It's very quiet at USSU at the moment. Pete's away on an NUS training course for Presidents ('People & Money') and Claire's away at 'Support & Represent'. On top of that, Andy and Scott are both on holiday and Carol's meeting some people elsewhere. It's kind of eerie, having the Union this empty.

I've just made a list of things I need to do. It's very long. I'm a little more confident about the Guide to Life now. I'm doing it completely differently to before, which means I can't lift much from previous year's copies (which often happens). Still, I like trying out new things, so it's pretty exciting.

Yesterday I started using a Wacom Graphics Tablet that's been in the barefacts office for a while, and it's really quite cool. It's taking a bit of getting used to, and is very different in operation to a mouse, but I think it could turn out to be quite useful for the design/layup element of my job.

Well, best be off and be productive. I'm off on holiday to Torquay with Ben tomorrow, for 5 days, and I'm really excited. We might even pop in on my sister in Dorset on our way... we're really close but haven't seen each other in 7 months so it's be great if we can.

I get back on Sunday, and then go straight off to 'Participate and Develop' in London from 4th - 7th August. And then on the 8th.... it's my 22nd Birthday... yippee!!