Third Year!!

I am a third year student now. 

Oh. My. God. How on Earth did that happen?! 

I won't lie to you. I'm scared. I might even go as far to say that I'm petrified. This year is worth the most amount of credit towards my degree (70%) and I'm just not sure I can handle the kind of pressure that that will bring. I have chosen a dissertation topic. It is 'Children's, parents' and practitioners' perspectives on school readiness and transitioning'. This may change so don't carve it in stone just yet but it's an area I've been interested in since first year. 

I am actually more worried about the literature review at the moment. It's due in a few weeks and I just don't know how to write a literature review! Arrggh

Science 

One kind-of-blessing is the fact that unfortunatly I did not quite achieve the  grade C in Additional Science that I was hoping for (I was 8 marks off) so I will not have the added stress of a PGCE application, personal statements and QTS test revision this year. 

I am planning a year out to do some nursery work and will probably redo my science in the evenings at the same time. This has not dampened my dream of wanting to be a teacher. I will get there in the end, even if I'm 30 when I do!! 

I really wanted to focus on getting a good grade in my 2nd year of Uni. I did cram in the revision once uni was finished but hey ho. It's a lot easier to redo a year of Science for £200 rather than £9000 to redo uni. It may be an excuse rather than a reason but I think that justifies it. Maybe I'm delusional. Let me know.

Summer 

Summer break was not the most eventful summer imaginable but it was good to relax and recooperate.

We took a couple of trips home to my Nan's in Dorset but were mainly with Joe's parents. 

Joe ended up working full time most weeks which made things difficult to plan activities and days out. 

It also meant that he couldn't get ahead with his field work and reading. 

I did the juice diet again but with less weightloss this time (but still the average 7lbs it promises in the title) 

The main difference from last time was no 2am trip to A and E! Unfortunatly and unsurprisingly though, the weight is back on now. However I still recommend it to everyone. It's a great way to lose and maintain weight as well as all the other health benefits it offers. I will do my next one in January. 

Like I say in most my blog posts; I've upped my gyming to 3-5 days a week so hopefully I will achieve my goal of not being fat at graduation in September 2015! Please pray I get my bum in gear/ I need it!

The most fun thing that happened in Summer was our mini break to Thorpe Park. 

We hired a car for 2 days and got a hotel in the park resort and stayed there for 1 night. It was so fun to drive again after two years off but rather expensive!! 

The hotel booking came with another 2 tickets for the theme park including 1 hours worth of fast track which made our trip a lot of fun. We bought lots of photo souvenirs and spent far too much money on trying to win toys on stalls and Grabber machine! 

Christmas

Is anyone else getting excited for Christmas? I can't believe I've made plans for New Year's Eve already! How organised am I?! Haven't organised christmas yet. Either at my Nan or Aunties house or at Joe's parents. We are yet to spend a Christmas together so I can't wait until we do as Christmases aren't that much fun as an adult!

I'll shut up now. 

Side note:- Joe and I have been together 2 years on 25th October. Crazzzzy! 

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