I write this late at night, hoping that when I wake tomorrow, this will not sound like complete jibberish.
It's been a long yet enjoyable week. Heck, it's been a long yet enjoyable month but lets start here.
This week I got the opportunity to visit Diamond Light Source, a working Synchrotron in Oxfordshire, and I must admit, it was a day of science tour fun.
For those who don't know, I'm a Physics with Astrophysics student at Birmingham in the United Kingdom and this was a trip with the Physics society. The drive both ways was about 2 and a half hours, on the way there I read my book (The Great Gatsby) and intermittently slept. On the way back I had a good long conversation with a friend of mine, before we both had something to eat, got tired, and went back to our book/podcast. The conversation was interesting because I haven't had a long conversation with this person so it was good to get to know each other.
But back to the Synchrotron. I'd put up pictures but unfortunately I didn't have my camera on me. Regardless, there are photos online and if you get to visit, I would highly recommend. The main purpose of the particle accelerator is to produce X-rays (and some other wavelengths of light) in which to probe the inner structure of various things. Everything from fossils, viruses, proteins, machine parts, even teeth. There is a lot of really interesting research on there, too much to post here, but again, I'd recommend researching in your own time.
I can't pick a favourite part of the trip but I would say that the tour guide was particularly informative and a very nice gentleman. They seemed to have picked tour guides who all went to Birmingham University (coincidentally) which made it into a casual affair, which I enjoyed.
This is just one of many things I decided to sign up to recently. It's been my aim over the past month to sign up to literally everything, never miss an opportunity was my aim, and so I haven't, I've been living life to the full and I'm loving it. Over the past month my depression has almost disappeared, I have a better outlook on life, and my confidence has sky rocketed.
On the subject of confidence in fact, I have 1 week to make a speech for my Toastmasters society, which should be fun. This will involve me making a 5 minute icebreaker speech, to which I have to learn from memory. It's not a long thing but I have to learn it off by heart and present it well, so we'll have to wait and see how it goes, I'm rather excited but we'll wait until next Thursday to see how that goes.
The only thing I thought might be a downside to all this is the sleep deprivation, and admittedly I am getting less sleep than I was before Christmas, but I'm actually dealing with it very well, I'm managing my schedule so that I get at least 7 hours per night, and 8 when I can, but I'm not sleeping more than 8 and a half hours so as to ensure I don't waste any time.
This post has just been a bit of an informative one, but it's just to say, I'm happy, healthy, and love life. I hope everyone who reads this is, and I wish you all the best.
No worries ^_^
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