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It’s been a week since I last updated but I just couldn’t concentrate because I was waiting for Thursday 14th August to roll round. In the morning I got my confirmation of a place at my first choice chosen university of Stafford so I knew my results couldn’t be that bad. I still was reluctant to go and pick them up though because I knew what I was likely to get and what I wanted and the two, although similar, were different.

I wanted a B in computing, a C in Government and Politics and a C (alright a B) in Psychology. What I got was a C in all three which was fine and so I’m part happy and part slightly disappointed I suppose. As I’m going on to do Computing at university I wanted it to be my best A level and it wasn’t (I got a B in General Studies). I wasn’t required to have done a computing A level at all so it doesn’t matter, it would have just made me feel better.

Anyway, I am pleased with them once the reality sunk in. To celebrate mum and I went to Norwich and went shopping in Chapelfield and I spent the reward money my grandparents had gifted me. We then had dinner out at Tootsies which was really tasty (I had the baby back BBQ ribs) but we left earlier than intended because a group of boys (also celebrating) got really loud at the next table, swearing all the time, they’d been drinking and it was just time to go really.

My mum said she’d get me something to reward me. I told her she didn’t have to but she persisted so I asked for the TV boxset of New Tricks which is out on september 1st. She then said she was going to get that anyway and told me to pick something else. Now for a while I’ve been thinking about getting a graphics tablet and so mum said she’d get that. I now need to research it, I’ll post later what I find.

Oh and this morning I got my accommodation offer. It was what I wanted an ensuite room in the campus halls. I just need to sign the agreement and sent it back. Moving in day is Sunday September 14th.

Back to the present day. Yesterday I drove home it was a straight boring route, A roads and the motorway although I have to say that when I was looking for a service station I couldn’t see one for over half an hour but when I wasn’t I saw about four in quick succession.

Home was much as I’d left it and everything I’d set up to record seemed to be ok apart from the first two items, an old Heartbeat episode and the Drama Trails. There wasn’t anything on the Drama trails I wanted anyway, although I would like to know what interrupted the signal.

While I was away I bought Kid Rock’s album Rock N Roll Jesus. Today I’ve been listening to it non stop. I couldn’t listen to it with my Grandma in the car because of the occasional swearing. Anyway, it’s really good. I think Amen is still my favourite track but I like Blue Jeans and a Rosary a lot too along with the whole album really.

Today I didn’t really do anything, just had a morning to catch up on my sleep and spent the afternoon devouring a book. I was shocked when I reached the end because it was reasonably substantial and I’d read it in just a couple of hours. It was Deadline by Simon Kernick. I’ve read three of his books before and they’re always good. They’re set in the same world as each other but focus on a different main character each time. I didn’t like that so much at first because I wanted to know more about DI John Gallon who was the lead in the first book I read but I’ve got used to it now, it’s a different approach but interesting to read. I think the overall message is nobody is perfect and the past rarely stays there.

(Posted later at home. I decided to post all my back posts in one go to get back to the present)

On Monday morning we checked out of the Grand Hotel in Whitby two days early. Mum and I packed up the cars and then left my grandparents and drove down to the front in my car so I could buy some postcards as I like the pictures on them. We then went and got some hot doughnuts because I’d promised my mum she’d have one. After we’d had the doughnuts we drove to Whitby. It was a bit of a nightmare finding somewhere to park but because of the disabled badges we could park on a double yellow line. Miraculously Mr Chips had a table so we went into the restaurant. I had Cod and chips it was very tasty, I seem to say that a lot.

After lunch we drove to the hotel. It’s nice to look at, got a huge car park but is a bit quiet a night, I had trouble sleeping as it was too quiet and too dark. I ran all the batteries in my torch down having it on all night. The internet here is very cheap too. Just £15 for the whole time I’m here which is cheap compared to other hotels who charge something like that per hour or something. For dinner last night I had a hot beef baguette with gravy which was also very tasty.

Tuesday morning I had crunchy nut cornflakes for breakfast, I’d forgotten how much I liked them. My grandparent’s friends are coming to the hotel for lunch and mum says we’ll go ride on a local heritage train this afternoon. It’s not steam but it’s a pretty route apparently so it could be nice.

Speaking from a later point of view the train ride was actually not nice. It was just a regular train, nothing heritage about it really. The seats were very uncomfortable and it was raining a lot so it was difficult to see. Some other people, also old friends of my grandparents turned up as well and one of them, the wife of an old teacher colleague kissed me on my cheek. I’m pretty big on personal space and she just couldn’t take a hint. I was glad to leave to avoid her but apart from that the afternoon was a bit of a waste really. I feel a little guilty that I didn’t enjoy it more. Oh well home tomorrow, I’m rather looking forward to sleeping in my own bed.