It's okay, it's okay, no need for a search party just yet... I'M ALIVE!!

Yes, it's been a stressful few months with a lot of me hiding in a corner and refusing to come out until my dissertation went away, but I cna happily announce that as of last Friday I am FREE from practical work forever! At Uni at least. I presented my practical dissertation (a 20 minute piece I directed) and delievered my accompanying paper (10 minutes of boring words all written by me!) on Friday afternoon and now I have no more classes, no more rehearsals, just two portfolios and an 8000 word essay to complete. Easy.... probably!

And to top it off the weather here is glorious and as such my good mood is even better. Although it does make studying inside a tuffy library reeeeeally unappealing and far too easy to shrug off! Stiull I'm trying and I have tutorials and such to keep me in line and out of the sun, so fingers crossed I might just pass this degree after all.

 

So what's been happening recently??

Well, I'm now looking to find a house for next year sometime soon. I have two friends to happily move in with, just have to find a place now and hope I can afford it. My adventurous travelling plans for July are going to be awesome fun but rather financially crippling I feel :oS BUT totally worth it! And I'm hoping to get some paid work in, in the next few weeks so maybe I'll have just enough to lay down a deposit and such, to keep me firmly rooted down south!

I can't wait to see everyone I haven't seen in ages again soon. I has been waaaaaay too long since I contacted any of you properly but it would seem that was the price the dissertation bandit required of me. Now I'm feeling slightly more in control of my own life I will be finding a way to harass you all sooner or later. In a very fun-but-not-too-expensive kind of way!

Oo oo also I need to give a HUGE hugs and thanks to my good friend dreximgirl who (bless her generous heart) has upgraded my LJ account once again to paid and with full iconage! SO I didn't have to lose any! Sweet, you are an absolute star, an amazing friend and I am sorry I've been so quiet really. I miss you! So don't worry we'll be rectifying it soon and I will give you massive thank you huggle in person!
 

Speaking of fun but cheap (well kind of cheap...) I went to Hastings on Monday with Pete to celebrate May Day. They have a massive festival called the Jack-In-The-Green with a huge parade and giants and morris dancers galore. I have never enjoyed watching people dance around waving handkerchiefs so much! It was gloriously sunny and I got a litte (well a lot) sunburned, but with our breakfast consisting of a pint of cider at 11am, I didn't really notice till it was too late! Oops! Still we had an amazing day, following the parade and dancing to the drums and bells. The Jack (a huge leafy giant type thing) was processed through the Old Town and then up to the ruins of Hastings castle where we watched a lot of Morris troupes strut their stuff. There were some really awesome ones! >never thought I'd say THAT!!< Then the Jack was returned to the people and the leaves were pulled from him and shared out amongst the crowd; all to bring good luck and welcome in the summer... although weather wise it was already there!  Then we went for a walk by the sea before catching the train home. It really was a beautiful day and wroth the sunburn and the sunstroke afterwards. I slept sooooo well that night!! 

There are, for those who'd like to nosy, pictures up on Pete's facebook. I can't be bothered to put them on mine too (that would require learning how!) but you can see me there looking a little tipsy and a lot giggly if you so wish.

Beyond that life has been pretty normal, recovering from the scary work with lots of sleep and now gearing up for the last push. I can't promise to be around loads online in the next month, but I'm certainly going to try! One thing I WILL bge working towards is bringing Sakura back to life over at ccs_halfmagic... the games will go on!!

BIG HUGS to everyone! It's so good to be back!