12 July 2010 @ 11:45 pm
If all you see is a crater, just back away slowly  
Hey all. Today was the first night in about 2 weeks? 3? I've had home alone by myself and nothing super-pressure to do. Seriously, that's actually not an exaggeration. I'm not all woe-is-me about it because there has been many good things, but also those weeks have contained visiting my family (which SUCKED, for the record. It was great seeing my brother but then I spent four days in the same house as my separated parents and an 8 week old puppy, which meant that I was stressed out and tired (puppy) and put through an emotional roller-coaster (parents) but was still a welcome reprieve from my infuriating flatmates) followed by interviews for my thesis, followed by a two-day photo-shoot for a Suicide Girls hopeful, followed by my BFF breaking up with her bf of six years and needing a place to stay. AT THE SAME TIME as one of my other besties going on the rocks with HER bf, which resulted in DANGER DANGER EXTREME SUPPORT REQUIRED for both of them, which wasn't a problem but was pretty worrying and meant I was either out lots or had ppl here. AS WELL as that I'm behind-schedule on my thesis. AS WELL as that my BF and I haven't had a lot of time together lately due to all of the above so I was trying to juggle spending time with him as well as my girls, which kinda made me feel guilty coz I was so happy to be spending time with him I possibly wasn't being the most focussed support!friend I could have been.

ANYWAY. All this means is that I haven't had any time for anything really, but on the very few days I've been able to sit down with my computer and a bit of time, I've been doing my best to keep to writing targets. I wanted to make a post for all interested parties, (and I just checked the read-count on Pomme de Sang so I know that there are at least a few of you *cough*) that this month I am actively working on Dry My Tears and have been making genuine progress. I have a secret goal for when I'm going to get the next chapter up and while I'm not telling in case anyone gets disappointed, let's hope I can hit it!

Meanwhile, new addiction: Bleach. Though the gender issues annoy me quite a lot. Still. Fun and the episodes are short enough that I can use them as a mini-break in between studying.

Ooh, and my Foo has given me the details of a Professor in the USA who studies some of the same field as me who might be able to give me advice about the next educational step, so that's exciting!

Oh, and I just got my marks back for last sem. All I'll say is that I am very happy.

Enough for now.

Peeji over and out!
 
 
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[identity profile] mimei.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2010 12:25 pm (UTC)
i'm happy your marks are happy marks, congrats!

sounds like uber drama :( does one of those friends name's start with A? that is so sad :( i hope everything is okay now.

good luck with the writing ♥
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[identity profile] prairie-grass.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2010 12:32 pm (UTC)
So am I! I may have run around the lab this afternoon and done a lot of space-dance motions with the joy. I only wish that all scholarships only look at your last two years instead of everything. Wah. Did you know that the engineers only have their 300 and 400 level papers count towards their gpa? Isn't that SO UNFAIR??

It was! IS! And yes, you would be correct. It's very sad. I dunno, she's still totally numb about the whole thing right now but I think she's gonna crash really hard once she's moved out. :(

Cheers! Have you had any luck with that hurdle yourself?
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[identity profile] mimei.livejournal.com on July 12th, 2010 01:06 pm (UTC)
:) oh well, i think you'd still have a good shot at scholarships with 2 years worth of good grades. i think i vaguely knew that...it's only unfair if your last two years are better than your first, lol.

poor A :( i hope she does ok. lucky she's got you.

none whatsoever.
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