Studying is draining.

Assignment writing is particularly draining.

I'm glad I don't generally work with a computer anymore.  I had forgotten how it makes my eyes feel; like they've been pushed further into my head and a little out to the sides.  I find myself squeezing the sides of my skull to get them back to normal.

Last assignment of the B3 course.  I'll likely get the results for no. 2 and no. 3 at the same time now, which is weird.  Gives me very little idea of how I'm going to do overall, and it is still bugging me, though of course I am very grateful that it is at least being remarked.  Although rightly so.  Still, it must be annoying for the tutor too.  I hope they're both good enough to give me an incentive for the ECA.  I'm undecided on my preference for ECAs or exams.  Exams I think are marked less harshly due to their very nature, and of course there is little need for the tedium of referencing and that sort of thing.  ECAs allow you to complete your very best work.  However, I perform under pressure, and do not perform without it.  I am always pulling all-nighters to get assignments in.  So having 24 hours instead of 3 is not hugely different.  Overall, my marks have been about 10% higher in exams than in my ECAs.  However my TMA marks have been about 15% higher than my than my exam marks, and only about 5% higher than my ECA marks.  I think in an exam, I can tell myself that it is just 3 hours of my life, and it will be over very soon, and I can celebrate and blah blah blah - I can get my head around it.  But it doesn't work the same for time periods of 2 weeks or more.  For me.

Anyway, assignment 2 is in the post, and assignment 3 is going to brave it through the computer system in a few days.  I hope it makes it through intact this time.

I'd better get on with it really.  Quick squeeze of the skull and I'm back on it...