VirtuaLife

I think I've had my first ever REVITALISING exam block. Wheeee!

Exams were so cruisy. Technically it wasn't exams. Try exam. That's right, I'm grounded in the singular. Compared to the trial-by-fire monotony of physiotherapy's six to eight exams per block, that's something I should be able to do in my sleep!

But that wasn't what made it revitalising.

I remember arguing to myself the merits of taking urban planning up at a time when I could have gone the other way and enjoyed myself for the better part of the year. I remember justifying my final decision on the grounds that the long-term benefits though upskilling and extending my friendships and networks was the weight that tipped the scales in planning's balance.

For the better part of this semester I missed, or stuffed up opportunities to stay in touch with the peeps. My own scheduling with Honours, biology tutoring
and ad hoc work arrangements meant I was sent all over the placewith no semblance of a routine. Was is it the 'new' experience I had been asking for? Yes. Did I like it? Uhhh... no?

Planning eventually became a bit of a (tedious) grind. I don't mean to sound elitist, but at an elementary level it's ridiculously easy. Easy enough to rock up at each lecture, take the required notes, spend an hour in the library doing extra reading and then switch off. Oh, there were some hard bits, if you consider hard as something that makes one stop and do a double take. But I do know people who struggled and I empathise with them, for I was blessed to have situations in which to apply my learning almost instantaneously. However, it wasn't particularly my idea of fun. Admittedly I had a ball (by myself) running around West End collecting info for my project and doing my sketches and just generally being a nuisance to anyone who didn't understand what I was doing, but in that respect it wasn't 'different' to anything I could have done without planning.

The last week has been much more fortituous, however. With the looming nastiness of exams I just decided to drop the diplomatics and do a phone number grab. And I'm so glad I did! The peeps I ended up studying with coming into this home stretch are a wonderful bunch of colour and personality... and you know how addicted I am to new people, right? I'd been talking to people so much about chicken soup for their soul that I forgot to reflect on why I was feeling so good myself. But God is indeed good, and He looks after each and every one of us who lives for Him.

So, exams are over, now what? Well, I'm just starting to get excited, really. New people. New lives! Even in exams I was anticipating my reward (hahaha) for diligent study... that being multiple cino chats and memories to cherish.

And dreaming up the ways in which those sorts of memories get dished out is, in a word, revitalising.

I'm so excited about this holidays! (Even though it won't really be one for me) Got planning peeps to meet, modelling peeps to meet, party peeps to party with, church peeps to know and grow with... peeps peeps peeps!

People! Gotta love them :)

In Faith Hope and Love!
teDDe~