following nightmares about incorrectly aligned page numbers. I won't get my results until some time next year, probably January or February, and I won't get to graduate from my Master's until October next year, because my university can be pretty awkward sometimes.
I'm afraid my life has been pretty mundane since hand-in day. Not in a boring way, but in a nice way. I'm working on my novel, and editing my friend's novel; the sequel to Sons of Thestian. (I didn't get to edit the first book, which is a shame because I'm enjoying working on the sequel immensely.) I'm also volunteering at the library because, y'know, books'n'stuff. Some of my saved-up money is gonna go towards driving lessons, since I'm nearly twenty-three and still can't drive anything bigger than a bicycle (to be honest, if you needed a license for a push-bike, I wouldn't be allowed on that, either).
It's very much autumn now and it feels weird not to be at university. I'm trying not to get all gloomy about summer being over. I bought an orange jumper and a matching checked scarf! They're seasonal! Also lots of pumpkin spiced lattes.
Sometime I'm probably going to do a melancholy list of things I miss about university. After four years of longing for home, it's strange to be back and just miss uni instead. I'm useless!
Last note: I'm doing nanowrimo next month. Anyone else joining my insanity?
Still! The job is over, the money is saved, and (after some furious struggle with the printing company, who ripped me off, the fuckers) the dissertation is handed in. It's been weeks since I woke up in a cold sweat, following nightmares about incorrectly aligned page numbers. I won't get my results until some time next year, probably January or February, and I won't get to graduate from my Master's until October next year, because my university can be pretty awkward sometimes.
I'm afraid my life has been pretty mundane since hand-in day. Not in a boring way, but in a nice way. I'm working on my novel, and editing my friend's novel; the sequel to Sons of Thestian. (I didn't get to edit the first book, which is a shame because I'm enjoying working on the sequel immensely.) I'm also volunteering at the library because, y'know, books'n'stuff. Some of my saved-up money is gonna go towards driving lessons, since I'm nearly twenty-three and still can't drive anything bigger than a bicycle (to be honest, if you needed a license for a push-bike, I wouldn't be allowed on that, either).
It's very much autumn now and it feels weird not to be at university. I'm trying not to get all gloomy about summer being over. I bought an orange jumper and a matching checked scarf! They're seasonal! Also lots of pumpkin spiced lattes.
Sometime I'm probably going to do a melancholy list of things I miss about university. After four years of longing for home, it's strange to be back and just miss uni instead. I'm useless!
Last note: I'm doing nanowrimo next month. Anyone else joining my insanity?