Definition: Ravenclaw Fail
Mar. 7th, 2018 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
localfreakSo I may have had a tiny little meltdown when I realised that I have an assignment due in on 21st March...the week BEFORE my week off (I must have known this at some point, but somehow forgotten in the meantime) so had a bit of a
ohgodadeadlineandididntknowandivegotsomuchtodoandimgonnafail and I KEEP FALLING ASLEEP.
*breathes*
But it's okay now. Well, it's not okay but I spend the afternoon reading through everything I need to do and enough background reading to carry me through (though I have to say- uni reading list people? If it isn't available online maybe at least try and give me something that's in print off the reading list. curses)
In other news it is Mother's day on Sunday here in the UK. Well technically Mothering Sunday, a custom that dates back to medieval times (at least) in which on the fourth Sunday of Lent people visited their Mother Church (the one they grew up in. In the Victorian times servants were given the Sunday off to do so- and also therefore visit their Mothers, and the cusom of taking a Simnel cake appeared them as well as the term 'going mothering'.
That said these days we treat it the same as the american holiday in that we buy our mothers cards, gifts etc. Mine is very hard to buy for as the shops explode with PINK things and offers on makeup (nope), jewellery (nope), PINK things (nope). I think I've managed though. I bought her a new case for her kindle and two ebooks and then because that looked a bit pants I've ordered The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane which is a pretty illustrated booka bout language and nature. I saw it reviewed on booktube last year and as it's full of big illustrations I am hoping that the print will be large enough to be comfortable too. The only chocolates I could order online were Too Damn Fancy (so she wouldn't like them) so I'm going to have to go to the shop near work and buy a gross of Wagon Wheels or something.
I haven't come up with anything for my Nanny though which is a worry. Again, she insists she wants nothing BUT THIS IS A LIE. I just have to come up with something original.
*sobs*
Work is also Uncomfortably Busy at the momet which is distinctly not helping matters. My next tasks for uni are:
- conduct literature searches I've planned for my dissertation proposal and then email my tutor as I think I've got confused over something now.
- design a webpage as part of a group task
- the assignment due on 21st.
Which sounds a bit more manageable than the to do list I had at lunchtime today so there's a plus. The hardest thing actually is being so tired all the time.
ohgodadeadlineandididntknowandivegotsomuchtodoandimgonnafail and I KEEP FALLING ASLEEP.
*breathes*
But it's okay now. Well, it's not okay but I spend the afternoon reading through everything I need to do and enough background reading to carry me through (though I have to say- uni reading list people? If it isn't available online maybe at least try and give me something that's in print off the reading list. curses)
In other news it is Mother's day on Sunday here in the UK. Well technically Mothering Sunday, a custom that dates back to medieval times (at least) in which on the fourth Sunday of Lent people visited their Mother Church (the one they grew up in. In the Victorian times servants were given the Sunday off to do so- and also therefore visit their Mothers, and the cusom of taking a Simnel cake appeared them as well as the term 'going mothering'.
That said these days we treat it the same as the american holiday in that we buy our mothers cards, gifts etc. Mine is very hard to buy for as the shops explode with PINK things and offers on makeup (nope), jewellery (nope), PINK things (nope). I think I've managed though. I bought her a new case for her kindle and two ebooks and then because that looked a bit pants I've ordered The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane which is a pretty illustrated booka bout language and nature. I saw it reviewed on booktube last year and as it's full of big illustrations I am hoping that the print will be large enough to be comfortable too. The only chocolates I could order online were Too Damn Fancy (so she wouldn't like them) so I'm going to have to go to the shop near work and buy a gross of Wagon Wheels or something.
I haven't come up with anything for my Nanny though which is a worry. Again, she insists she wants nothing BUT THIS IS A LIE. I just have to come up with something original.
*sobs*
Work is also Uncomfortably Busy at the momet which is distinctly not helping matters. My next tasks for uni are:
- conduct literature searches I've planned for my dissertation proposal and then email my tutor as I think I've got confused over something now.
- design a webpage as part of a group task
- the assignment due on 21st.
Which sounds a bit more manageable than the to do list I had at lunchtime today so there's a plus. The hardest thing actually is being so tired all the time.
