1) School: I have basically been working on papers. I have 3 due on the same day this week, March 15th, so i have been crazy busy trying to write those over the last few weeks. I've finally finished them and just need to edit and cite one of them before i can hand them in! I've basically given up on keeping up in seminars, so i hope that since my papers are done i will be able to do more of the readings! I've got another presentation to to do this week, on Friday, ugh, but it is not for marks either so I don't care if it is super bad. I've only got 2 weeks of classes left before I get a month off for Easter break! You can bet i will have a lot to write for that!
2) Laptop: I've had my computer since i started university almost 3 years ago and it started giving me trouble after about a year. Usually i have been able to rescue it, but not this time. About 2 weeks ago, it started taking ages to start. Like i would have to press the button 7 times before i actually got some signs of life. It kept going like that until one Thursday, it just stopped. I couldn't turn it on and when i pressed the button, it just beeped at me. The beeping was a code, which i eventually figured out to mean processor failure, meaning it was dead. Of course, i just happened to have 2 more papers to write. I ended up spending that weekend in the library writing one of my papers and trying to figure out what to do. I decided that i was going to get a small cheap laptop that would get me through the semester and then invest in a really really good one (aka Mac book , when i get home. So now i have a Google Chromebook, which is an entirely internet based laptop and basically all Google products. Which is fine, i can get used to that. But it is slow. And that i killing me. I can't tell if it is my Ethernet that is slow or the computer because i have yet to take it to campus. I got the zip case that i ordered so i will probably take it in this week to experiment.
3) Travelling Plans: As I have said, Easter break is right around the corner and I've got it packed with plans. But first, there is St. Patrick's Day! I'm going to Dublin with a bunch of Uni kids, a few of which I know. I am so excited not only to see Dublin, but to experience the holiday in the country that does it best! Definitely get to cross that off my bucket list! You can expect a post for that when I get back! A week after Dublin, I kick off Easter break with three nights in Cardiff, where I hope to see the Cardiff Castle and Doctor Who Exhibition, among other things. Then I head to Bath for 2 nights, where I hope to see the Roman Baths, Stonehenge, and in general, the place i have read about and seen in Jane Austen novels! After that, I am going to Oxford for 1 night and I want to see the university as well as the cathedral and all the amazing architecture! Then I got back to Nottingham for the weekend to get ready for my next trip! You'll probably get posts about these 3 places during that time as all I will be doing is laundry. And then... I go on a 2 week contiki trip that will take me to Paris, the Beaujolais Region, the French Riviera, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Venice, through the Austrian Mountains to Munich, through the Rhine Valley and then to Amsterdam! I am so stoked to go on this trip. I went to Italy almost 5 years ago and can't wait to see it again and spend my 21st birthday there! I am taking advantage of the free transfer to London after the trip so I don't have to pay for the Eurostar and hope to go to Edinburgh for the weekend before school starts. Still need to plan that out though.
Anyway, that is pretty much everything important. Now to get back to citing my paper!
x
Brianna
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