Final Countdown

Hello Blogosphere...

I've been rather busy doing crazy amounts of revision but it definitely paid off as I came out of my first final this morning feeling like I did the best I possibly could have done.

The weather is totally amazing here in Oxford and it's really making me feel really chirpy. Having all this revision to do should be making me feel miserable but actually I am happy, happy, happy, happy, happy.

I thought...

(and I hope she doesn't mind spreading the happiness around)

...I'd do a Lauren-style happy post like this one or this one or this one. You get the idea right? Go check out Lauren's blog, it is guaranteed to put a super-size smile on your face.

...so...

What's Emma happy about?

1. The amazing weather and the fact that I can revise in the sun...


See that watch strap mark? Tell me that is not the most exciting thing you've seen this week

2. The fact that some of my friends have already finished their exams...


I'm feel so proud of them, I totally can't wait for it to be my turn. I can almost taste freedom!

3. All the beautiful good luck cards I've received...


Thank you! It's so nice to know I've got so many people rooting for me. I feel so loved!

4. This one specific "good luck" card that Cat sent me...


Just to clarify, divorce is NOT funny, but the fact that this card exists makes me chuckle so very much. Also the look of confusion on my face when I received it would have made any one giggle.

5. Revision treats...


I like food. Enough said.

6. Fabulous awards from lovely, generous bloggers like the girl in stiletto...


Go have a wee nosey over at her blog it's brilliant.

7. The fact that I have one week...until the beginning of life after finals.

What are you happy about?

Emmaxx

Spot the Difference

In amongst the revision I've started to get pretty nostalgic about my degree and how much I've grown up since I started uni and all that.

Also in amongst the revision I managed to go to Hilda's College Ball last Saturday. Basically just a bit of an over-elaborate drinking session but great fun.


Anyway so photos such as the one above are currently circulating round Facebook, providing me with endless procrastination opportunities. This is when I found the following photograph from Hilda's Ball 2008...


So although it doesn't help that I recycled the dress and am standing between the same people, I certainly don't seem to have changed at all in this last year.

But worse than this...check these out....

This one is from Saturday night. And before you ask, I wouldn't normally play on a quiz machine at a ball but as St Hilda's has the cheapest ball in Oxford by 1am we did feel the need to turn to the quiz machine for entertainment.

This one is from the last night of my first year - so June 2007.

Spot the difference!

Has my Oxford degree actually made me a more rounded, sophisticated, mature person at all?

Judging by these quiz machine photographs I'm starting to think that maybe it is about time I moved on.

How many years would my degree have to be before photos like the one above became a thing of the past?

I don't even want to think how many 50p pieces I've fed that machine.

Emmaxx

Crazy Eights

I got tagged a wee while ago by the girl in stiletto and this looks like fun so here goes...

Eight things I'm looking forward to...
1. Holiday in Croatia
2. Hilda's Ball
3. Summer without having to use my brain
4. Going to bed
5. Teacher training
6. Finally having an income
7. 21st Birthday
8. Finishing finals

Eight things I did yesterday...
1. Spent the evening in my dressing gown
2. Made lists!
3. Phoned home
4. Drank tea
5. Drank even more tea and ate cake
6. Ate porridge for breakfast
7. Watched Waterloo Road
8. Watched The Apprentice

Eight things I wish I could do...
1. Worry less
2. Have a photographic memory
3. Be better at sports (or at least have some hand-eye co-ordination)
4. Have a longer concentration span
5. Get paid to revise
6. Get up when my alarm goes off without pressing snooze a gazillion times
7. Have an unlimited supply of tea and cake
8. Learn how to wear make-up properly like a sophisticated grown-up woman

Eight shows I watch...
1. Eastenders
2. Waterloo Road - love it
3. The Apprentice
...that's about all I've got time for really!

Eight wonderful blogger friends I tag...
...well I feel like I've done quite a lot of tagging recently so feel free to tag yourselves if you're looking for blog material - comment and let me know so I can see your Crazy Eights!

The girl in stiletto was also kind enough to pass on this fabby friendship award to me :-).


I'd like to pass this award onto anyone who's new to my blog and wants to be bloggy friends!

Emmaxx

Lots of Thanks

I took on board your advice and tips from this post.

I've made lists.

Lots of lists.

On red paper to make them stand out.


And now I'm slowly ticking things off one-by-one.

And drinking tea.

Lots of tea.

And treating myself to pastries every once in a while.

And so far it's working.

I'm managing to remain a happy reviser, so thank you all :-).

Emmaxx

Telling Tales

Happy Birthday Becky!

Yep it's my wee sister's birthday today. Unlike in this photo...


...ahem, yeah so, about those birthday badges...

So strictly speaking it wasn't any of our birthdays on 31st March, but seeing as the Disney holiday was sort of a 21st present for me and an 18th present for Cat and a 9th present for Becky, we, along with some lovely Disney employee, figured it was alright.

Afterall we were all celebrating a birthday this year.

To everyone who wished any of us a happy birthday on 31st March 2009,

I love that you are such a trusting person that you believed all of us (who you must have been able to guess were sisters) shared the same birthday. How naive and un-questioning you must be for it not to have even crossed your mind that us three genuine-looking girls might not be telling the exact truth.

I am sorry to have deceived you but I'd like you to know that Becky, Cat and I had a lot of fun on our "birthday" and it was all thanks to sweet, naive, gullible, trusting people like yourself. Well that and the free puddings we got given as "birthday" presents.

Yours untruthfully,

Emma

I know, I know. I am a bad person.

But it is so fun to misbehave from time to time!

Emmaxx