Today I sorted my University life out again. I am now completing the four years of study I need to complete to become a Chartered Accountant, after a friend made me see the sense and persuaded me to do auditing with him. I was originally just doing the three years for the bachelor degree and was intending to come back to New Zealand after my UK trip and study the fourth year to be able to apply to become a Chartered Accountant. But because of the mess I’ve made with my papers it means I might as well do those “liberal” papers while finishing my accounting degree. I am very excited about the papers open to me to take as liberal papers. I have picked up a psychology paper this semester and have others lined up such as; World War II, Greek Mythology and Magic and Witchcraft. I’m not 100% sure on Magic and Witchcraft, I think I may need to read up a bit more about what is involved and how indepth it goes.

Tonight is Friday and I am having a night in. I feel I deserve one. Sometimes a Friday in is the best thing you can ask for. Have got myself bucket-loads of diet coke (had two wines at Friday-work drinks - that’s enough!!) and have the next season of The OC ready to go.

I was such a goodie-good and even came home and did my Professional E-Business homework - write a 300 word blog. About anything! So easy for me. I like to write about random blog-stuff.

Tomorrow I’m working, to make up for my days off this week (while road-tripping) and then Sarina is picking me up and we’re off to see another Film Festival film. Fabulous!

Geez… all I had to do was get my ass into gear and talk to one of the contact people at my University to sort out what I need to do in order to finish this life-long degree. I feel so much better today. So relieved. A lovely admin girl for the accounting school helped me out. She’s told me the papers I need to complete in order to finish my bachelor’s degree. I have shuffled a couple of papers and made some changes. I have decided on getting this degree done, so I can start living, at this rate I’ll be 30 before I finish. But changes have been made, this means that to become a Chartered Accountant, I will need to sit two more papers when I get back from my travels. This is no biggy to me. I can do them part-time while working. The shuffle out of these two papers means I can finish my degree by June 2009*, instead of what was looking like an extra year or year and a half of study, if I work my ass off.

So now I am excited again. It means that I’m going to need to put 150% effort into my Uni work this semester and semester one next year, but it’s all worth it to be completed!

I’m looking forward to dinner out with the girls tonight. We always have fun and laughs when out. It will be some nice light relief after my tummy bug, stressful Uni shite, and this week of work (worked 6 days this week!!)

My family has some house news. Ie. a new one. But I’m not allowed to discuss or post photos (because it’s beautiful) until it’s gone unconditional. So watch this space.

*However there is talk of one paper only being available in semester 2 in 2009, which would mean I couldn’t finish in June. Boo.

Had some terribly bad news today. I failed one of my papers at Uni. I’m truly, completely devastated. I can’t believe it! It’s not just the devastation of failing a paper, which is huge enough, it’s also the devastation that it could delay my trip to the UK. I haven’t figured it out completely yet, but it may delay my trip by six months. Fuck. I can’t even explain the frustration and anger inside me right now. Lets just say it’s bigger than the plane I was planning to escape to the UK in.

I made an appointment to see my lecturer as soon as I saw the result. He saw me this afternoon, he was lovely. But no matter how lovely I was and how nicely I smiled he couldn’t pass me there on the spot. So I have re-enrolled for the paper to do it again this semester coming. There’s nothing else I can do about it, so I guess there’s no point going on about it. Just time to get on with life.

The day improved when I remembered I had a hair appointment at 5.30pm. I love getting my hair coloured (highlights) and cut. It’s my luxury.

I got home to find my sister had cooked dinner and saved me some. So here I am, on the couch with a glass of diet coke, a bowl of spag bog, in my jammies, with my hair looking fabulous and ready for a night out. Unfortunately I’m exhausted, I’ll admit this working full time stuff is damn hard work. I’ll have to do it one day. But while I’m a student, albeit a failing one (only one out of four papers!!!), I shall work very minimal hours, except during these three week “holiday” periods.

Things have been rather dull in Bronnie-land recently. Just been studying for exams and finishing my last damn assignment that never seems to end. 1,500 out of 2,500 words done!

So instead of going on about how dull exam time is when you’re a student and how you lose all your social life and become a recluse in slippers, because it’s cold. I thought I’d upload some photos and the recipe for a meal I cooked tonight.
It’s not a hard meal, it’s one of the most simplest ever. But it’s good to talk about different flavours and herbs with people, as they can give you new ideas.

Tonight I made stuffed chicken thighs.

Recipe below.
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Have handed in my last assignment for Financial Accounting today and just sat my last test for Marketing tonight. So I can officially relax, for a night.
Tomorrow I need to start my Management Accounting assignment which is due next Wednesday. And then need to do my Entrepreneurship assignment which is due the week after. After those two I’m done for the semester, thank god! Well except for exams in June of course… but I’m heading for the home stretch!

I have work tomorrow for the first time in three days, I’m actually looking forward to go. So relaxing, I barely have to use my brain since I know my job inside-out now.

Wooohooo! Look what I scored myself on Trade Me for $40NZD. I have requested a black one, because you could choose the colour.
Features:
- 2 GB of USB Flash Memory Storage!
- It plays Music
- It plays Video
- Record with it’s Built-In Microphone
- Photo Viewer
- Listen to FM Radio

I am very excited!! Shouldn’t take too long to receive it. Now I can have even more music to run to.

I woke this (Saturday) morning at 7am and could not get back to sleep. Lying there ticking off all the things in my mind that I needed to do today.
After 15 minutes of that I decided it was not going to get any better and I would not fall back asleep. So decided to tick one thing off the list and got up and changed and headed out for my run. Such a gorgeous, crisp morning that it was actually quite enjoyable. It also clears your mind and I feel better having been.

I now need to start and finish my 2,000 word accounting essay about auditing oversight boards. Oh the excitement, I’m going to need many cups of strong coffee to get me through this one. (8.30am: Coffee count: 1)

I’m looking forward to this afternoon; coffee with the girls at 3pm, and then a Uni friend is having a BBQ for his birthday so will go see everyone there. Then off to a friends’, brother-in-law’s cocktail bar for another birthday celebration!

This past week has been painful. I really can’t wait to be out of Uni, I’m over studying, time to earn real money! It feels like this study will never end, but I guess we’re already in May and it’s only five weeks until exams. So I shouldn’t complain, just start studying.

It is pouring down here!! I’m at work about to have my lunch and then have my Financial Accounting lecture at 3pm this afternoon. I am very tempted to skip it because I’m going to get drenched running to my class!
But I know that is not a legitimate excuse just to skip class. So I’ll end up going and getting drenched and cold.
I have decided now that I’d rather have a trench-coat style coat. There’s no need for a thick woollen coat here where I live in New Zealand as it doesn’t get that cold, (8-10*C in the middle of Winter), it just rains all the time. So now I’m on the hunt for something similar to these:

That way I can wear warm clothing underneath and just throw it on over top to keep me dry. Good plan I feel.

Oh. My. God. It just got better. Just heard the weather report on the radio: we’re in for thunder storms this afternoon and the rain is here for the rest of the week at least! Geez! I need that coat asap.

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Another test done and dusted. I’m very happy with that test, I think I will have done pretty well in it. I’m expecting an A in my Marketing paper.
We were all stressed earlier today because we’d all been studying for our Financial Accounting test that we had on Monday night and no-one had looked at the content for the Marketing test until yesterday. But thankfully after much hard work and testing each other we all felt successful when we left the test. We found the best way to learn was to quiz each other verbally. My friend, Nick, was feeling stressed by it all and didn’t think he knew anything. But after I persuaded him to do the quizzing with me he felt far more confident. And as we left the room after our test he said thank you to me for helping and he felt confident that he had done well in the test. I feel wonderful that he feels I helped, really he helped me! They say to really know something, you should teach it.

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Something light and funny to end… if it doesn’t scare you!