8 Days Till Final Exam

Here I am, back at uni again - I've been back for just under a fortnight now. I ended up locking myself in my room for days to get my assignments done, but they're finally finished and that's all that matters. They're out of my hands now. I've already received marks back for two of the three pieces I had to finish - 2:2 for both, not bad considering I did them in a matter of days.. Kids, never grow up to be like me. DO UR WERK.

Anyway, the night I was finally free of my work, which was Friday 25th, I decided to get absolutely blotto to celebrate. I haven't been properly drunk for a very long time, probably not since the ending-up-in-Manchester fiasco, and it was a very amusing night. It started with Jas, Sophie and I popping over to Club de Hav to have a few jars while they played a few rounds of pool and were crap at it. It was nice to sit in the bar and put my feet up though, without the thought of all the work I had to do weighing on my mind. I was quite content with my pint of dark cider and glass of whiskey and coke (yes I had two drinks at once), watching Sophie and Jas.

We returned to the flat, where we were joined by James, Anand and Jake. I got my water speakers and laptop, and the whole night consisted of Spotify playlists and random requests from all of us. I can't remember much of the night, but I think it can be summed up in its entirety by the most beautiful photo I have ever taken:

For my America trip, I have everything sorted apart from my visa - this will be sorted very soon though, as my appointment at the US Embassy is on Tuesday! I'm still waiting to be placed, but there's still plenty of time for that. I'm getting a bit antsy, just because I want to know where I'm going! I'm so excited and scared. It's gonna be such a big adventure, I can't wait!

As for Spain, I just need to tweak the Powerpoint I was required to make, then I can send that off and that's it - it's entirely up to them after that. I hope I get the internship, it'll be so awesome! One of my bucket list items is to teach English in a foreign country, and Spain is such a beautiful place. I am also incredibly excited that I will be learning a new language when I go over there, and experiencing a different culture for around 8 months. Plus Spain will be warmer over the winter than horrible England, which is always a bonus.

Also in September, between coming back from America and (hopefully) heading off to Spain, I have two exciting things. The first is going to London with Caz to see Kate Bush! I'm really looking forward to it, and I'm amazed that Caz managed to get tickets. The other exciting event, which is coming up a mere four days after the Kate Bush gig, is Arron and Kim's wedding. It's gonna be lovely, I adore weddings! So, by the look of things, the rest of this year is going to be a busy one, considering I also have my graduation ceremony in November (more on that later).

As the title suggests, I only have a Clinical Linguistics exam on the 12th, and then I am completely done with university. All the blood, sweat and tears (not to mention the mountain of cash) that I've put into this will have finally paid off, and my police certificate will no longer be the most expensive piece of paper that I own. I can't believe uni is pretty much over already; at times it felt like it was dragging out forever, but now... I feel like I've only been here for five minutes. Funny how time goes. I have to spend this next week revising my backside off for the exam, but that's no real hardship because Clinical Linguistics really interests me and I had the best lecturer ever for it as well.

I was looking up my graduation the other day, eeeek! I know a bit more about it now - it's going to be on November 20th. I will be there in a gown and one of those stupid hats, and it's going to be brill. The students at my uni get to graduate from this absolutely beautiful place (St. Alban's Cathedral):

I am so excited to graduate. That'll be the final closure of my university career; it'll also mark the last bit of education ever ever (unless I decide to do post-grad someday).

If I get the Spain job, my German friend Sou and I have hatched a diabolical plan to visit the Berlinale Film Festival in February. We're going to go there to try to catch a glimpse of August Diehl, and I am also excited to go because a) Berlin is a city I've wanted to visit forever and b) finally meeting Sou in 'real life'! I hope this all works out. We also have a not-quite-normal plan to scale the Brandenburg Tor, something Sou claims she's always wished she could do. Either way, it'll be hilarious and I'll get to spend time in a beautiful city, with a fantastic person (and hopefully see August Diehl too lol).

Today, it's Caz's birthday. Being the best friend that anyone could hope for in the whole bloody world, I sent her a card with dead flowers on it, and told her to die :)