Wednesday

Middle of the week again. Penultimate week of term: this is mad; how has the time gone so fast? Woken again this morning by more drama from the family. Apparently, one of my house mates shouted out from her room for them to 'Shut up!' I was certainly thinking that, and muttering it under my bedclothes, but didn't have the gumption to actually do that. I guess though it probably wouldn't have done much good: I may have felt better for doing so; but it wouldn't have made them feel any better; it would have embarrassed my landlady which would not have been fair. Anyway, it makes mornings very awkward when the shouting and conflict gets loud. The walls of the house and doors seem to be very thin at these times.
So I spent some time this afternoon having a look at rooms available on the noticeboard; not seriously as I know that really I won't move, I just needed to have a look.
An interesting day so far then. Half-seriously I pitched an idea for a book about Service Stations for our non-fiction seminar, and it was well received, maybe I'm onto something. The research, and sheer environmental damage from petrol used however would be ridiculous. So maybe not. I think I'll stick with my cat stories for children's fiction, much more fun. Sadly it's pouring down with rain, Cornish weather, but it's not cold. Cold, wet weather is the bitter end of the year.
Money is becoming difficult: I keep spending it. Hot chocolate at Five Degrees yesterday taking a chunk of £2 out of my budget - but it was so worth it; covered in tiny marshmallows and sweet, sweet chocolate sprinkles. Perhaps unrealistically I've been trying to stick to £3 a day on food, some days it works, others it doesn't. Asda smart price really does help at times. Sometimes though you just need a quality bag of sweets or a bar of real chocolate. I'm looking forward to reaching the days again when I can eat a meal and not think to myself 'that cost me 40p per portion'. Kind of takes the fun out of eating. Still, the size eight skirt now fits nicely; the impoverished student diet has some benefits.