Well, my work continues, though I came in yesterday morning not knowing for certain whether or not I’d actually have any work this week because of the problems due to the system not being properly ready yet.

The weekend was very busy – not only was I moving into my new house, but my sister Becky came to visit. It was great to see her. We went to watch Cats in the New Theatre on Saturday afternoon, which we both really enjoyed. We emerged from that in time to see England’s defeat in the football, and after that rushed back to the new house to watch the penultimate episode of this series of Doctor Who, and it was a real corker, ending on a brilliant cliffhanger leading into War on Earth in next week’s episode Doomsday, which sees Billie Piper’s departure.

Yesterday morning, Becky departed back to Dolgellau, and I collected my marks for my English work this year, which were all in the sixties, and so solid 2:1 marks. 70 is the mark needed for a first, and my average mark for English over the year is 68, so there’s everything to work for next year! I got a First mark on two of my English essays in the first term, but that was helped by being able to write on subjects that I found really interesting and had strong views to argue, namely Pullman’s His Dark Materials in comparison to the Narnia books, and the idea of the “Death of the Author”. I didn’t really find a question on John Donne or Myth & Saga that I could really get passionate about, and that’s reflected in my marks. But I improved my Creative Writing mark this term, which was something very important to me, since I really want to be improving as a writer.

Anyway, I’d better get back to work from my teabreak. Since I’m working at computers 9 to 5,
I don’t exactly rush onto the Internet when I get back home, so my blogging will probably be more frequent when I finish this job.