My Hair, And A Rant About The Bursary People

Yesterday I had a really fun day: me and my friend Leni were going to do some packing and clean her bathroom because it was PINK, but as she really hated the way her hair had turned out (highlighter pink not being the colour she wanted for her hair) we went shopping for temporary dyes (spelling?) instead. We decided to try and dye my hair as well, choosing a slightly reddish colour that wouldn't stay in too long.
Now, I have dyed my hair using natural henna many many times, and all of these times, no matter how long I let the henna work on my hair, I would end up with the same colour hair as before, except my hair would have a slight red glow to it, if you knew about it. As we were using chemical dye this time, I thought that maybe it would actually change my hair colour, especially as we used two packs and let it in a bit longer than the recommended 5 minutes.
But it didn't. My hair is ever so slightly darker, and even I find it hard to spot any redness.... I think maybe I have to accept the fact that my hair is stubborn and will never allow me to change its colour. But, I had a fun day and Leni's hair is now a nicer pink, and I am sure her new dyes will come in soon so she can achieve the red she actually wants!
In other news, I got two emails from my new bursary woman today. One had a very promising title, and included a form to send off in which I could claim more bursary money for next year. However, the next one had only one sentence:
[said bursary woman] would like to cancel the previous.
WHAT????????????? So, I phoned up the bursary people, and the man on the phone said she wasn't there and I should phone tomorrow or send her an email, and when I asked her whether maybe I could ask for his help, he snapped at me: 'Well, no, obviously, because I don't know anything about these emails and you should phone her tomorrow!!!'
He really upset me; all I wanted was to ask him whether maybe he could try to explain some things to me, but he wasn't even willing to listen to me for a little bit.... So I sent an email back to the woman and got back an email straight away (never a good sign) saying she was on holiday and would be back on the 19 of June!!!! That's not TOMORROW!!!!!! And also, it said urgent things would be dealt with by someone else, so maybe the man could have transferred me to that person? But no, I think I am going to have to deal with the fact that the people who give me free money (which I am very happy with) are not willing to also give me free good manners.
At least I will get my money for the summer, which means I will be able to buy all the birthday presents I haven't had money for lately, and maybe not feel like a poor bum for once...
The evil man inspired me to phone the University of Reading, though, and this lady was really nice to me and said everyone would be enrolled provisionally, and then when the marks come out they will sort it out... Hmm, not sure how that will work but it works for me! Also, she said I should send in my last marks, accompanied by a letter from one of my lecturers if the marks do not represent my usual level of achievement.
Conclusions of this post:
My hair will probably never allow me to change its colour
The Dutch bursary people are both confusing, mean and disorganised
The Postgraduate Admissions people at Reading are nice

Update and Happy Birthday

So, I am now over halfway done!! Only 2192 words to go, yay. I have finished writing on The Joy Luck Club and am gonna start The Woman Warrior in 15 minutes.
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! to Boris (he told me off for not saying hi to him and congratulating him straightaway, but I didn't do that cos I'd forgotten or don't care, I am just very caught up in my essay right now)
Toodles!

**UPDATE**

I have about 500 words to go, so I am calling it quits for tonight and I am going to go watch some tv. My left shoulder really hurts, even though I did all the exercises I was told to do... (by my mum, just so she knows I do listen to hear sometimes). Nighty night!

Essay Number Two

Pfffff, I have started it!! 649 words so far, which means I have finished the intro and now have to start the ACTUAL intelligent stuff, hmm...
I do finally have a thesis tho, I just hope it will all work out with what I will write about, I always find the start of the intro (and each section afterwards) is the hardest, once you start writing it is okay...
BUT!! I have great plans for the summer which do NOT include me working like a dog in Leamington, but actually having a holiday, which I really need, so I will do a little 'European Tour' over the summer (well, Holland, then Switzerland, and somewhere else if my nan wants to go somewhere exotic). It is going to be so nice to just have some relaxation, and not having to get up at 7 to go to some stupid job I never really wanted anyways.
And because now my father is not coming to graduation, I feel so much more relaxed about that day as well (although I will obviously miss him); only one parent to please, teehee.
Okay, back to work woman!!!
Don't expect much news from me in the coming few days, I might just go on a little crazy tour of the world to celebrate my DEGREE being OVER!! (only 4351 words to go...)

One Down, One To Go.

Essay number one is DONE!! (All: WOOHOOO!! PARTAY!!!)
And my poster came today! Good times, good times.

Today is a Good Day

Because I only have about 950 words to go for my essay (and I never actually thought that would happen) and I just watched my neighbour attempt to cut his jungle-like lawn with an edge strimmer, hah!!! He's stopped now, because even he could see it wasn't really gonna happen.
It's quite scary how working in a DIY shop has actually improved my knowledge of DIY gardening. But it was quite dire before, to be fair.