i had a two day seminar over the weekend for my course including PRACTICAL ASSESSMENTS !!!!

*shudder*

it was totally scary.. we had to do our practicals in front of the group ( 8 people on saturday, 12 people on sunday ) – everyone was so nervous..

i think i was less nervous once most of the students had done theirs tho, cos it’s easy to calm yourself down if you’re in a room of calm people, but impossible when everyone is stressing out.. i passed, btw, which was good.. i did really well on sunday, actually.. not that i remember much of the assessment itself, but everyone told me afterwards that i did it really easily and quickly, and our assessor said i did most of it naturally so that was good..

so now i have two certificates hanging on my wall for communication studies ^-^

*proud*

meeting fellow students was fun too.. there was an AMAZING variety of personalities there, i would’ve loved to learn more about each of them.. i think the only thing we had in common was that we were all really passionate about the course, i was asked at one point how i was going and what motivated me to keep at it and i got a little choked up when i told them how it’s the first time i’ve ever forced myself to DO something without anybody around me encouraging me to do it, and it felt good to have made a decision by myself and be sticking to it even thru the discouraging moments..

*sniffle*

anyway, wtvr, i passed so now i’m back to bookwork and hiding in my room..

*hoorah* :3

i’ve been getting some amazing swap packages over the last week or so, which is great cos to be honest even tho the previous ones i’d been getting were nice they sorta made me wonder why i was putting so much effort into the swaps that i was sending out, and i was considering dropping from the website altogether.. but now that i’ve met up with some hardcore swappers i’m feeling like i wanna keep at it – in fact i’m starting to think i need to lift the standards of what i send out some more !

*chortle* ^-^

psym’n took me to ikea the other day to pick out my birthday present – SO exciting !!

my birthday isn’t until september, but i think he knows how much i change my mind about what i want so if i pick it out and we buy it NOW then it’s done and he won’t end up having to race around at the last minute cos i’d have changed my mind..

anyway, i picked out a small, sensible desk and a small bookshelf.. seeing as i’m stuck in my room so much ( for reasons all who know me understand ) i wanted to create a nicer atmosphere for studying and doing crafts, so i can’t wait to get it set up !!

psym says i can’t actually put it together and use it until my birthday tho, so i’ve got about 39 sleeps until my bedroom becomes the goods..

*twiddles thumbs*