Second Semester Promises

So the Christmas holidays are over and we can no longer use the festive season as an excuse to why our jeans are so tight, as well as this harsh realisation we are also back in college. We leave the comfort of mammy’s cooking for toast and noodles for the next couple of weeks. With the start of the second semester we all make certain promises to ourselves that we know deep down inside we will not keep.

1. I will actually read the books/articles on the reading list. You remember the panic before first semester exams? Realising you've been to the library once and it was to check your Facebook and you haven’t been back since. You haven’t even read the reading list let alone the books on it. But this semester will be different...

2. I will not spend my Susi grant money on alcohol. You know the excited feeling you get waiting on your monthly Susi grant to buy student bus tickets and college supplies  a night out in coppers and 20 chicken nuggets in mc Donald’s afterwards.

3. I will attend all lectures including nine o'clock Monday morning ones. I will no longer hit the snooze on the alarm and tell myself sure it'll be grand they won’t be doing much anyway. And we all know you never ever catch up on those notes.

4. I will not go out 4 nights a week I will reclaim a normal sleeping pattern instead of relying on the magic of caffeine and skittles.

5. I will be on time (not 25 minutes late) to lectures and pay attention and actually take down notes so you have a slight clue what the lecturers are talking about... this means no texting, tweeting, day dreaming or even sleeping.

So these promises don't seem too hard to keep right? but after the first week (if you make it that far) the library/lectures/sleeping can seem like they can wait while the Facebook clubbing events offering cheap-list and drink specials can no longer be ignored might as well have a lie in the next morning to top it all off, sure there’s always the august repeats!