I’m fully taking advantage of having nothing to do all day by watching The Hills and making a (veggie) meatball sub from scratch to eat whilst I do!

Today is technically my last day at University… ever. I do have to pop back in for a quick interview about my dissertation but as of 4.30pm today; I am done. Finished. Then I can well and truly come out of the assignment hibernation that I disappeared into to. 

After that very slight, ahem, breakdown that I might have had this morning; I’m in the final stages of finishing, and after the monotonous task of writing my references up properly, yawn!, I’m onto the fun task of adding picture evidence and organising my appendices. I’m about to take a mini break for lunch with Mum - spicy veggie wraps with extra cheese - and then it’s back to it. It’s looking like I’ll have time to dye my hair after all tonight!

So it’s the last day of writing my dissertation, I feel like crap, I’ve already started crying three times since 6am. My concentration levels are shockingly bad. I have these positive images of myself powering through it all and it flowing really well, but it just isn’t doing that. So irritated.

There’s a Family Guy marathon on in 15 minutes and I’m tucked up in bed after a very productive day, listening to the rain outside. I wish it was Tuesday already so I’d have some company.

It seems like all I post about recently is about how much of a grump I’m in and about the very thing that causes my grump - the dreaded dissertation. Funnily enough, that’s what the file’s actually saved as on my macbook. But moving on. Right now I’m pretty glad I woke up so stupidly early this morning, my legs are still hurting and I can’t get comfy but I’ve managed to get so much work done today! Tomorrow day and all of Sunday is going to be dedicated to getting my dissertation finished and ready to submit. I’m going to buy the dye for my on the way to work tomorrow evening because after all this, on Sunday night, I deserve to make myself feel like a human being again. I just feel disgusting right now. So after 11 hours straight of assignment work, my brain has shut off for the night. I’m going to get a bubble bath soon, choose a film and relax with some yummy food until I go to bed (which I can’t see being that far away!). Two days left.

I’m in the most grumbly, irritated mood right now. Luckily it’s only early so fingers crossed I have time to snap out of it before I have to speak to anyone properly today. It probably doesn’t help that I’ve been awake since 4am and I’m currently trying to fill in finance sheets for a hypothetical business plan. What makes this even worse is that I’m awful with things like this and if I’d wanted to have done business I’d have taken a business degree. I’m on a film degree course, yet in my final year, half the modules have been business related. Maybe it’s too early in the morning, but that makes no sense whatsoever. 

Plan for the next week or so…

Today: Assignment work, Jonny’s coming round for food & a sleepover.
Tomorrow: Working 12-7.
Friday: Business Deadline/Dissertation work.
Saturday: Dissertation work/Working 5-10.
Sunday: Dissertation work/Printing/Binding.
Monday: Dissertation Deadline. Music Video Write-up work.
Tuesday: Working 12-7.
Wednesday: Minecraft & sleepover with Jonny.
Thursday: Working 12-7.
Friday: Business Presentation/Music Video Deadline.

Wonderful. I somehow need to find time to dye my hair at some point in all of that as well. I suppose the positive is after that I only have to go into University once more for my Dissertation Viva. Then I’m done. For good.

I’ve been off the map & had a busy busy week. I directed a disastrous yet funny video shoot on Monday, celebrated the lovely Lucinda’s 21st on Tuesday, was sick and spent the day in bed with pizza on Wednesday, worked on Thursday, saw Dark Shadows on Friday and then worked all weekend. Today I’m back to assignment hell. Funny how I was full of motivation all weekend to get it all done and now I’m just staring at my macbook screen at a loss for what to type. This time next week I’ll be pretty much free. I am counting down the days!