Grace

Happy Birthday Mike! Our two days of being the same age are over for another year.

Oh wow thanks guys, I didn't think you'd remember me after all this time! Bloody hell Tim, that's the foulest cake I've ever seen, and Nati - when will this guy be showing up at my house? After all this waiting to be an adult malarkey, I didn't get IDed today!

I'm going to be a proper adult tomorrow!

Happy (slightly belated) birthday Serin, I hope you have (had) a wonderful day.

I'm sitting the first half of my English A-level tomorrow. I don't think anyone has been more pumped for an exam than I am for this. Angela Carter's got nothing on me.

How are they going to do it then? I *really* want to pull an all nighter.

I'm not. It's odd how R1's target audience is 15-24 year olds yet they always schedule the Big Weekend for exam period. Not once since I've moved into their target audience would I have been able to attend because of this. Not cool.

Two words for you sweetie - chocolate buttons, they melt in the mouth . A jumbo pack of those after every orthodontist trip almost made the pain worthwhile. Just stick with it, the pain of first getting them on is the worst bit (although having mine *drilled* off wasn't great fun, I think my ortho was a bit sadistic), and having amazing straight teeth at the end of it is definitely worth a year or two of bother. What stopped me getting down about being a metal mouth was thinking that I'd have laaavely straight teeth in my wedding photos (if anyone ever makes an honest girl out of me). Just make sure you wear your elastics if/when you get to that stage, and your retainer too!

I want to make a joke about a massive rampant rabbit, but taste and decency are stopping me. Instead, I'll ask you to pleeeease keep us updated with bunny related photos.

Oh good.

It's been aaaages since I came to UM/posted on what sucks, so to update: I didn't get into St Andrews (fuckers) and any modicum of a relationship I might have had is gone. It's all cool other than that though.

I got a scholarship!

You'll be invited to an interview with college, and you'll be able to explain the grade discrepancy there, I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine. Maybe take along some biology work/coursework which demonstrates your understanding? This won't be the first or last time that the college has heard of a problem like yours, don't worry too much. Good luck.

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