Early night

11.30pm- Hello everyone! I've had a strangely lazy feeling night tonight. I ordered packed dinner from John's this morning so that I wouldn't have to go to dinner and could eat and work in my room instead. I changed into what I call "essay clothes" (leggings and a hoodie) when I got back from lectures and have only left my room to make tea! I've now finished the reading for the fifth out of my six essays and will start to write it tomorrow. My personal deadline is to finish both by Sunday. My friend and I are both celebrating our Birthdays next week and so I know that I won't get much work done after Monday. I am very excited to finish and am starting to get the end of term feeling. There are various events being held in the next few weeks and there's a general feeling of people starting to look towards Easter and going home. I can't wait until the break. I'm now especially excited as I've discovered I will be seeing a number of AC friends and I truly can't wait! I'm going to Formal tomorrow night and I'm really looking forward to it. It's a special formal- Jazz Formal which means there'll be music during dinner and then a Jazz-themed event afterwards. Quite a few of my friends managed to sign-up too so there'll be a nice group of us. Well there isn't really much else to say apart from the fact that I've been busy working quite a lot. I'm very tired therefore for the first time since I'm not sure when, I'll be in bed my midnight! Love to all.

Half-way there

11.50am- Morning everyone! I realise it's been a fortnight since I last wrote on here so my efforts to write regularly this term haven't been very successful! I've just come back from my last seminar of the year (!!) in my African module. I love that module and so am actually sad that we won't be having any more seminars. Most of my other modules seem to have at least one more seminar however. I've now written three out of my six essays this term, although I did all the reading and wrote the one that was due on Tuesday on Monday! I had a small lapse into last term's ways...! I am now reading for my Reformation essay and I have set myself a deadline for Saturday. I'm quite busy these next couple of days however so we'll see how that works out. I ran Toastie Bar last night and we had a great group of people in the kitchen so we danced a little and had some good laughs whilst also working quite hard. Tonight is the John's JCR meeting and despite saying last time that I wouldn't go again, a close friend is running for an Exec position and so I will go along to support her. She's going for an uncontested role however so I'm sure she'll get it but she still has to hust (seems rather unlucky!). I went to Newcastle with one of my friends and her sister last weekend and we had a great time. It was so good to relax, explore somewhere new and get out of Durham for a while. Everyone is talking about the fact that we finish for Easter relatively soon and I can't wait. At the same time however, in my head that also means I have more essays to write! I'm looking forward to having a week at the end of term when all my essays will have been submitted. I've just picked up my glasses from the opticians! I booked an appointment last week as I've been getting headaches and finding it hard to read for a long time (which is a problem for historians!). The optician said not to wear them too often and only if I'll be reading for a long time yet I was shocked at the difference when I tried them on earlier. Reading was so much easier and I think I may now actually be able to concentrate for longer whilst working! I can hear the Cathedral clock striking which means it's time for lunch! Love to all.

Work and play

11pm- Hello everyone! Time seems to be flying and the approach of the end of term means one thing- deadlines! I am trying to be more organised than last term as regards reading for my essays but I still seem to find myself rushing to do seminar work. I had forgotten that I had a seminar at 10am this morning until yesterday afternoon! I'm trying to balance my time between seeing friends, going to various events and working. This week I have spent lots of time skyping with old AC friends. I always love talking to them but I was having a period of definitely not loving John's earlier this week and so I think I naturally wanted to talk to those who know me best. I'm very lucky in that I also have some wonderful friends here however and it's hard seeing everyone as much as I'd like! Yesterday I visited a local hospice and will now be working on a project organised through John's to volunteer at the hospice. I found it a very fulfilling and exciting afternoon for a number of reasons. One of those is that I met some lovely fellow Johnians from other years whilst walking to the hospice. I always love meeting new Johnians and there are definitely some great people here. We were given a tour of the hospice and told about the various ways we could potentially help- directly with patients, admin etc. I definitely want to work with people if possible but am very much looking forward to taking the project forward in whatever way possible the next couple of weeks. My voluntary work was one of my favourite things at AC and I know that doing something similar here will make me feel more fulfilled and happy. The results of the JCR Presidential elections were announced at President's Formal last night. I didn't sign up for Formal as I was doing Toastie Bar. News of the result spread quickly however and although my second choice candidate won, I am still happy with the result. I think the new President (aptly called John) will be a very good one indeed. Incidentally, he will now spend 5 years at uni as the Presidency is a sabbatical and he was already doing a 4yr language course! Am feeling rather tired so will say Good Night now. I love Fridays and tomorrow I'm having the usual 'Friday Lunch' with one of my best friends and then we're going to do a little shopping before heading to a fundraising event showcasing African music at a local club tomorrow night. Night all.