Haven't achieved anything in the last hour except drink coffee and chain smoke. Lol! Essays are not good for my general health.
I know the feeling, I was like that for most of last week.
I now need to hand my essays in, in the morning, do a presentation in the afternoon, and then start on my language essays that are due in after easter. It's never ending!
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Make us all feel wonderful. We'll never forget."
Try not to worry about the test DevilGirl (sorry - don't know your name. Really need to start learning some). Worrying won't do anything to change what you wrote so there's really no point stressing. Maybe you didn't do as well as you'd hoped but that can't be changed. Go to bed, wake up later and move on to the next thing you need to think about. I know it's harder than that, but remember that getting yourself worked up won't change your mark. I always think I've done really badly in assessments and am pleasantly surprised sometimes.
At 4,250 words so past the absolute minimum (assuming we get 10% above/below the specified word count), only 250 words to get to the word count. Yay. Saturday I was worrying I wasn't going to get past 2,500!
My brain is sleep-deprived and caffeinated though so I might not rush to get it printed tonight. Probably better to read through it tomorrow with a clear head.
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
The situation is getting worse at my uni, petitions going round to stop the staff reorganisation.Staff are having to be interviewed to find out if they can keep their positions, staff taking voluntary leave etc
Also my friend inquired about trying to get the loan date changed to a couple of weeks earlier.Refusing to help students that are not in thier final year, or not about to be evicted. Thankfully my bank account hasnt been as badly hit as i had feared so i am not so concerned but i have friends that dont even have money to pay for rent, or if that the rent is paid little money for food let alone for supplies for this course.No hardship funds available at all... ****ing uni is a huge bunch of gay ¬¬
same!
although this is for tomorrow 1pm.
although i've done the majority. i just can't be bothered to do the last re-drafting of it. and i know i will only be bothered when it hits midnight and i will start to panic a little.
Going to bed soon. Lecture at 9 then I can go to the library and check my essay through, do all the final tweaking etc. Print it, hand it in, get home and start packing for when I go home on Wednesday, then go for a meeting with my supervisor at 2. Busy day. But it's going to feel so good when I've handed it in.
7th July 2007
Hope is the feeling you have, that the feeling you have isn't permanent. (Jean Kerr)
I have actually completed everything, I can't believe it, this time last week I was convinced that I was going to hand in a whole pile of late essays, but after spending 5 consecutive days working for at least 8 hours each day I've cleared everything. I even cleared my dissertation proposal, and I started that just before midnight. This is weird, I've not finished this early since my first uni deadline and this is also the most work I've ever had to get in for one day, in four hours time I'll be in the library printing off the final piece of work. Now I'm just getting paranoid that they're not good enough :-/ but anyway, I've done 12,000 words since 6pm on Wednesday, and I only had to put in one late night, this has never happened to me before. I seemed to start work on my first essay at the last possible moment, if I had started just one day later I wouldn't have got everything in on time. *is confused*
Random radio ___________This spiral
Static on tv ____________Has worn a groove so deep
Losing count of _________Can’t climb out
All the days and weeks ___Pathetic, painful need
I've got to start thinking about my dissertation now. I'm thinking of doing something along the lines of the involvement of the third sector in policy development, over the last hundred years - but I really don't know, at all!
