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Ben Clapton

Back to Uni

February 16, 2006 at 1:49 PM

Went back to uni today. Ongoing students had two days of "orientation" in which we basically got told the stuff that had changed, and had an opportunity to meet all the new students. Fun stuff.

Looks like my timetable will be pretty good - have almost all of monday free, and a fair bit of tuesday. My days don't go too late, and don't start too early. Leaves me lots of time for practice and study, which I'll need, especially doing two history units.

It has also happened that I will be house-sitting a friend's house for three months (March-May). I'm looking forward to that. Because it's at the start of the uni semester, I'll have a fair bit of time to myself and will hopefully be able to spend a lot of time practicing and studying (and not just practicing and studying, but doing it effectively as well). Of course, I'll need to make sure I spend time looking after the house and the pets, but other than that I think it will be a fun time.

On a slightly sadder note, I had to rush over to my girlfriends place tonight. It looks like her family is on the verge of some troubles and she was feeling kinda sad. I rushed over and comforted her for a few hours - made her feel a lot better. I'm not asking for anyone to pray for her, as I haven't asked her if she's fine with that, however feel free to pray for me (if that is what you believe) as I support her during this time.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on February 17, 2006 at 1:49 AM
It's always good to hear from you, Ben. I'm glad about house sitting, sorry about your girlfriend's family troubles. I'm glad you were able to comfort her. She's fortunate to have you. I'm sending good thought waves and wishes to both of you.

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