Exams and Updates

About time I posted something...

I am in the middle of a 12 day break between my third exam and my last! I have been full on studying, shopping, working, sitting exams, and touring.

I have sat three of my four exams now and I think I have done pretty well in biology, not sure about english or classics.  I have social studies on Tuesday 3rd Dec, so as of 12.30pm at the latest I will have officially finished my high school exams and as of Friday 6th Dec I will have officially signed out of school and completed a whole 13 years and 6 weeks at school!!! Its pretty exciting when I type it out and think about it!

I also have the last two PORSE booklets to complete to get my New Zealand's Level 3 Nanny Certificate- I am aiming to have these completed and signed off by Friday!

Next year I will hopefully be moving forward and onto tertiary education, studying a three year degree to get a Bachelor of Nursing- I will be finding this out in just under two weeks if I have officially gotten a place a Massey!!

I have been doing a few shifts caregiving as I am trying to work around my exams, studying and also other things I have to do and want to do.  Also, getting the only shifts that are really available as there is quite a lot of staff at the moment.

Last Thursday I went and toured one of the accommodation villages for Massey University, and then went late night shopping with a friend and came back to my house and wrote and card and wrapped a gift for one of our teachers- last year Taylor (friend) and I were in her class, it was her first year at Orewa and we were known as the ones that were constantly talking, laughing, giggling and so on- I also managed to continue that particular trend on this year with Danielle as I was this particular teachers class again this year! .... we decided on getting her a mug that had "little miss giggles" written on it from the "little miss" series by Roger Hargreaves.  Our teacher laughed and said, yeah, I will think of you two every time I drink from it- our aim! :)

One more day left!

Down to one more day of high school ever!

I had a shared lunch for my last lesson of classics, I had to say good luck and good bye to a good friend as it was my last class lesson with her forever! I mean, I will see her and all, but I don't know when.  After this lesson- English, I have to say good bye to another two.  Then I have four more lesson of high school ever! Biology, Study, Study, and Maths.  Then a practice graduation assembly for what happens, where we sit and finalizing all the details.

No more Maths or Internals ever!

Today I finished my last internal forever! And my last ever anything to do with maths forever!! So freeking exciting!  I now only have to focus for another two weeks for Biology and English, another three for Classics and another four for Social Studies..... And then never again.... Until February when university starts, but that's different to being at school as it will be working towards something that I want to do, to have a purpose to doing the work and and learning the stuff :)

Caregiving and School

As you know, I started my caregiving orientation at the end on September.. And it is now nearing the end of October!!

I completed orientation last weekend and Sunday night and last night I did my first official shifts by myself.  They actually went pretty well, I worked Sunday 3-9- originally I was doing 7-1 but Mum wanted to swap shifts with me so that she could go to a baby shower.  In the end it worked out perfectly as I got asked to baby sit on the saturday night.  After work on sunday I got home and started on the finishing of my classics internal which I finished by 1am, and then as I was packing my bag for school I realized that I had also got an english internal due the next morning at 9am too! So I had to quickly finish that off and print it before going to bed.  I ended up watching Fridays episode of Home and Away before going to bed a 2am.

I went to school on 4-5 hours of sleep, and then had to go to work 3-11 that afternoon too! So after finishing all my internals for this week (I only have ONE more due forever- which is done as a test over three class periods) having very little sleep Sunday night, and then being up until 12.30am this morning, I will get to go home after school tonight and blob out and watch the episodes of tv programs that I have missed over the last five days!

On the topic of school... I have exactly two weeks and one day until I'm finished!!!!

More on my tv habits one day... soon :)

Back to school for my last 17 days ever...

Tomorrow will mark the beginning of my last term of high school ever! I have 17 days left, Monday to Friday for the next two weeks, then Tuesday to Friday the third week as that Monday is a public holiday and then I have Monday 4th Nov, Tuesday (my 18th), then Wednesday which is going to be my last day ever! I am not even sure if it is a full or just a half day as we have graduation/ prize giving that evening.  I will then be on study leave from the 6th November where I have four exams over the course of the following month.

Biology on the 12th, English on the 14th, then a weeks gap with classics on the 22th, and Social Studies on the 3rd December.  Then school will really be over and I will have the next three months off where I will be working before starting university at the end of February.

Mock Exams

I have five mock exams coming up in the near future.. well in little over a week away. They are starting on Friday next week, and finish the following Friday.

This is my exam schedule for the mocks- my real end of year exams are a lot more spaced out with some being up to a week apart! These are all within the one week:

Social Studies- Monday (pm)
English- Tuesday (pm)
Biology- Wednesday (am)
Maths- Wednesday (pm)
Classics- Thursday (pm)

I am very happy that my exams are all very well placed in the week.  They are still subject to change, but by now I don't think they will change.

Weather and Procrastination

Poor little Nashi Tree getting bashed around in the wind and rain loosing all its leaves.

Both these taken from my bedroom- looks out to the backyard- tincey, and also Orewa North Primary School.

Yes, I like to know whats going on with the weather- I find it rather fascinating (maybe I should change my career direction into being a meteorologist??).

Friday it was a rainy, cold, and yicky day- two jumpers worthy (which is actually pretty normal for me from about May or so).  

Yesterday it was actually a rather nice day until about early afternoon when it decided to turn dark and spit, then back to sunny again by late afternoon.

Woke up this morning to rain pouring down outside my window!  And it has been ever since with high winds and freezing cold for us (10degree temps maybe?) So after sitting reading on the internet on my bed for the last two hours I decided to go eat something and crawl back under my blanket and start my.. ahem.. homework- well Classics internal due tomorrow (3/4 the way through, been at it for a month+).

Ended up procrastinating.. to write this.

Another post also in the works- maybe I should finish that too? Lol.

Oh yeah- it was the school ball last night.  I didn't go.  Not my thing- my money can be better used elsewhere.  I sat up reading for hours on end after planning to go to bed early.  (ended up online reading until 11.30pm.)