December...wow!

I can't believe it's December...I last blogged back on 22nd November which feels like ages ago! I'm sorry that it's been so long, I've just been incredibly busy and also the last week or so I've had a horrible cold that has wiped me out.

I hate being ill when I have so much to do...I won't let myself give in to it and be properly off ill. Thursday morning I missed lectures because I felt so bad, I only went in for the afternoon to collect my assignment...it's so weird. I never miss lectures. And then yesterday I still went out and did some flyering for CU carol service and also went out to see a play in the evening. Today I was supposed to be going to Wales for the day and despite not feeling good, I went anyway! Of course now I'm completely wiped out :( I just have stuff I want to do and assignments to write and placement that I need to go to and it's just impossible for me to take a day off.

I was just reading that back...'I never miss lectures'...haha...that is such an incredible statement...a completely true statement, I don't just miss lectures because I can't be bothered, although I totally could, there's lots of people who do...but I don't. I enjoy my lectures and I never just skive off. Which sounds so incredible because just 3 years ago my teachers were saying that I might have to repeat year 13 because my attendance was so poor. I missed lots of lessons because I couldn't be bothered and I paid the price for it with my grades (although that was partly down to stupidly hard exams too!). But now I'm doing a degree that I love, with lectures that are interesting and that I enjoy, and that not only shows in my grades but in my attendance too.
I do have to admit that I'm proud of myself. Of how I did in year one, of how hard I've been working the last 10 weeks to get through this semester, and I hope that I never lose that feeling...I hope I continue to work hard and continue to love every minute.

For now I've handed in 4 assignments and have 2 to go. One of those was a formative assignment that I got back on thursday in order to complete and hand in on 17th december. The feedback I got was good so that's nice. Right now my initial concern is my research assignment that's due in on friday. I have all the notes and basics of it written down, and I have hit the books and got most of the references sorted too...now I just need to sit down and type it up. It's just quite a boring subject and not exactly an attractive prospect but I'll have to get on and do it.

But not tonight, tonight I'm just going to continue to crash and hope that this cold goes away because my next 'day off' isn't until friday (tomorrow we're decorating the house for christmas and I'm also writing research). So I need to just push through and rest when I can :)

I think that's a pretty good blog for now :) I'll try and keep writing but obviously everything is a bit hectic, but christmas is soon and I've got just under 2 weeks off which will be nice!
That's all, I'm off to surf facebook and maybe nap a little!
Much love xxx