It is -10ºC and a brand new year. A brand new decade and so much is going to be new this coming year. Different, scary, exciting, a good mixture I hope…
My five years at uni are quickly running out (less than half a year to go!) and I can’t believe dad is already discussing graduation plans and dates. I am also going to break my longest standing principle at Easter by prioritising work over a holiday. I have never ever ever done that before, and it is going to break my heart sending twelve eager souls off to Tarifa South Spain for the annual kitesurfing trip with out being one of them. A few weeks from now I will be handing over my society presidency for the same reason. But at least it is one of the things I am most proud of from my years at university. I am pretty sure I have sacrificed the odd percent of a grade here and there for my society involvement but it has been worth it several times over. Incidentally, not dancing this year has been killing me slowly and painfully so I have decided to pass on the kitsurfing but take on some kind of dance class one night a week. I am feeling so stale these days without enough regular sport. I also hope to practice with Sammy again a bit next term and enter an open ballroom competition for a bit of fun before the deadlines come crashing down.
Did I say I was skipping holidays? Well that is a lie because in a few hours I am leaving for Austria will Elley and her parents and sister and sister’s fiancé. The snow isn’t great but it hopefully will be by the time we get there. Europes biggest interconnected ski resort – bring it on!
And then when I get back it is jobs. I have a visit to DCA design to prepare myself for an interview and I need to ring up GE Research in Munich and ask them to get a move on and make a decision. I also hope to be able to approach a product design agency in london with an offer from DCA in hand and try and bribe them into hiring me. All of this whilst doing my IEE and project work. It is going to be busy… especially since I will be visiting Elley in London lots. And especially now she has a tea pot!
Happy New Year everyone =)
