Tuesday is my worst day in college, normally I’m in nine ’til five if I don’t have anything else holding me back after language labs. However with some luck on Tuesday morning I didn’t have to go to my first lecture, my lecturer has buggered off to India for the moment, so I got a little bit of a lie in, but still finished at five and had to be back on-campus for the wine recpetion of the awards at seven. Funnily enough getting ready for the awards took an almost similar amount of time to getting ready for the Debs, not as long as most of my female peers would take, but then I guess maybe I’m low maintanence like that. Shower, simple make-up, hair up in a neat bun and a nice vintage looking dress, chuck stuff into my little bag and out the door.

Mom gave myself and the other co-pres (Gearoid) a lift to campus since we were running late, he lives in the estate(neighbourhood for you americans i guess) across from us with some others from the committee, so we were all going to walk down together, but then the others were running late and we were ready, and the others had a car. Long sentence, gosh. So anywho we got a lift down and funnily enough ended up entering old campus behind the fencing club taxi. I wonder if that set tounges a wagging, since I spent my evening with a guy they didn’t know?

Anywho we got into Pugin Hall and the place looked like something out of a Harry Potter film with the high ceiling and rafters and old portraits. Pugin Hall
It looked fantastic and they were even playing music from Harry Potter and LOTR, which Omega(sci-fi society) thought was brilliant because there were nine of them!!! Lol. Looking around Therese had a table for us past the stage and fencing came in not long after and grabbed the table beside us, so I wasn’t too strained for socialising. Ah my spilt loyalties.

So anywho spent the night sitting at the Amnesty table, but occasionally disappearing to go talk to Omega or fencing. I’m starting to come to terms with the not great offerings vegetarians get in most establishments, so the food was ok, and Gearoid got his vegan option, which was the veggie option minus the dairy really. But the wine refils went down a treat. Oh! The college has its own special delf! I’ll put in a picture. We had a conversation at the table about trying to take some of them home, but none of us had bags/pockets big enough. Damn.

College Delf!

Myself and Joe, man of many titles and societies

When it came to the awards ceremony, well more specifically the society’s fresher award, they were reading out the little hinting piece they did for everyone else, stuff like “her work with a club and a society”, and “by candlelight”, and the Amnesty committee are nodding their heads at me smiling and I kept shaking my head thinking they were totally wrong, then my name got called out. I was gobsmacked! The giggling that started when I got it, has only just stopped in the past day or so. 🙂 So much fun. Now I get to go to the pen awards, as myself and Therese have nicknamed them, the BICS, get it BICS? As in the pen?……Nevermind..
So this weekend gets to be spent writing out my own nomination form, cause I have to explain why I feel I deserve the award now. Damn, there’s nothing like having to write down everything you’ve done to actually make you question what the hell you’ve done. I know I’ve done alot, I’m always busy, but just what was it with?

I went into town today to try and find a book for one of my modules that I’ll need for the next two years, to no success I might add, but enter Amazon.co.uk. Et voila! Probably spelt wrong but I don’t speak French. So on the bus journey home I wrote out all the things I can remember doing like “organised Fencing Xmas dinner”, and my list now has 32 things on it. Funny that. So looks like I’ll have plenty to harp on about in my form, and then during my interview on Thursday before the next awards ceremony. Yes, the next bit is that close! And it involves spending a night in Dundalk and missing lectures, but if it looks like we won’t get back on friday before 11 for my double psych lecture on ethics, I’ll get a train back that morning. Oh my dedication, I reak of narcissism right now. Lol. Plus I get to take someone else from the Soc with me, but thursday is the night we have a debate with PsychSoc and L’N’D (literary and debating) to end Mental Health Week, so since we’re such a small society, I feel bad about taking someone else away. But I have Therese’s approval to steal Gearoid for the night, since he’s not partaking in the debate he can be my PA for the day and get my coffee and keep me calm before the interview. Lol. Should be a fun time.

Hmmm, other stuff to mention….I got my hair cut as you can see in the pics, and it’s red and black right now. Also I got some of the pics back from the photoshoot. Still ix nay to the parentals. I’ll chuck one or two on here for you to see Ger. Think I’m going to head to bed now, have to be up bright and early to get some work done. Yay.