Jenni's diary: Given up chocolate!

CCPM said:
Well done Jenni heres to your new life. As an official boring old fart am I allowed to say enjoy the experience to the full but that doesn't preclude you from getting the best degree you can. It can be a bloody hard world and everything you can do to provide you with money to enjoy it is is well worth pursuing even to limiting going out to 4 nights a week.

Good luck

M
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Lol, I'll be limiting myself to 1/2 nights a week I think!

To study at Imperial is such a fantastic opportunity, don't really want to waste it by going out all the time. I'll never get another chance to get a good degree from there so I shall make the most of it!
I'm not going to be one of those boring people that doesn't leave their room though ;)
 
Nope musn't do that just strike the balance. Its really one of the best experiences don't miss a minute.

Now where's Jon going to? will he be close by?

M
 
He's going to Stafford - it's a 1:30-2 hour journey, so not too bad. I'll be getting a railcard too :)

I can't wait!
 
You'll probably find you go out loooads in teh first year then calm down for the 2nd and 3rd. Do imperial do the general thing of 1st year doesn't count towards your overall grade and you just have to pass?
 
elegantriposte said:
You'll probably find you go out loooads in teh first year then calm down for the 2nd and 3rd. Do imperial do the general thing of 1st year doesn't count towards your overall grade and you just have to pass?
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Not quite, but it's weighted 1:4:4, so it doesn't matter too much if I don't work hard in my first year :p
Thanks for reminding me btw, I've been meaning to look that up for a while!

xx
 
5 and a half weeks until I move out! :bliss:

Been to the gym today. Starting to get into it a bit I think, I managed to keep a jog up for 6 minutes straight!
I went up to 11.3 last week but I'm back down to 11st today so that's good. I'm weighing myself less often now :) feel the need to do it less. Don't know if I'm going to take scales with me to London... think I'll leave them behind and may buy some there if needs be. :)

xx
 
Yep! I get to find out in a week or two where I'll be staying exactly, but they're all somewhere in/around South Kensington. :) I'm hoping for Garden/Weeks because they're both next to the gym and next to the campus. :) Bit shabbier than most, but I don't really care, they have huge rooms :p

xx
 
Its all very exciting - I remember it well.

A mini meet sounds good - although, having not seen your boy for a bit would you really want to be wasting time with me ;)
 
Less Rotund One said:
Its all very exciting - I remember it well.

A mini meet sounds good - although, having not seen your boy for a bit would you really want to be wasting time with me ;)
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Haha, I'm sure he can manage without me for a few hours! :p
There'll be times when he has lectures, I'm I can find the time somewhere :p

It's all going on now - I'm applying for my student account next week, I'll be registering online for Imperial soon, lots of forms being filled in etc!

Diet isn't going terribly, or brilliantly - just plodding on, STSing pretty much.
I'm concentrating on exercise at the moment, want to get fit really. I'm sure the weight will fall into place at some point if I keep up the exercise, and if not I'll still be happier with my figure - less wobbly bits! :p

At the moment I'm really not bothered about losing weight :confused: which is a bit weird, but there are more important things in life!
I'm concentrating on getting the whole uni thing sorted, I can't wait to be completely (well, almost) independent :) I actually imagine that, left to myself, I won't actually eat as much because I'll just forget to buy things like chocolate when I go shopping :p I've learnt how to do basic things like white sauce and rice in the microwave. :)

xx
 
there must be a student cookbook somewhere - the easy stuff like spag bol, chilli etc - at least you won't starve.

Now a white sauce, that's a bit on the advanced side....
 
Less Rotund One said:
there must be a student cookbook somewhere - the easy stuff like spag bol, chilli etc - at least you won't starve.

Now a white sauce, that's a bit on the advanced side....
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Hehe. I can already cook spag bol, a fry up, chicken stir fry, fish, steak... not that I'll need to know how to cook steak, but yknow.
I can cook the basics :p: I definitely won't starve!

The problem with cookbooks is that it's like, 'chicken kebabs' and it'll have red peppers, chunks of onion, apple, other weird things I don't like (or don't like cooked that way.)

I'm very very very fussy and so generally come back to 'meat and veg' pretty much every time :p:
 
Wow, you have left it late to apply for your loan! You dare devil, you :p I have just sent an appeal off to have my application supported by Adam and not my parents. To be classed as independent you need proof of 3 years employment. I only worked for the past year but I have lived with Adam for 3, not my parents! He supported me for the first 2. If we were married it would be a different story, grrr. At the moment my application is non income assessed and it is half my previous loan.. not enough! If this fails I have to go back to my mumsy, what a pain in the ass.. I am an adult!
 
Long time since I made a post! Life is moving on at a very fast pace at the moment. Jon goes to uni on Sunday :(
Found out where I'm staying, I got my first choice! :D I'm a stone's throw from the Albert Hall! Very expensive, but the nicest of all the accommodation I applied to.

Student account is sorted, I'll be getting my money from my parents soon (I'm feeling pretty lucky I don't have to rely on Student Finance, which has been a complete fiasco this year!)
I'll get my money from SFE whenever it turns up, as long as it's within a few months I don't really care.

I now don't see Jon until Saturday and then after that I don't see him for just over a week :( sounds like nothing but it's the longest I've gone without seeing him and it marks the beginning of a very long 4 years seeing him once a week or less :( apart from holidays.

I'm quite scared about going to uni. I worry that I won't cope, or that I'll spend my entire year's money in one week, or lose my laptop, or something. I've spoken to the disabilities officer at Imperial about my OCD and they seem really helpful, so at least I can get help if I need it.

I think it's just the whole moving on thing - I got the same way when I was about to start at my new school for A Levels, it scared me quite a lot. I mean, I'm sure it will be absolutely fabulous living on my own and stuff, I just worry too much! :p

I finish my therapy in about 2 weeks time - scary stuff. I've decided I'm not going to go for therapy while I'm in London, I'm going to join a support group though.
I'm doing incredibly well OCD-wise! It's pretty amazing to see how far I've come. I can now do a step wrong and feel the need to correct it, but I can ignore the thought.

I still have a lot to work on - symmetry with my hands is now worse than my feet! But I'll get there - all in good time :)
 
What an exciting time for you Jenni and also one that will bring changes. Just take a mo to think about things before you do them....including do I NEED this when you are planning to spend money and you will be fine.

Getting support is a great idea, Uni is usually first rate for that and the support groupd woulkd give you another strand of support.

Go ahead and enjoy

M
 
It's completely normal to feel scared, don't worry :) I cried all the time before I left. I wasn't really scared but I was just so sad at leaving everyone. It's so exciting though you'll forget all your worries as soon as you get there and just enjoy yourself! If you're worried about your laptop back everything up on an external harddrive to keep at home and get insurance. Plus you're a clever girl, I'm sure you won't get carried away and spend all your money :p
 
Jon's left now :( feeling a bit sad at the moment. He's gone out, no idea what he's doing but I'm sure he'll tell me about it tomorrow. Miss him a bit :(

I have got one huuuuuge shopping list to get sometime this week. I'm aiming to be pretty much packed by the end of this week, with the exception of clothes I'll wear next week, and shampoo etc.

It's so saaad leaving home :(
 
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