and I'm supposed to be revising, I thought I might write myself a journal entry. Also because I'd like to write more nowdays, in English, not just in stilted foreignish; and here would seem the ideal place to do so. You never know, someone might even read it. However forcing my sluggish mind into doing something even vaugely creative in the midst of exams might not be very easy (or totally wise), so it might be some time before I'm back.

So what I have I been up to recently? Ugh... alot of waiting, it seems. Waiting for exams to start in earnest, next week will be hellish - but afterwards that's more or less the end of my second year. Then I have a three week English-teaching course (CELTA), which since it will involve a lot of standing up in front of people and (gasp) teaching is going to be very daunting, and I haven't even mentioned the amount of work involved. Still in theory it might also be very rewarding. If nothing else it's a qualification.

Then, finally... summer. The long, empty, as yet unemployed , summer.

And then... and this is what I'm really waiting for... the year abroad. I should be teaching English in an Italian school, but I don't know where yet, because the Italian Ministry still haven't got their arses into gear enough to sort it out. Apparently I find out "towards the beginning of June". Whatever that means.

Actually that about sums up where I am in life generally, at least academically/getting-a-job-wise.

Personally, well that's another story entirely... and one I'm not quite ready to tell just yet. Though heaven knows why - most of what I would say is old news. Suffice to say things are mostly ok. I have some very good friends (old and new), I will be sad to leave my housemates at the end of June but I might be in Basingstoke for more than a few days (for a change) so it'll be interesting to see if I can rekindle some old friendships. We'll see.. summer...