Amidst Exams | Days 41-46

Exams, exams, exams. Life's not too fun during exam season. Still managing to find some joy in my days though!

Caught Big Brother watching the moon

Retail therapy to ease the exam strain

Time for tennis with the niece and nephew

Fresh after a downpour

Discovered a funky new building in Manchester

It's finally sunny and they've boarded up our windows!

On the up side, I'm half way through my exams! Only three weeks left and then I'm completely done. Believe me, I'm counting the days. On a lighter note, I saw the new Studio Ghibli film, The Wind Rises, a couple of days ago; so expect a review!

Pies & College Tries | Days 35-40

The battle of the assignments is over, and 3/8 exams have come and gone. What does that mean? More revision! Not as exciting as it seems, right? Here's what I've been up to:

A Level History followed me to Uni

Last Essay knocked right out of the park

Reenacting Figlmüller's Viennese schnitzel with Libbi

Only 4 weeks left in this beautiful building

A trip to Pieminister was just what the doc ordered

Didsbury really is a sight for sore eyes

I have noticed that my 100happydays is slowly being overtaken by food, and it doesn't help that I've not had time for the gym for a few weeks. But unhealthy habits aside, with these assignments off my back, I've been able to put some more time into revision and the long awaited Locke review. So keep your eyes peeled - Hardy will be here before the week's out!

AFK and Assignment Overload | Days 27 - 34

Apologies are in order! I've been Away From Keyboard for a little over a week now, but some serious work has been in order. After arriving back in Manchester I realised how little time I had to do a veritable pile of work, so I had to knuckle down and give DormDiary a break. But I've kept up with my happydays, so I'll bring you up to date!

Currywurst at Bierkeller

My new home - Ashburne Library (with a side of Suits)

Staring out at the sun whilst being locked in the library

A post-Easter gift from my sister (gone in 5 minutes!)

The cutest gift ever from Lily - from Cambodia!

A break from study - a lot of laughs

One of my favourite Hopper pieces from May

Nostalgia for last year's travels to Budapest

While I've been seriously at my studies, I've still had time to live [apart from a couple of days spent in the library]. I'm going to be posting my happy days every fourth day for a few weeks - just until I've got a break in exams. Regarding the Locke review, it's in slow progress but it is on it's way - there's no way I'm missing a chance to plaster DormDiary with pictures of Tom Hardy. No way.
Have a good weekend chickens!

Progress (finally) | Day #15

I've managed to get some work done, shocker! I desperately need to get back into the swing of giving my brain an allocated time each day for academics [that means not watching The Good Wife 24/7]. It doesn't help that I've completely mentally blocked the fact the exams start in just over 2 weeks and I've got 2 essays in at the same time. Anyway, here's today's photo:

As you can see, definitely enough highlighting and post-it noting for me to call it revision. I've even annotated the text. Pat-on-the-back worthy, don't you think? I am good at this... I promise.

On Stationery and Becoming Stationary | Happy Day #9

Day nine! Not exactly cloud nine, but close enough. Today was dedicated to running errands in town, grocery shopping and watching more Good Wife. Stationery lovers among you will understand the eternal struggle that is resisting a splurge whenever you're in the vicinity of  Paperchase, WHSmith's... just about any similar retailer. Well, guilty as charged: I couldn't help myself. Here's my happyday's snap:

Leatherbound from Globetrotter | Kraft from Paperchase

I'm telling myself that these are for strictly revision-based purposes. Truthfully, I haven't started my revision yet. Some of you will be alarmed, others not so much, to find out that I've 3 weeks until my first exam and I've come to a complete academic halt. My brain has been completely stationary since Thursday. It's probably wise for me to start revision ricky-tick if I want to pass, but TV and internet calls.  Maybe tomorrow will be more revision weighted, who knows?