Seventeen x twenty four..

= CHRISTMAS!

It's very nearly that time of year where we stuff ourselves silly, drink till we're merry...very, and generally plod about. I can't wait!
Usually I don't look forward to this time of year, being over the age of 20 kind of means that you don't have much to play with on Christamas Day, and end up getting far drunker than you intended or fall asleep watching the Sound of Music, yet again. This year though, Christmas means time off school and uni, and I can't wait!!!

The only problem is, the shopping..
I have so far managed to do Christamas shopping for my nieces and nephew in just one hour!! They are sorted, but, of course, tkids are easy to buy for. Now I just need to find something for my boyfriend, my parents, my friends, my brother and sister, and of course, packs of sweets for the kids in school! When I'm supposed to find all this stuff, I have no idea, but hopefully, it'll be soon!! Not long left.

I don't really have antything of any substance to say today, but I had to post this because I'm so damn excited!! I don't go back till the 8th of January too!! Brillliant!!

Tonight I am going to see 'Happy Feet' with my boyfriend, my penguin desires will finally be fulfilled!
And that's it really, not much to say, all I do is go school, come home, plan lessons, sleep, go school, come home, plan lessons, sleep and so on. So not much to say!
Karen

Congraduations

Wednesday, 25th October: Karen finally has her graduation ceremony after months of waiting!
Some of you may not know, but pur lecturers went on strike, which meant that graduation had to be postponed from July till October. I've moaned and moaned about it, so it was nice to finally have our day.
It was a very long day, it started with me collecting my gown at around half 8 in the morning, and finished with me falling asleep at Mr Karens at around 11 and feeling rather drunk.
Our gowns were black, with pink hoods trimmed in white fur...doesn't sound very nice, but it looked alright once it was on. One thing is certain, it was heavy, and my little shoulders were buckling under the weight of it!
Anyway, once we had our gowns on and everything, we were free to do as we liked as the ceremony didn't start till 3! So went off to a little celebration mass where me and Emma were just laughing the whole way through it...her dads gay hands and a random lady warbling were our main reasons for laughing. It was still a nice service anyway. Then it was off to the library, here we drank lots of wine and mingled with our tutors before having a group picture of the years cohort taken - hat throwing moment! Yay! After this, there was still plenty of time before the ceremony, so we stayed in the library, and gave our parents a quick look at the really old books that are stored there.
Finally the time came to leave for the Cathedral.
This was 'fun'.....we were going in taxi's...waiting in the rain for a taxi....in cap and gown.....well, I'll let you think about that.
Anyway, the ceremony was great, not as long as I thought it was going to be, which was good, as it was supposed to be going on for nearly three hours. Luckily, it lasted about an hour and a half.
When it was finished, all the graduates paraded out the cathedral and were applauded by all the academic staff....almost brought a tear.....almost.
After the cathedral it was off to the Great Hall at Everton, where I drank lots of champagne and had some strawberries. The champagne went right to my head, and Emma and I did a stupid little dance to some random swing band.
Finally, it was time to head back to uni to pick up the car and go home.
Once home, we picked up Mr Karen, went for a little meal, where I had yet more drink...and then, as I said, I headed back to his, and promptly fell asleep : )

That was about it really, a great day, and well worth the wait!! Shame I haver to go and do some lesson plans and YR10 activities now......wish I was doing a degree again...8 hours a week at uni! Heaven!