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Blogmas Day 12: Finishing Uni for Christmas

Elflings,

Today we celebrate as I managed to complete my first semester of uni, admittedly with multiple "I can't do this" moments and a fair few stress tantrums but WE MADE IT. I mean there may be another semester of this year and then an additional 2 years but oh well, I'm sure I'll survive. But anyway, this is a mini celebration so throw a mini party and we can continue.

I have to say, finishing uni for Christmas isn't as exciting as it was finishing primary school or secondary school for Christmas where you'd have the last few days watching films. There'd always be the one teacher who was like "It isn't quite the last day yet so no films today" but then another one would be celebrating with you. Although there's loads of Hallam Holidays events which are all great, it just isn't quite the same. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that I actually have responsibilities now and it was never like that when I was a kid. Or maybe it is because at primary school, thinking back there wasn't many of us, yet now I'm in a university with about 30,000 others and that's just crazy to think about. 

I always remember this one year, I think it was year 4, and there were people out competing at the cross country competition. You'll all be surprised to hear I was not in this as when we were doing the "trials" aka running around the playground 4 times, I purposely tripped myself up to get out of it. I ended up with a very impressive scab that covered most of my knee, but I didn't have to do cross country. So, really I won. I wish I could purposely trip myself up now, but instead I just fall over nothing. But we were making pom poms and I was so fascinated at how easy they are to make, recently my love of poms poms has reformed and although I haven't had chance to use my fancy pom pom maker that I picked up from the Knitting and Stitching Show when I do there is no doubt that I will be drowning in pom poms, and I am SO excited. I don't really know why I remember this from school, I have loads of other fond memories from primary school. It really was the best time. 

Recent years, like in the last couple of secondary and sixth form have included the Christmas holidays being used as a time to "revise" for mock exams in January, not exactly the most exciting way to spend Christmas. You also then have the constant reminder that "after Christmas the next few months will fly by so DO NOT waste these two weeks". I mean, they were always right I was at sixth form for two years and it kinda just went by in like a month maybe? But, you don't want to admit that you have to take some form of responsibility for these scary things called exams so you ignore it, until it goes away aka until you receive exam timetables. Really funny because I am nothing like that, I panic about exams like crazy. 

I'm quite chuffed though that although these past few months of uni have flown by and I have considered "is this even worth it?" that I have stuck to it. Semester 1, gooooodbye. 

Until tomorrow,
Lia  x

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