School's out for summer
May. 18th, 2022 03:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hjdoomFirst semester at Aberdeen is over. I made the decision that I wasn't going to take any time off or ask for any extensions when my father died and just try and do the best I could. That meant the last two weeks of term were incredibly hard work as I scrabbled together four essays and one exam. They're all done now and that gives me plenty of time to scrabble together podcasting and writing commitments that I had allowed to lapse over the period. I'm hoping to get some actual relaxation in next week when I go up north to visit my mother and help go through dad's old things and get them usefully dispersed to where they can do some good.
It's been a good semester looking back. I've learned a fair amount and while I was busy at the start I didn't feel overwhelmed at any point, not even during that final desperate cramming. If there's one thing I've had practice doing it's trying to pull together academic work at the last minute. I can't say for certain what impact the study has had on my own personal faith but that will come through reflection over the next few months.
I also wrote a short RPG this week which always makes me feel good. It's about cyborgs soldiers coming back from the war and trying to do civilian things with guns for arms. It's quite bleak but also a bit satirical which I think is good fit for my writing style, especially when I'm writing quickly. Hoping to get a few prose stories finished while I'm away as well. If I don't keep my brain busy it just leaks all over the floor.
It's been a good semester looking back. I've learned a fair amount and while I was busy at the start I didn't feel overwhelmed at any point, not even during that final desperate cramming. If there's one thing I've had practice doing it's trying to pull together academic work at the last minute. I can't say for certain what impact the study has had on my own personal faith but that will come through reflection over the next few months.
I also wrote a short RPG this week which always makes me feel good. It's about cyborgs soldiers coming back from the war and trying to do civilian things with guns for arms. It's quite bleak but also a bit satirical which I think is good fit for my writing style, especially when I'm writing quickly. Hoping to get a few prose stories finished while I'm away as well. If I don't keep my brain busy it just leaks all over the floor.
