Stressed

I am STRESSED and its barely half way through semester 1.

Boo hoo, have a rapport de synthese to finish today (and realising have actually forgotten how to write a report in French) tomorrow need to do my presentation for FRE4009, sunday will be spent reading reading reading reading stupid texts on socioeconomic factors surrounding something dull for linguistics.

At some point before xmas need to get some applications underway for graduate training schemes. Ruling out T&I at Bath for the time being, too expensive and want to earn some money. KPMG, jjFOX, GCHQ, Hotel Management, Human Resources...all sortsof schemes could apply for. Dont know where to start, and they all take time and I do not have time to write that many cover letters at the moment. Concentrating too much on this whole stupid careers thing, when really should maybe ignore it for a while and study! Ruled out travellers worldwide, international management, GDL....so basically is a choice between a job of any kind working for a travel company, T&I or a training scheme. Why cant I be one of those people who knows she def wants to be a teacher and so only need look at PGCEs? I want to have something def sorted by the end of the year, as I dont wanna be one of those people who moves back home and bums around for months, doing a bit of temping and then finally gets a job 6 months after graduation.

Have no time. The one thing I really LIKE doing and keeps me sane is dancing but I don't have time for that atm, what with Scott & Emmie's lessons every eve for the next 2 weeks, modlangsoc socials and uni work.

Have to do more interpreting practice for French & Spanish, need to get my second rapport de synthese and prep for the simulations in before Christmas, have annoyingly long texts to translate for Spanish each week. After Christmas I have 2 interpreting exams, a horrible World Englishes exam which I am never going to have enough time to revise for becuase the tutor insists on giving us insane amounts of *essential* reading, and an essay for French SLA (do not get me started on that!)

I have never had this much trouble balancing 6 modules! Have I chosen really horrible ones or what? Thankfully the 2 modules I have all the reading for will be over in January! Bring on Modern French Literature (oh God that's gonna be even more reading!) and History & Syntax of Spanish!

*stress* *stress* *stress* and living with 4 artists who have all the time in the world to stay up late chatting and generally doing nothing productive, and making me feel extra swotty and left out doesnt help.