SOUTHWOOD

It's a busy week for me especially for my first day of uni for the trimester and it will only be as busy until my family and I leave for the Philippines this Friday.

After last year's units, I think I've figured how I'll be staying organised this year. While you might think I'd be going overboard with a calander, extra timetable, diary and weekly planner, from what I've learned last year, things like this seem to help with getting very important things like oh, I don't know... assignments done and handed in on time.

Goals, Uni Break and Dream Check

It's been a couple of weeks since I finished uni for a break until I commence second trimester and since then I haven't really thought about what I'd post about. Because of my disappearance to try and figure out my place in uni, I had purposefully pushed blogging aside just until I understood who I was and what I was in the crowd. Turns out, I like being that ghost I am. I get assignments done quicker since I have no one else that I know of to procrastinate all the assignments with or gossip about lecturers and teachers or peculiar students. So I know my place, and I know where I have to organise myself and it feels good to know that he first worries of the year have passed and I am now ready for the second half. I have more goals I want to achieve and his time I can see blogging being a possibility for that half. I'm not going to apologise since my reasons are more personal rather than anything that I can publicly confess without thinking about what I'd say. 

It hasn't been all serious though. During my first trimester, Peter got a job and so while I've had readings, assignments and annoying group people to deal with, he's also been busy smashing it up and getting promoted along the way. We try to make the most of our spare time by catching up with our shows or eating out to the less fancier restaurants and going for short walks. Meanwhile, I am now on a holiday and have been at home most of the time and during this time my hands have not been able to keep still. I've been making sure I don't lose touch of my sewing habits and so I have been sitting at the machine quite a few nights now. But when I'm not sitting up straight and feeding fabric through my black time machine (I have to call it that since it's just too cool to just call it a normal sewing machine), I have been able to treat myself to reading blogs I haven't read in a while and getting digital copies of things that help me dream.

At the start of my break I bought the June edition of Country Style and it just makes my heart swoon over the inspirational stories of living in the country and the pretty decor that I wish I could fill my own home with. The thought of having a land of my own; a house too, is the dream and I'm just too eager for it all. I mean, sure, I dream to travel but I don't feel the need to do that just yet. I just want my country house. 

Light Reading Before Business

I've actually started one assessment which is marked as a minority compared to the rest but never the less, it's still one down and 10 to go for the trimester? I think? Even that, I'm uncertain of. I remember how determined and hard working my mamabird was when she was studying to be a nurse. I want to be just as persistent as she was as compared to what I was and let's be honest, a majority of you are when it comes to uni work. I won't lie. I started things days before due dates, forgot what work I needed to have brought with me and only wanted to at least pass my subjects. But it's 2014 and I've already declared a successful year. And if I'm not doing what I should be then Peter is less than shy to tell me so. He's probably my biggest motivator/motivation to help accomplish all I want this year. So sadly, I have to minimize my light reading including daily visits to blogs BUT I refuse to distance myself away from my own so I hope I eased you with that one.

Tempt shirt

Glassons scalloped shorts

One Down

I did it! I survived my first week (3 days) of uni and admittedly, although this week was quite a breeze, something surely tells me that won't be the case at all. Living in such a technological age, I'm not used to not having hard copies of anything in my hands and existing physically in front of me. Now, I am surely but slowly familiarising myself with everything I need which is all online. I feel too young to be feeling old the way that I do but I am still yet to grasp the concept of how each unit can be found online with each not being represented like the other. I say it's difficult but nothing a few hours of aimless wandering on the uni site won't fix. Sure, many uni's are probably up to date with this but I haven't been in uni for 2 years I'd say, and I went to a private one and the differences are comparable to certain extremes. Other than being technologically disabled as of this week, I'm certain I'll get the hang of this. But just for now, I'm just a little bit slower than usual. But my Lectures are great, so are my tutorial teachers. I have used quite a bit of my breaks to locate toilets around the campus since I have just way too many liquids throughout my day and I efficiently used my time finding power points so I can charge my laptop and phone when I can whilst going through outlines and coursework. But now I'm looking forward to what I will have achieved by the end of this trimester.

Glassons Shirt

Glassons Trousers

Converse Sneakers

UniHood Bag (present from Peter)

Counting Blessings

I'm quite certain that I've done a similar post before when I was using Tumblr as my blogging platform and so I'm doing it again just because of how happy and extra excited I feel as of this moment. I've envisioned this year to be a successful one for myself and the start of this year couldn't of been better than it has been. There's so much I am thankful for and I cannot begin to explain how this makes my insides feel. One of the things I am extremely thankful for is the loving and encouragement that my parents have given me towards the course I am now undertaking which is a double degree in Bachelor of Arts and Education (secondary). They have spoken over me through and through and have blessed me by joining me with this overwhelming joy I have, knowing that this is what God wants me to do. I was accepted into two courses with with I chose to enrol in this current one since it's much more exciting. I'm just too filled in delighting in all that God is still giving me.

I've also had a spur-of-the-moment idea to completely change my room around 2 weeks prior to uni starting and boy was that frustrating. Though it's not entirely finished right now since I still have to buy a few minor things like a mirror, extra sheets, book shelves, new curtains and install my block-out I also felt like purchasing, it's slowly transitioning into quite a simple room. If I were to compare my room now to what it was like 10 years ago... -anyway, that's for another post. I would love love love to thank my dad and Peter for helping me out here. I had mini fits of frustration since time has it's own side as I was desperate to get things done and perfect before uni. It's still not complete but I'm slowly coming at ease with myself and my rather rash decision of such changes. Not once did they complain and not once did they pinpoint how silly I was to even consider it. ALSO, can I just... yeah... Peter spoils me endlessly, This is where I ask myself how I even got the guy's attention. My sheets, my bedside tables... I never ask him for anything and if it is anything, it'd be food but he gives and gives and my heart explodes with how much love he shows. 

Secondly this post has taken me a few days to make since I've been typing during uni intervals and focusing mostly on quite a lot of organising with uni stuff and my room in general. I guess I was just very excited to share a post with you on how abundantly blessed I am feeling. My mamabird has also been so kind and loving and still continues to feed me with spiritual wisdom that she knows I need. Ahh... I'm so thankful for her and am still excited to see her through this year in all she does in her life and in mine. Apologies on the lack of pictures.