Tuesday 19 January 2010

Coffee break



I have a week and a half left of my short OU course, and I am writing my final assessment. In some ways I am just like the student I was nearly twenty years ago when I started my degree in American Studies at university.  I still like to do my essays in one intensive burst of enthusiasm, close to the deadline.  I still work on a cluttered desk and I still like to write in longhand on a pad of A4 paper and then type it up later.




But these days I drink coffee rather than herbal tea, and I have much posher biscuits.  These are the oat and vanilla shortbread biscuits from Rachel Allen's Bake.  I also no longer have to interrupt my essay writing to go to the launderette or drink the night away in the student union. 

There is, however, the blog to distract me now.



And these daffs from Cornwall, slowly opening on the mantelpiece.  Can I finish my essay before they are all in bloom?
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9 comments:

  1. Lady Hip19 January 2010 at 11:17

    The biscuit looks delicious and healthy...I'm sure it will ensure a good essay!

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  2. The Coffee Lady19 January 2010 at 11:50

    What's next then, when this is finished?

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  3. driftwood19 January 2010 at 12:33

    ooh those biscuits are calling my name...........

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  4. dottycookie19 January 2010 at 13:22

    Ugh, essays. I don't miss those. Hope yours is done soon!

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  5. Sue19 January 2010 at 18:00

    Good luck with the essay and keep munching the biscuits!

    Sue

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  6. Garden Girl19 January 2010 at 19:57

    I do so love how you co ordinate your (very lovely) cardi with your blooms!
    Glad your desk is full of stuff like ours!-Best of luck with the essay.

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  7. Ali19 January 2010 at 23:33

    I think my brain might spontaneously combust if I had to write an essay now. It's warm just thinking about the possibility of it.

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  8. Victoria20 January 2010 at 13:14

    That biscuit & cuppa do look very nice. May have to join you, hang on.....just put the kettle on! So funny reading you talk of essay writing style. I was the same - longhand and then typed. Afraid my procrastination skills are as well-honed now as they were back at Uni. Will I ever grow out of that? Good luck finishing the essay. Reward yourself at the end with something special x

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  9. Suse20 January 2010 at 22:13

    Not to mention the care and feeding of small people and a household to maintain.

    Good luck with the essay. I know this pain all too well.

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