University life and stuff yo.

Hello and welcome! Although I should probably say "welcome back" seeing as though I haven't posted anything in over two months... Oops.

Lincoln Cathedral looking all majestic and beautiful at night.

But I have a very good reason for having neglected you all for so long. I'M AT UNIVERSITY! In case you didn't already know. Anyway.

I'm studying English at the University of Lincoln and I'm loving every second of it. It's amazing, it really is. You have no idea. I'd waited so long to be able to do something which I'm passionate about and actually enjoy. I obviously did English (well, English Literature) at A-level, but there just wasn't the focus and depth that I'm able to be experiencing now. And I wasn't only doing English at A-level; I did Psychology and Drama and also did the Extended Project (which I haven't mentioned on here before, so for anyone interested who doesn't already know, my essay question was "Why is the Sherlock Holmes canon popular today?", which meant that I could read the books and watch films for research; SUCH FUN).

So. "How is university different from A-levels?", I hear you ask. Well, in the case of my degree, I only have eight teaching hours a week (three lectures, three seminars, and a workshop). BUT. That doesn't mean that I can just sit around doing nothing for the rest of the week. For those eight hours, I am expected to do at least twice that outside of university. Therefore, that's another sixteen hours, making twenty-four in total. But believe me, I have been doing far more work than that these past few weeks. I handed in my first assignment last Friday (October 25th), which was four days early, I might add. I'm currently working on my second assignment, and there are another three due before Christmas on top of that, a performance/presentation to be rehearsed for and performed/presented before Christmas, and then another assignment due in early January. Aside from my assignments, I have also been reading novels, plays, essays, analyses, annotating poetry, doing research... The list goes on!

Fortunately, though it is rather a lot of work that I have to get done, it's all so enjoyable. I chose this course at this university for a reason. The modules are amazing. They're all so interesting and exciting, and as well as building on the knowledge which I have already gained, I'm also acquiring new information and learning new techniques and strategies and it's just all so brilliant.

Also... I'VE MADE FRIENDS. I don't care how lame you think that that sounds. That was my main worry about coming to university, I'm not even kidding. But I did it. I talked to strangers and they are no longer strangers. Everyone here is so lovely, it's insane. Not only the students, but the lecturers too. They're all absolutely wonderful and funny and they genuinely care about their jobs and our education. I still can't decide who's my favourite; they're all so fabulous.

So, I do believe that that's all to tell you for just now. The only bad thing about university is the fact that I miss my family and my friends and my teachers from sixth form. I can't wait to see absolutely everyone when I'm home at Christmas. Eek.