Fresher's Fun
Hey there,
I'm sat here at the moment, still in my work clothes, drinking traditional style lemonade and eating chocolate, typing with numb fingers because I left the window open for 3 hours and now the flat is freezing! But at least the air is fresh..
Today was work and tomorrow is work again. Work is going along okay, I get in there and get on with it, the days pass fairly quickly as it's getting busier. I got 5 reward points for last month because a customer remarked to my assistant manager that I had given her excellent service apparently. This means I get £5 worth of stuff from the shop for free. I have chosen to bank the points though, so I can rack up a nice little total to buy some treats for myself in a couple of months when I am totally poor. So that made me feel better :)
All I do at the weekend (apart from work) is think about university on Monday, and how I can't wait to get back there. I hate to wish my life away like that, but I love my course and I love seeing my friends there. I'm doing really well (I think) and seem to be impressing my lecturers, which is obviously making me feel wicked cool. On Monday afternoon we do a class in digital media production, which takes place in our TV Studio. We found out this week that we are now working towards our final project for the module - a television programme aimed at students. Somehow, even though I had a horrid migraine and was hoping I could sit at the side sipping water, I ended up volunteering myself as the storyboard artist, the presenter(!) and the diary keeper. We did a debate on Thursday in our media seminar, our team (4 others and I) against the the other team of 5. Everyone on my team was too shy to speak, so I ended up being our spokesperson, single-handedly taking on the whole other team and winning the debate, despite the fact I was arguing for something I am against!!! Then on Friday in our English Lanuage seminar we discussed word classifications in grammar to a hugely pedantic level. I got 100% on the quiz based on our designated reading, and participated lots in the seminar, giving answers no one else seemed to know :) It feels so nice to be good at the thing you love, and love the thing you're doing. This is such a different experience to my course in Portsmouth Uni. This is right. This is all mine.
The Drama Society have chosen a play. We're doing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I should have seen that one coming! The auditions are being held next week. I also got an email from BeePurple, the University's Entrepreneurial Group (which I forgot I joined). There is a workshop next week about starting your own business and I'm really excited but I don't know which one to go to yet as I am supposed to have other society meetings on both workshop dates! This feels weird, I've never had such a busy diary before...
My brother and his fiance came down to see us yesterday. It was so good to see them as it's the first time we've seen them since we left Portsmouth. Jeff especially was really happy to see me and it made me feel all warm inside. I felt a bit sad to see them go, but I know I will see them at Halloween. I was so tired yesterday as my sleep pattern is totally messed up. I am having terrible insomnia, which leads to me being asleep on my feet during the day, and then being totally awake again all night. I figure it's anxiety about the fees. I have just received my invoice from the uni, and they want half by November. I need to talk to them about that, as I was told before they would only need a third, so that is all I have budgeted for! I went to all the banks, but no one will give me a loan because I'm a student, and the best I could do was an HSBC student credit card. At least it will help me pay for food should I become desperate towards the end of the month. Expect handmade xmas presents, guys :(
I'm sat here at the moment, still in my work clothes, drinking traditional style lemonade and eating chocolate, typing with numb fingers because I left the window open for 3 hours and now the flat is freezing! But at least the air is fresh..
Today was work and tomorrow is work again. Work is going along okay, I get in there and get on with it, the days pass fairly quickly as it's getting busier. I got 5 reward points for last month because a customer remarked to my assistant manager that I had given her excellent service apparently. This means I get £5 worth of stuff from the shop for free. I have chosen to bank the points though, so I can rack up a nice little total to buy some treats for myself in a couple of months when I am totally poor. So that made me feel better :)
All I do at the weekend (apart from work) is think about university on Monday, and how I can't wait to get back there. I hate to wish my life away like that, but I love my course and I love seeing my friends there. I'm doing really well (I think) and seem to be impressing my lecturers, which is obviously making me feel wicked cool. On Monday afternoon we do a class in digital media production, which takes place in our TV Studio. We found out this week that we are now working towards our final project for the module - a television programme aimed at students. Somehow, even though I had a horrid migraine and was hoping I could sit at the side sipping water, I ended up volunteering myself as the storyboard artist, the presenter(!) and the diary keeper. We did a debate on Thursday in our media seminar, our team (4 others and I) against the the other team of 5. Everyone on my team was too shy to speak, so I ended up being our spokesperson, single-handedly taking on the whole other team and winning the debate, despite the fact I was arguing for something I am against!!! Then on Friday in our English Lanuage seminar we discussed word classifications in grammar to a hugely pedantic level. I got 100% on the quiz based on our designated reading, and participated lots in the seminar, giving answers no one else seemed to know :) It feels so nice to be good at the thing you love, and love the thing you're doing. This is such a different experience to my course in Portsmouth Uni. This is right. This is all mine.
The Drama Society have chosen a play. We're doing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I should have seen that one coming! The auditions are being held next week. I also got an email from BeePurple, the University's Entrepreneurial Group (which I forgot I joined). There is a workshop next week about starting your own business and I'm really excited but I don't know which one to go to yet as I am supposed to have other society meetings on both workshop dates! This feels weird, I've never had such a busy diary before...
My brother and his fiance came down to see us yesterday. It was so good to see them as it's the first time we've seen them since we left Portsmouth. Jeff especially was really happy to see me and it made me feel all warm inside. I felt a bit sad to see them go, but I know I will see them at Halloween. I was so tired yesterday as my sleep pattern is totally messed up. I am having terrible insomnia, which leads to me being asleep on my feet during the day, and then being totally awake again all night. I figure it's anxiety about the fees. I have just received my invoice from the uni, and they want half by November. I need to talk to them about that, as I was told before they would only need a third, so that is all I have budgeted for! I went to all the banks, but no one will give me a loan because I'm a student, and the best I could do was an HSBC student credit card. At least it will help me pay for food should I become desperate towards the end of the month. Expect handmade xmas presents, guys :(