I feel I ought to reassure my loyal readers that I am still alive, and have not been driven entirely insane by exam stress. I’ve popped back to my room briefly for soothing music and a cup of tea in a vain attempt to quell the rising panic. To say I am ill-prepared for these exams would be a massive understatement, and there’s a chance my results could be very, very bad. I had been thinking that at least I wont do any worse than last year, but looking over past papers makes me think it’s a possibility. Always around this time of year I wonder what on earth I did for the previous eight months, and resolve to actually do some work in future. Why was I so astronomically lazy?!

For good or ill it will all be over by Saturday lunchtime, and there’s plenty to look forward to in the following weeks. There will be barbeques, punting trips, Garden Parties and May Balls. (I’ll explain about those last two some other time.) For now, however, it’s back to the library. Fortified with tea and a brief period of reflective meditation, perhaps the mysteries of quantum electrodynamics will seem less impenetrable…