The last few days have been very weird for me now. The types of days when nothing goes right and everything that can go wrong does go wrong. First of all I have a flight to catch and, if on time, then have 40 mins to go through all the checking-in and get to the departure lounge at Standsted (about a 15 minute walk with bags as anyone who has been there will tell you), then the flight is delayed by 55 minutes... midair it is delayed a further 10 mins. Once because of leaving Danish airspace and another because they go to another runway... I sprint from the plane and make it to the coach with seconds to spare. Hurdle 1.

Then the next day I have a meeting with the Bursar at my college and end up getting into a war of words with him, but then I catch him out on the specifics of his "precious" rules. Problem solved.

Then I get a cheque for £600 as a grant from college, which I am shocked by. I find out that I have missed an important meeting with a tutor but that she likes me and there are no real problems. Then today I get book values for £40 for my progress this term...

bear in mind that this is an 8 week term of which I spent about 1 week in Manchester in the middle, I missed the first 4 days because of my extended "trip to Finland"; attending only 4 out of 32 lectures... then I go to Finland for another 2 weeks. As Laura can tell you also I spend about 4 or 5 hours at most (including reading) to do my essays (usually about 3000 words). 12 essays in those 8 weeks. (plus the librarian is unhappy because I have supposedly lost 5 books) - but still somehow I get it. Then I'm told i spell a word wrong... and I correct it!

I have this complacent feeling right now that I am unbeatable. To top it all off it is the last day of term and in 20 minutes I have my last class... then it is Christmas, and I'm back to see my love within days.

There should be a venting forum really but does anyone else ever have day/s like this where they just feel like shouting "Is that the best you've got... *throwing fist to the air*" ?