First Half Term's Gone!

Greetings, everybody!

I finished my first half term last week and am I so not happy about that! I was enjoying my relaxation from the college work that I had been working so hard for.

I stayed in Nottingham over the week, visited my sister in university and I needed someone to model for my photography work so my sister stepped in.
Even though I did some photographic work, everyone in my class haven't reached the point where I am yet! My tutor said that we would have to hand in our coursework around February and I'm almost finished! So, here's what I'll do... I'll extend the project and enjoy taking more portrait photos, even though I am running out of ideas!

My driving lessons are going well and my instructor thinks I am ready. So he'll book the practical test with me in the next lesson as he said I would need to 'double' book the test (I don't fully understand the meaning of this but apparently it's still the same as a normal test...) as you can't do that online but to call the driving centre up. I'm really excited to finish my lessons so I could have more time on the day of the lessons (and a lie-in as they're in the mornings!). And of course, be able to drive in my own way so I could get comfortable.

So far, I think everything's normal. I've noticed that I am slightly getting headaches but they're not too bad as I tend to ignore it all the time.

Ta-ra!

Center Parcs

It's been a few of busy weeks at college for me! But slightly boring as I tend to not like the beginnings of the subjects as they are sort of like introduction so you're not exactly learning just yet. But I'm nearly there to creating my own art work in Fine Art and Photography, so I'm just being patient myself...

Last few weeks, at college, has been pretty much normal for me, the daily routine of travelling on a bus for two hours in the morning to attend lessons, lots of research in lessons, creating work, writing essays, watching presentations and travelling another two hours back home.

I don't think there has been any change in my hearing, so I'm just assuming that my brain is taking its time to adapt to the new hearing but I focused on my college instead.

I have just been to Center Parcs in Sherwood Forest over last weekend, it was my second visit as I last attended when I was a young child (I didn't remember much at the time) and I really enjoyed the stay. I was stubborn at swimming at first as I wasn't keen on water because apparently I'm sensitive to chlorine as I get ill so easy from it but I got away with it this time. I went on the slides, underwater and all that fun, and also I went to one of the Aqua Zumba classes. It was a great time, and even better we stayed at the villa that contained a hot tub, a steam shower and a sauna inside but unfortunately the hot tub stopped working so we got a little refund for that. I've been feeling guilty to have eaten a lot of bad food because I was supposed to be on a diet already...

Take care, guys! :)

First Week at College - DONE!

I just finished my first week in A2 course at college... It was quite satisfying although my friends had left the course to move onto BTEC courses due to their results from AS... So I was quite lonely for a week there but I did manage to catch up with some of my friends and I stayed with my assistant because her car broke down over the summer holidays as she's usually home during breaks.

Great news about college though! Last year, I was the only deaf student for a short period of time at the college (there used to be two of us, but she left her catering course to concentrate on her football career), until now! I was called into the canteen by a hearing practitioner to meet two new students, and I felt no longer alone. I got to know to them, about their courses and we talked about friends who we both might know. One's doing Engineering and the other is doing Health & Social Care. I felt better because before I came to the college, I was in a school with a department for support so I had a lot of deaf friends there whom I hung out with everyday, then I came to college and the atmosphere was suddenly different so I had to adapt to that. Even though there are new students in college this year, I'm still surrounded by hearing people in my course, but I'm already used to it because I already knew people in my groups and my tutors are the same from last year (except Art as my tutor left last year!), so I will be fine. Even better that I still have the same assistant, she's a fantastic person to have, we're both similar so we tend to mess about!

Nothing's changed about my cochlear implants, I think I'm actually at the point where I am very much used to them now. It's funny how you compare the past and now on your journey of bilateral implants. At the beginning, I remember getting painful headaches and increased tiredness and now I'm much better where I am. I hardly get any headaches anymore, and I feel more confident with two implants than one as I'm beginning to recognise where sounds are coming from. I'm really proud of myself on the decision of having a second implant, and I think it's a BIG worth it! I'd definitely recommend it but everyone's different so not everyone will have the same results.

Ta-ra!