Happy New Year everyone! (I\u2019m not too sure if it\u2019s a little late to be saying that, but seeing as this is the first post of the year it seemed an apt salutation!) I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, full of smiles and other wonderful things! I trust you\u2019re all refreshed, relaxed and ready to take on 2015!<\/p>\n
It was absolutely fab to have a break, even though I enjoyed my first term so much! I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve slept so much in my entire life \u2013 I mean if I wasn\u2019t at work or the library, with my friends and family or eating I\u2019m pretty certain I was asleep! It was like I turned into a little hedgehog! I\u2019ve been told, though, that this was a pretty normal habit \u2013 most of my housemates seemed to do the same! Being home was really odd to begin with, but as soon as I went back to my job in the shop it was like I\u2019d never been away! As sad as this sounds (and please feel free to guffaw and giggle) I love my job and it was so fun to be back, everybody is so lovely and there was a constant supply of cake (yay!). The Christmassy vibe in retail is something to behold, I\u2019ve never seen so many smiley people, stressed people or novelty Christmas jumpers in my life and it was amazing! I also had a really relaxed time with my family and friends. After being here for 11 weeks it was just the best thing ever to have a cuddle from my grandparents and my best friend and spend some quality time with my mum and dad. I\u2019m sure for any potential students reading this you\u2019ll know the feeling too when you get to uni!<\/p>\n
But, we\u2019re back! It\u2019s been such a busy week! Even though it\u2019s first week things are full steam ahead! I have vowed this year to be a little more structured with my routine and I\u2019ll be honest with you\u2026 as hard as I\u2019ve tried this week it\u2019s been tricky to stick to a regime. It\u2019s been a case of getting settled back in to the uni lifestyle and trying to hear everyone\u2019s Christmas and New Year stories whilst trying to get my head around new course material, which I\u2019ll come to in the next paragraph! So, we\u2019ll begin the routine in the upcoming weeks\u2026hopefully! No, seriously, I\u2019m sure it\u2019d be good to be a little more structured, I\u2019ve been told by so many people, so I should probably take their advice!<\/p>\n
So! New Year, new course material, new challenges! We\u2019ve moved on to the Modern period in history this week and I have been looking forward to this since I applied to Lancaster! The fact that these somewhat recent (depending on what your conception of \u2018recent\u2019 is) events have made such a valuable contribution to the shaping of today\u2019s society is something really important to me. I love to see how the development of societal systems has impacted today\u2019s class structures and the way that revolution has broken and re-built a nation and its civilisation and how this is a part of history\u2019s advancement\u2026\u2026. Having read that back for editing, I do apologise; I\u2019m digressing with my little ponderings! Anyway, the upcoming material for history this term looks great! I was becoming quite fond of some earlier periods, having branched out into the Medieval and Early Modern eras last term, especially looking at how religion played its part in history, but I cannot wait to get into the depths of this historical period! (Okay, I will stop rambling now. Promise!)<\/p>\n
EPR and Philosophy both have some thought-provoking content this term too! We\u2019re looking at critical thinking in philosophy and it is proving a challenge, especially as I\u2019m still adjusting from Christmas mode! We\u2019re given exercises to do in our seminars and it is the weirdest thing to see how other people\u2019s logic works in comparison to my own: we can be given the same question and come up with totally different answers. I look forward to a good brain workout this term! We\u2019re covering science and religion in EPR for first few weeks of term and it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve never looked at in detail before. So with a little more knowledge, I look forward to participating in those debates!<\/p>\n
Aside from the goings on in my course we\u2019ve had quite a bit going on in the Land of House 105! My flatmates and I have had a lovely week of catching up and hearing each other\u2019s stories from the holiday. We\u2019re planning some outings for this term already! We\u2019re hoping to go and see Into the Woods and go for Chinese food afterwards next week! Perhaps the biggest event for me in the house this week, though, has to be the fact that my friends and I now have a lovely little flat for next year! I felt so grown up contacting the landlord (who, I must add, is really sweet!) and saying that we\u2019d like to take the flat. I\u2019m sure, for those of you reading planning on uni, you will get the same enjoyment of going to viewing after viewing and finally finding \u2018the one\u2019! I\u2019m so, so excited, partly because it has a gorgeous little kitchen with big windows and a nice high ceiling (You must think I\u2019m very strange!) but it\u2019s right in the centre of town and is just so cute! There\u2019s only one word to sum up my happiness: YAY!<\/p>\n
So, that\u2019s Week 1 of Lent Term! I still can\u2019t believe, even though I\u2019m sitting in my room in halls with my radio on, surrounded by files and looking out on to the campus, that I\u2019ve done a whole term at uni and I\u2019m now taking on another 10 weeks of lectures, seminars and new memories. It\u2019s going so quickly but, as I said in my very first post, uni is an open book and I can\u2019t wait to fill its metaphorical pages with more essays, lecture notes and memories! Lent Term here we come!<\/p>\n
Thank you for reading, guys! I hope you have a lovely week!<\/p>\n
History Hugs,<\/p>\n
Eleanor :0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy New Year everyone! (I\u2019m not too sure if it\u2019s a little late to be saying that, but seeing as this is the first post of the year it seemed an apt salutation!) I hope you all had a lovely … Continue reading