The start of final year.

I know what you're probably thinking: "Um, has Rachel fallen off the face of the earth or something? What has happened to the regular blog posts?"

Well I'll tell you what's happened: final year of uni, that's what.

Although I've been back in Bristol for three weeks now (I LOVE BRISTOL!), I've only actually had one week of uni. And by that I mean lectures, seminars, homework, reading, presentation preparation etc.

Yay for Bristol!

My first week back in Bristol was Epigram training week - I'm the online editor this year which I'm loving, but it's also quite the time commitment.

Working the Epigram stand at Freshers' Fair

Second week back was Freshers' Week (including my birthday) so featured all the fun.

And then uni started. And boy, has it started.

Everyone says final year is hard, but I somehow wasn't expecting to feel this overwhelmed with work this quickly.

Degrees ain't walks in the park, ma friends.

Life for the next nine months

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love student life. And when I say student life I don't mean the stereotypical lazy life of a student involving long lie-ins, lounging around watching Jeremy Kyle and drunken nights out; but rather how busy it is, what with societies, sports, meetings and different events every night of the week.

I absolutely LOVE being busy, but this does all mean time-management is quite the challenge.

Macarons definitely help

It's nearly 2am and I'm writing this blog post because I can't sleep. Because I'm stressed. About all the work I have to do and the fact that I haven't managed to blog for ages.

The fact of the matter is that it's proven really hard to find the time. Already.

Obviously my blog is really important to me and I have so much I want to write, but at the end of the day, final year is kinda important. And when I say kinda, I mean seriously.

Party Rings help too. I think I should take fewer pictures of the food I eat while working and do more of the actual work.

I have a LOT of work, and the work is HARD, and it takes a LONG TIME.

But hey, I'm not here to complain. It's good for us to be challenged and worked hard. If a degree was easy, everyone would have one, right?

So I think I've just got to knuckle down as best I can for the next few months, and I'm going to try my absolute hardest to keep blogging as much as I can, promise.

Sorry I can't devote as much time as I used to to Handbags and Cupcakes, but I hope you all carry on reading that which I do post.

Anyway I'd better get to sleep. Or try to, at least. Gotta get up early to crack on with the work!

I'm going to the Cosmo Blog Awards in a few days which I'm beyond excited about, and you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be blogging about that as soon as I can.