Soooooooooooo illlllllllllllllllllllllllllll... Plus now my lip is sore due to so much nose blowing, snot is encrusted in my nostril, hanging on to the native hairs for all its worth, and there's spider on my door. A small one, but it's still there. And to top it all off, I bought a weekly bus ticket this morning, costing £6.50, which went missing by the time I was waiting to get the bus home. I don't think it was stolen as my camera and wallet were still in my bag, so it must have fallen out at some point. Great. Simon's promised to come see me tomorrow though, armed with plenty of hugs and strokes, and he says if he doesn't come round for some unforeseen reason, he'll replace the bus ticket for me. Which was nice of him. He didn't make it out last night, you see, he was forced to do overtime. I didn't feel well enough to go to the gig on my own, so I missed the gig too. I sent David a text message to say we wouldn't be going and he said it would be their last gig for a while, as they want to focus on recording their new material. He also said he wasn't really offended by what I wrote about him, he said he was more amused, which was somewhat of a relief.
Today was the first day back at college after the holidays. I produced some 16"x12" prints, and then window mounted them. This was difficult as I haven't window mounted before, but after 3 practice runs I did fine. All this really sapped my energy, so I didn't develop the film I shot before Easter. I'm hoping to go in on Thursday and do it then, when I should, with luck, be feeling a bit better, and more up to meeting its requirements.
I also went up to Student Services to discuss entry requirements for the VisCom BA course I'd like to do. The conclusion was that in September I could start the college diploma, which would qualify me for immediate degree entry. However it's an internal certificate, so if I decided I'd rather do a course at a different institution, they may not necessarily accept it. If the course requires me to have 2 A-levels, I could finish the photography A-level starting in September, and also take up A-Level Media Studies, studying both years simulanteously. I would only do this however if I was guaranteed a degree place at the end of the course, otherwise it would just be a waste of a year. The final option is to do the Access to HE course, but that's aimed at people who haven't been in formal education for a while, whereas I have. I'm writing the foundation course off completely as I know it would be far more intensive and demanding than I could cope with. I talked to my tutor about all this, he said I should apply for both the college diploma and media A-level now, and I have no obligation to take up any offers of a place. I also need to write off to universities who offer courses I'm interested in, explaining my situation and that I'm looking into doing the college diploma, and asking them if this would be a suitable qualification for entry onto their course. Which means I need to do more thorough and serious searching for possible courses. I also need to formulate a personal statement for the college entry form, finish off my portfolio which has to be handed in next week, and finish my preparations for the exam, which will take place two weeks today. It seems a lot, but I know it isn't really, it's just that it's all been brought to my attention on the same day.
Tomorrow I'll be back at SHIP for the first time in a fortnight. I trust not much will have changed, but you can never be sure. I need to arrange to talk to the woman who started the eating disorders group, which was scheduled to meet for the first time last Friday. Once I'm over my cold, I also need to look further into exercise classes. So I have quite a bit to be getting on with, really. Especially when you include the usual fishing for hugs and strokes, and reading the books I borrowed from Rory.
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