Getting on a Roll...

So last week I had a right good moan. Having spent hours on end in the library I was getting nowhere and feared never reaching a reasonable word count, let alone making any sort of coherent argument, submitting an essay prior to a deadline and obtaining a respectable mark towards my degree.

However, towards the end of the post I had calmed down a bit, remembered that I'm an optimist at heart and set myself some practical targets:

1) Finish at least one of my essays.

2) Take note of something blooming marvelous in my life and tell you all about it on my blog. 

I also set a made a secret third target... (3) Go home and see my family and friends again before true essay panic and exam revision starts.

I can't quite believe it, but I actually did quite well...

Last week started slowly. My first, and most important, target seemed completely out of my reach. The essay I was focusing on needed to be 5,000 words long, my concentration was waning and the words were coming s.l.o.w.l.y. However, on Wednesday I finally started to get some flow  and come Thursday evening I felt confident that I could finish on Friday and, time dependent, even catch a train to London.

Words cannot express my state of euphoria when I walked out of the library on Friday at 4:30pm, instead of my usual 8:30pm. Not only had I finished an essay that had been drawn out like a form of cruel and unusual punishment but I had no reason not to head home. I even arrived early enough to go to the pub! I was so happy.

Having finally gotten my head into the essay game and crossed off a big one from my list as I flying high. Therefore, not only was I happy to go home, but I could really relax and enjoy it. I spent almost all of Saturday out with Mum, trying on clothes... and being spoiled. I got an outfit for a family wedding next month and a gorgeous beige leather jacket. Oh, and mummy might have paid for everythingI told you; SPOILED.

I also got to spend a lot of time with my great friend Jess, who I haven't seen properly to natter to since we went on holiday in September. 6 months is TOO LONG!! It was really nice to just sit in the pub (and then at my house because the pub closed) drinking wine and chatting about... everything. We caught up on everything that's been happening and we hadn't gone into detail on; made plans for the summer; discussed what we'd like to do once I graduate; discussed how much we like wine; talked musics and films- and even had time to reminisce from juniors through to sixth form. Such fun!

Now, that's 2 targets met and celebrated. What about the third? Did I not notice anything beautiful that I just had to rant about? As I already mentioned there are loads of little things about the last few days that have made me happy and excited about the near future, but what's really got be excited right now is the prospect of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in September. It's so exciting. I spent all of Sunday morning in bed with a cup of tea and my Traveller's Atlas reading about the East Africa... and then branched out and set my sights on the rest of the world. It's so exciting!

The bed buddy's of a wannabe explorer and amateur adventurer...

I now miss home and want to go back. I can't wait for essays and exams to be done so that the sun can come out and I can play!

Anyway, it's back to the library grindstone now, I hope to finish my short essay quickly so that by the weekend I'm only editing and glossing the two that are due throughout next week. Hopefully I'm now well and truly on a roll. 

Watch this space for more info and excitement about my upcoming Kilimanjaro trek and African adventures!

p.s. Enjoy the video. I'm a little bit in love with Nina Nesbitt right now. She has a great voice and is a pretty talented song-writer too...

Dusting off the cobwebs

Hello all,

In case you wondered (which you probably didn't) no, I didn't die. So just to clarify, in case anyone has stumbled upon this this sad little corner of cyberspace in the past few months: nope, I'm not dead. Just boring...

The past few months have actually been crazy busy, just with the daily grind of student life. This includes lessons, a lot of reading (and not enough time for reading), charity hijinks with Warwick RAG and sporting endeavours with both the Netball and Polo clubs. However, all of this is just normal... and the antics of university nights out might not have a place on the internet. You never know, my mother may one day stumble upon this blog- now that she can both use Microsoft Word and her website of choice- Ticketmaster! I'm now a fortnight in to, what the university has most hilariously  named, the Easter 'vacation'. Such funny people...

Personally, I have 3 essays to research during this time and 13,000 words to churn out, polish into proper English and check for just a  glimmer of intellect. Research has been going well, I say this simply because I have managed to motivate myself to spend many hours in the library and trawl through many an old book. The older and smellier the better. However, it is my more recent attempt to jump from research to writing that has motivated this blog. Over the past two days I have been starring at my netbook screen. The nuclear mode of StayFocused has been activated-  Facebook and Twitter are now unavailable to me. Yet sadly, the words just do not come.

Floor 3, the crazy silent floor, where even sipping water might just be too noisy!

Therefore, here we are. You're reading this. Ha! as if you're still reading! This post was motivated my my friend Andy King (a RAG colleague and amusing chap) who this evening launched a new blog, opening with a traditional 'Hello, this is my new blog' post, about being a serial Blog Abandoner. Along came the guilt; had I abandoned my blog? My poor Erasmus lovechild!

Dear Blog,

I am so sorry. Please don't doubt my affection for you, I'll try to do better. I will remember you, and I shall endeavour to use you as an outlet to see the little gems of glory in everyday life. I promise...to try...to remember. Luckily, you're not like a hamster and if I forget to take care of you, you won't die and linger in the corner of a cage I can't even see under a pile of books until the smell becomes so bad that I suddenly remember and go, Oh, ssshhhh...                                            

This week I have a lot to do. Here are my aims:

1. FINISH at least one of my essays.
2. Take note of something blooming marvelous in my life and tell you all (and but that I mean absolutely no one) via this lovely blog.

Bye all... HAHAHA! You're not still reading...

**If you are still here, check out Andy's blog: http://andykingwrites.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/dear-reader/. I like that it's like letters, beause as you know: I LOVE LETTERS!**

***PROOF: http://incaseyoudliketoknow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/without-moving-anything-but-your-heart.html ***

For a good cause

Next week is RAG Week here at the University of Warwick. As the RAG Week Co-ordinator, I'm currently something of a headcase. There are so many little things to think of and it's suddenly dawning on me that I'm probably not going to have any time for sleep all week and I'm worried about letting things slip through the cracks.

However, that's just me being silly, I'm sure. Planning has been going on for months and generally it's shaping up to be a cracking week. We're hoping to raise a lot of money, all of which is for Children in Need, a great cause helping children across the UK.

!!!WARWICK STUDENTS!!!

THIS BIT'S FOR YOU

Please support RAG Week, because:

(a) It's for an excellent cause.

(b) It's loads of fun!

You can send lovely things, or even better EMBARRASSING things to your friends. Have your flatmate GNOMED, just for banter's sake (you know... for the children) and come along to our events. They range in levels of craziness from a Pub Quiz on Tuesday to a huge Leamington Bar Crawl on Friday.

Right, I should get back on task now, but wish us luck, show your support and get involved! I'll be sure to let you know how much we raise!