Two weeks to go

I'm cooking stew, so I thought I'd do an update while I was waiting for it to cook. The carrots are just about there but the swede is still pretty solid.

There are two weeks until the end of term. It's got cold, and we've finished 4 out of 5 of this semester's modules:
- Sustainable Energy Systems
- Solar 1
- Wind 1
- Biomass 1
The next module is Water, and then Christmas! And my sister's wedding, which I'm sure will be fun too :) I've been existing without cake (and other Bad Stuff, but it's the lack of cake I feel most) over the last couple of weeks so I can fit into my dress which at the moment is on the snug side. Not sure if I've lost weight yet, and I won't know until I go home in a couple of weeks and try it on. The anticipation is unbearable.

Looking forward to the end of term as the two-week cycles of modules are quite stressful. However in a way I'm not looking forward to it because then it's only a short spell away from exams, which I hate. Over the last couple of weeks, when I should have been concentrating on Biomass, I've mostly been trying to get my head around aerodynamics, so I don't panic when I start to revise it. I think I've managed it now, just about.

We went for another field trip on Tuesday, to somewhere very exotic...Burton on Trent! We visited the anaerobic digestion plant in the Marmite factory. It was actually really interesting, and also pretty cool to see the insides of a factory I've been past hundreds of times. Here's a picture of their explanatory text in case you want to know more:


Having thoughts about my project, which I think we have to have worked out just after Christmas. I think I'll probably end up doing something about Biomass, unless I get inspired by the Water module. I like anaerobic digestion, and all the human factors involved as well - like economics and process waste. If I make up a really interesting project, the last part of this course could be really good fun, and maybe even produce something useful.

In other news, I'm still doing the clarinet lessons, and getting on really well with it. Also still singing, and our concert is a week on Monday. Yikes!

And another bit of news...I'm going down to London next week to demonstrate at the Wave. My first march. It's a march to support the Copenhagen Summit, which is happening from 7th-11th of December and will set the goals for CO2 emissions reductions until 2012. If the reductions goal isn't high enough, then it will be pretty bad for, well, the world. I wasn't sure about going but then I saw The Age of Stupid yesterday and decided it was Important. I'm a bit nervous about it and hope that the police don't start getting handy with their superior weaponry and combat skills.