The long and winding road...

So I've been away for a couple of weeks but I've been ridiculously busy! Not only have I hosted Christmas for both sets of parents, organised and wrapped all presents, and generally been superwoman but on top of that I've worked my butt off studying. Larry and Meg bought me a huge retro angle poise lamp for the lounge, which makes my studying, or at least being able to see to study much easier.  I was lucky enough to be gifted with wine (though I don't drink) and cash, and lots of chocolates, which I think we will still all be eating at Easter! Anyway, not only did I have lots of college work to do but I had to provide extra information as to my relevant experience for my UEA application, followed up by an email requesting a 1000 word essay.  That's not all, I've had to work on the prep for my UCS interview. I'm hoping that Anglia Ruskin will also come back to me to confirm a new interview date.  And I'm hoping that the UEA invite me to interview. With all the work I've had to do I'd be very disappointed if I didn't get an interview now. My only low point is that I haven't actually started to even think about my English essay and it's due in in under two weeks! And I will be missing my English lesson on fri 15th as I will be at UCS interview!  Guess I will have to hope and pray that I'm able to get enough from this weeks English lesson to kick arse in the essay. I've not decided which short story to cover yet, but I will have to choose by Friday. I've also got my Cultural Studies exam on the 18th!!! It's CR-AZY!!! Margie said that after Christmas time would fly and we needed to really knuckle down, well she wasn't kidding! It's only 6 weeks until half term! So much to do! Not enough time to do it! But I will do it, if it kills me! This is hard, but I've gone through much harder.  This road is long and winding, and right now it feels like my kayak is moving through sludge, I can see clearly the route ahead but I'm bogged down and making slow progress. The additional uni work has added extra weight to my kayak, to forge ahead along this waterway is going to be tough.  But I am tough. And it's going to get tougher yet, so I'm going to turn up my song to full volume, roll up the sleeves, and paddle like my life depends on it!...