New Years update!

Hello!

It's been a lot longer since I updated this blog than I intended! I full intended to write the reflection of Week 12 when I was back home for Christmas so I could write about the whole week but then I was home... and it was Christmas... and I had friends to meet up with and I got my hair cut short and I was very busy!

Short hair and dark lip - my Christmas attire!

Now I can't really recall my last week all that well - last time I wrote a blog, I'd thought I'd just failed my last audio assignment. That Friday I didn't do anything in the photography studio - I helped James with his photography and then we both took an early day (I think?). That Friday was also my last writing deadline and I got that in on time too - I should be getting the results for that pretty soon.

I can't remember what I did that weekend - I can't remember what happened on my Monday seminars though I know I did write another little feature on All Time Low announced a new opening act for their UK tour this year (my last post on this blog!).

That Wednesday was our last News Day of Semester 1 and so began the descent of my health - I felt a bit sniffly, my throat was a bit sore at the beginning of Wednesday but I put it behind me, helped create audio for two stories and had a fairly long day but that night I was having a little Christmas party with my friends with take out pizza, MarioKart and little presents.

Unfortunately, by that end of the day I sounded very bunged up, I was struggling to stay awake and did have a little nap in the middle of the Squad party. I felt very, very ill by the end of the night and I was 90% sure I wasn't going to go in for my audio feedback session the following day because it would take me longer to get to and from uni than I would be in uni for.

However I woke up at 10.43 the following day when I needed to be in at 10.50 and instead of letting myself wallow in self-pity and my inability to talk as my sickness developed (can I make it sound any more dramatic?!), I threw on some clothes and practically ran into uni being only four minutes late.

It was so worth it though because whilst I only just scraped a third in the assignment I assumed I failed (I was only 2% off being wrong) but in the first audio assignment I submitted in November went really well! I got a first! The first even assignment I did and I got a first! And talking through the other assignment, my tutors said that if I hadn't been ill on the Thursday before and been able to go into uni and show them my work then I definitely would have done miles, miles better and they said my overall grade didn't reflect my abilities.

Happy, poorly Sophie was very happy and went back to her room with uncontainable glee!! I managed to keep myself somewhat motivated and do a few more jobs that day and it wasn't until that evening that it became another very late night and a very ill Sophie.

Apparently I talk in third person now too?

However, I was travelling home for Christmas on the Friday night so while I was so ill I only managed to make it into photography for 15 minutes and then I packed up the rest of stuff and had a very casual walk to the train station. We even opted for taking a taxi across London rather than the underground because our suitcases were so heavy and I felt so awful.

But that was the end of my first semester at university! It went so much better than I thought it would and I found out I got a 2:1 on my news stories assignment too - I'm lucky enough that weeks 13, 14 and 15 aren't actual academic weeks for me.

Weeks 13 and 14 are meant to be work experience weeks however I didn't acquire any work experience so I'm using the time to work on my photography assignment, which I really got my teeth into today, as shown by my studio set up in the header photo - I got my last theme done, I've done some of the computer work for the other assignment and I got some recreational photography and a blog post on my personal blog Sophie Counts Clouds so all in all, a very productive day!

A good day like this really does help my motivation - I've got two more shoots planned for tomorrow and then it's all just portfolio and computer work! I'm feeling good.

When I start uni properly again on week 16 (25th January) I'll continue with regular blogging schedule, however I do intend to keep updating this blog with what I'm doing with my time 'off' (ish) too - excited to be blogging again!

Bring on Semester 2!




Personal blog: http://sophiecountsclouds.blogspot.co.uk/
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