Obligations

Well, it's been busy, I won't lie to you. But I like being busy, it stops me feeling useless. Getting ready for exams is kind of one of those challenges that I always begrudgingly start doing, and then realise it's not all that bad and can actually be quite "alright" (I can't bring myself to say fun, but it's almost there) to do.

My revision consists of reading, past papers, markschemes, examiner's comments on bygone exam papers, and   quite frankly more reading. I also have a (sometimes annoying) habit of having to research certain interesting bits of my courses before I'll answer questions on them in the exams, because I'm loathe to put in information that I don't fully understand. That's much lower level than what I want to achieve.

All of this preparation comes at a price, and that price is nil. It is free. I can only get better. It's a beautiful thing indeed, is revision.

Anyway, clearly this means there are obligations. We all have obligations to work at this time of year if we want to get the required grades for our universities. For example, Mr. P has an exam tomorrow. I'll be there to wish him luck, and then I'm off to my own classes and to do things that I need to do. I've done two exam papers today (that's five hours), but left time (or rather made time) for other stuff as well. I cycled four and a half miles before school. I did an hour and a half of paid work. I supported my friends and boyfriend, all of whom have many more exams than I do and therefore make me feel like complaining would be a silly and unnecessary thing to do at this point. All we can do is work as hard as possible. Which brings me round to my next point.

You need fuel! Now, cookies aren't the healthiest fuel, by all means, but they are darned nice. Which is why in my next post (IF I REMEMBER, erk) I will share with you all the recipe for my rather lovely gingerbread cookies. They started out as a biscuits recipe but have since morphed into the little chunks of heaven I am sure to be a billionaire selling, Or I would be if I wasn't sharing the secret with you all for free.

Happy reading, folks!

(also, reading an EXCELLENT book at the moment called French Children Don't Throw Food, will report more upon completion).