All the family came round yesterday, and we had a big buffet and games evening. Buffets in the Cuthbert-Oakes household are a big event; even though we always say we will have a more low key event than last time, each time actually gets more extravagant! Me and Jack did most of the cooking yesterday, which was really nice.
What we ate: pork pie, sausage rolls, smoked salmon and watercress on toast, quiche, pulled pork and stuffing sandwiches, fresh roast chicken thighs, hummus with celery and pitta, guyere and red onion focaccia, handcut potato wedges and pastrami, emmental & pickle mini subs. For dessert we had gluten free chocolate and lime torte & Pimms Eton mess.
What we drank: merlot, pinot grigio & champagne (we were celebrating but it's a secret what right now).
What we played: Bezzerwizzer (It's a Cuthbert/Oakes thing, no one else has heard of this!).
The day was a great way to relax after a stressful start to the weekend...Uni is already really intense, and I had an email of my dissertation tutor asking me to have my dissertation proposal ready for this week, when they are due in in January! I'm all for getting an early start but it seems extreme. I haven't been sure on which area to study of my chosen period, and somehow this has filtered back to my tutor who is now worried i'm going to fall behind. This makes me MAD because I've been the person who from week one was actively planning work and meeting potential dissertation tutors.
Right now i'm not really feeling very positive about the whole thing, I feel like i'm being pushed along which has never worked for me in terms of productivity, and it's definitely not going to help me think of a question any sooner. I really wish I had got on to the PGCE course for this year and I didn't have to do a masters but I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles!
I am not going to give up so I have to keep going but i'll be honest i'm not filled with joy at the thought of doing this for a full year when after three weeks i'm already dreading going in.
In other, happier news, I am trying to arrange meeting a breeder so I can go and meet the parents of the puppy we will be getting in February/March. It's really making me commit to my uni work, because if I am snowed under with that then I will never be able to look after a baby dog!
Anyway, I have to go and collate some sources on manifestations of religious devotion in the period 1558-1625, so if you don't hear from me again, it's probably because i've expired from stress!!
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