back in the swing of things....
updating in the third week back in uni does seem a tad non-commital, but I do apologise sincerely. time is something I just dont have at the moment!!
Moving in was fine. I love my room. Despite only being in it 3 weeks, it does feel like *mine* if that makes any sense. Now everything's moved into it....I'm just settled, a helluva lot quicker than I expected to be, and I think its a reflection of how much i actually missed uni and living in leeds. Missed lectures etc too i suppose, its nice to get started on the new modules.
Freshers week was fun, a blur of alcohol and doing sweet fa as usual...then the house warming, which due to everyone being rubbish and cancelling turned more like into a slightly noisy gathering. which was still cool. I was drunk....drinking wine when just sat around at home makes you ten times more susceptible to getting drunk....
But yeah, once term actually began, I was sucked of all free time. seriously.
Theres Uni. Ok, its just 6 hours, but stupidly i have an hour every day of the week. 2 on tuesdays. I am well aware complaining about this is quite frankly, ridiculous, but going in for a mere hour, instead of having the day off to actually get on with work in one long burst, is fucking irritating. Cos you set off 40 mins pre lecture, to get there ten mins before for a seat...and spend 30 mins walking home.And then theres about 3 hrs reading per module... so yeah, uni is a pain.
Then theres work. My direct line training started. Ok, so i adore the job, and its so much fun, and I get silly things like £750 just for getting my sis to apply for a job and £400 in profit share in march on top of my wage...but the training is 5-8 mon thur and sat 9-5....so more time gone..
then the gym - i am now actually doing something about how unfit and unactive i am, lol, and gyming it 3 times a week. its actually really refreshing to go and sweat it out for an hour and really feel the burn!!
and the hype...i have 2 features ongoing and have applied to be an associate editor...so thats more time. It was ok in summer, when i was free to just write, but now i have to schedule research and interviews and drafting around the rest of my life, which sucks. but we've launched and i'm published and i love it.
and then theres matt (who i am missing terribly)and friends and all the other uni stuff.
Its cool, I mean i just need to organise my time properly and not waste it on silly things like tv, or just arsing about. But last year i had none of this, its a slight culture shock to have to really plan out every hour in order to stay up to date with everything. but then i do permanently feel productive which is a good thing.
i had so much to jot down and now its all disappearing. shit.
oh, i joined amnesty international soc. woot. the meetings class with work, but i can go to any events etc, so thats cool.
i am also having nothing but financial crises atm. it seems like any money i am relying on just refuses to come to me.
first, express by holiday inn underpaid me. i thought it was like by 200, but it turned out to be 90. but still, i needed that 90, especially seen as i'd built my plans around 200. matt leant me the the 200 as i was properly skint, which was so amazing of him. i'm gonna pay him back by crimbo.
then, the loan. my loan wasn't paid in, so i called and they said they didn't have my step dads info...so they lost it then. So as i dont benefit from the means testing anyway I just asked for the basic loan. so i'm waiting for my loan, it doesn't come in. and then today rent (£814) came out. great. so i was 1300 overdrawn and in deep shit with the bank. I went in and they said the check has bounced, so my balance has returned to normal, but they've charged me 25 quid for it bouncing. greeeeeaaat. apparently i can claim it back, as they aren't allowed to charge student account these things, but still, pain-in-the-arse. I now also have to ring keiran and tell him i cant pay him until my loan comes through. wonderful. rang the loan company, and apparently they've posted me a form (which i haven't got yet) and until i sign that and send it back they wont pay me. arrrrgggghhh.
so yeah, student money sucks.
but apart from that i'm pretty happy, its so great to be back at uni. out tomorow night, wire, woooo! not been yet this term. then star friday too.
i am gonna be soooo dead on saturday at work.
sam xxxx
Moving in was fine. I love my room. Despite only being in it 3 weeks, it does feel like *mine* if that makes any sense. Now everything's moved into it....I'm just settled, a helluva lot quicker than I expected to be, and I think its a reflection of how much i actually missed uni and living in leeds. Missed lectures etc too i suppose, its nice to get started on the new modules.
Freshers week was fun, a blur of alcohol and doing sweet fa as usual...then the house warming, which due to everyone being rubbish and cancelling turned more like into a slightly noisy gathering. which was still cool. I was drunk....drinking wine when just sat around at home makes you ten times more susceptible to getting drunk....
But yeah, once term actually began, I was sucked of all free time. seriously.
Theres Uni. Ok, its just 6 hours, but stupidly i have an hour every day of the week. 2 on tuesdays. I am well aware complaining about this is quite frankly, ridiculous, but going in for a mere hour, instead of having the day off to actually get on with work in one long burst, is fucking irritating. Cos you set off 40 mins pre lecture, to get there ten mins before for a seat...and spend 30 mins walking home.And then theres about 3 hrs reading per module... so yeah, uni is a pain.
Then theres work. My direct line training started. Ok, so i adore the job, and its so much fun, and I get silly things like £750 just for getting my sis to apply for a job and £400 in profit share in march on top of my wage...but the training is 5-8 mon thur and sat 9-5....so more time gone..
then the gym - i am now actually doing something about how unfit and unactive i am, lol, and gyming it 3 times a week. its actually really refreshing to go and sweat it out for an hour and really feel the burn!!
and the hype...i have 2 features ongoing and have applied to be an associate editor...so thats more time. It was ok in summer, when i was free to just write, but now i have to schedule research and interviews and drafting around the rest of my life, which sucks. but we've launched and i'm published and i love it.
and then theres matt (who i am missing terribly)and friends and all the other uni stuff.
Its cool, I mean i just need to organise my time properly and not waste it on silly things like tv, or just arsing about. But last year i had none of this, its a slight culture shock to have to really plan out every hour in order to stay up to date with everything. but then i do permanently feel productive which is a good thing.
i had so much to jot down and now its all disappearing. shit.
oh, i joined amnesty international soc. woot. the meetings class with work, but i can go to any events etc, so thats cool.
i am also having nothing but financial crises atm. it seems like any money i am relying on just refuses to come to me.
first, express by holiday inn underpaid me. i thought it was like by 200, but it turned out to be 90. but still, i needed that 90, especially seen as i'd built my plans around 200. matt leant me the the 200 as i was properly skint, which was so amazing of him. i'm gonna pay him back by crimbo.
then, the loan. my loan wasn't paid in, so i called and they said they didn't have my step dads info...so they lost it then. So as i dont benefit from the means testing anyway I just asked for the basic loan. so i'm waiting for my loan, it doesn't come in. and then today rent (£814) came out. great. so i was 1300 overdrawn and in deep shit with the bank. I went in and they said the check has bounced, so my balance has returned to normal, but they've charged me 25 quid for it bouncing. greeeeeaaat. apparently i can claim it back, as they aren't allowed to charge student account these things, but still, pain-in-the-arse. I now also have to ring keiran and tell him i cant pay him until my loan comes through. wonderful. rang the loan company, and apparently they've posted me a form (which i haven't got yet) and until i sign that and send it back they wont pay me. arrrrgggghhh.
so yeah, student money sucks.
but apart from that i'm pretty happy, its so great to be back at uni. out tomorow night, wire, woooo! not been yet this term. then star friday too.
i am gonna be soooo dead on saturday at work.
sam xxxx