i've already done 600 words of my essay, which is really good. it's not due until the 7th of february, but with my mum coming over and all that, i need to sort it out now. after having a sort of terrible week, this week i feel really proud. went to all of my lectures, took lots of notes, did all of my readings for all of my tutorials... now i only need to keep it up.
i'm not seeing jay this week-end, because he's stressed out about uni and he feels he hasn't done enough this term (already???), so he wants to stay at home and work. i don't mind, really. i mean, the last three weeks have been stressful. balancing everything out... between uni and trying to see him i feel like i have stuff to do all the time, and if i want to chill out i feel guilty. so i need a week-end off from all the stress, especially because next week is going to be quite busy.
which doesn't mean that i don't miss him already. feels a bit wrong not seeing him at the week-end. *sniff* but tomorrow night i'm going to cargo (a club) where one of paul's friend is djing, so that should be fun. i haven't been out in a long time... maybe it's just what i need.
i've decided to go to harrod's tomorrow (i've calculated with my dad that it's been 12 years since i've been there last...), so that i can buy something to add to my mum's present. since it's her 60th birthday i feel she needs something special... i'm not getting her anything big, because obviously i don't have the money, but i've found two or three little presents that are just very cute. the problem with my mum is that she doesn't NEED anything... so i've just found her a book, a cute lamp, a cute bag, and i'm going to buy a small harrod's marzipan cake (they've got the cutest little things, i remember when i was small my parents bought one that had a little rabbit and a carrot on top... it was the best). i think she'd like that because it would bring back loads of memories from when i was a kid.
also, in the end we've decided that on friday night we'll stay here, at my flat, have wine that my dad is bringing from paris and order a nice, big thai take-away. sophie and jay are going to be here, and i might invite some other people... but it's nice, my parents will get to meet my friends and so on. :) i'm quite happy.
this is the longest entry ever and i need my bed. thank god it's the end of the week.