LIBRARY...the one word that I have never used or mentioned very often up to this year, but sadly my life now revolves around the Glucksman Library in UL. Up to this, I reckon that I was doing very well to be in the library a few times per semester to study for exams, or to get assignments done and dusted. This semester however, is a completely different ball game already.
It’s only Week 5, and already I’ve been stuck in this dreaded building for hours on end. Before, once I finished my lectures or tutorials for the day, my first thought was “Hmm..what to do now?”...Now, it’s a case of “Right, home for lunch/dinner, and back to the grindstone for another couple of hours of work”. That’s if I haven’t gone straight from my lectures to the library. Ugh, I’m even typing this blog in the library at 10pm on a Tuesday night. Any other year and I would be drinking with my friends in preparation of a great night out. So far, I’ve been out three times since the semester started...Pathetic, to be fair. But sher, who wouldn’t be able to resist the sweaty, uncomfortable atmosphere and continuous tip-tapping from the cluster of surrounding keyboards in the library? Yeah, you got me.
I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will be spending pretty much all of my free time in this dreaded place, and I’m embarrassed to say that after less than a week of daily visits to the library, I now have a “usual spot”..Lord Jesus, what’s wrong with me! I was never like this. Before, I never questioned what I would do once I finished college for the day..there were always a multitude of options..Maybe watch TV, chill with friends, go for a run..Now, the good old Glucksman Library is, and will be, paramount to my forthcoming plans this semester, and indeed college year.
I guess that’s the joys of fourth year, but it’s only week five and already the library is pretty busy on a daily basis. One can only imagine how chaotic it will be, come exam time. Excited first years desperate to nail down a decent QCA will come up against stressed fourth years, seeking to further push up their QCA to seek the grade they want. It’s all ahead of me.
In first year, when we were encouraged to read the recommended weekly readings, one might glance over the introduction, main body and conclusion from time to time. Nowadays, it’s your loss if you don’t keep up to speed with the weekly readings, as they are really the basis to many assignments and/or presentations. If only they were slightly shorter...the thought of facing into pages upon pages of politics on a weekly basis isn’t the most enticing feeling, I’ll be the first to admit that.
But it has to be done..I just hope it’s all worth it come next summer. But for now, we’ll battle on and try and get through it. The thoughts of sitting in this bloody spot for the foreseeable future is making me slightly queasy though..Stupid fourth year..Ugh.
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