Sunday, August 26, 2007

ZoomText 9.1

I have got a full copy of ZoomText 9.1. I got it on Friday when I went to see my worker at the University's Disability Office. They had decided that it was necessary for me to have a copy of ZoomText 9.1 after all because I am using Office 2007, and that is what the University will be using from September. I am actually quite happy with it. I did not initially like the way it turned off the Aero user interface, but I have just reset the colour scheme to Windows Classic and ZoomText 9.1 works fantastically.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

I’m Back in Hull

I am back in Hull now. I arrived on Thursday and my parents brought my things over on Friday. I am staying with a couple of friends who do computer science to revise with them for my exam resits. At the moment it is fantastic. My friends are renting a Club Easy house this year and I'm staying with them until I get temporary accommodation or until Chez Student becomes available. At my friends' place, they have decided to live communally. I want that to happen in Chez Student although I don't think that it will happen that way. It feels nice though to get up, walk out of my bedroom and have somebody say "Good Morning" to you. The doors aren't on springs like ours at Chez Student which means you can leave them open while you are in the room without breaking Fire Safety regulations. The house has a living room with a free TV license whereas at Chez Student, you have to pay for your TV license and it MUST have the right room number on or else you are treat as someone who doesn't have a TV license. I found out the hard way. Last year, I lived in Room 2 but my license said Room 1 on it, and I was sent a letter stating that if I didn't pay my TV License fee, I would be threatened with Court. I had to ring the TV Licensing authorities to sort it out.

I am hoping this year is better than last year as I really do want to do well at University because my degree is very important to me.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Long Time No Squeak

Sorry dear reader(s) that I haven't blogged in a while. It's been very busy here. I have been studying for resits in exams and preparing to go back to Hull to do the resifts. I should be back on Thursday, 23rd. I am staying at a friend's to study, then when I do the resits, I will get temporary accommodation, and should be then able to move back to Chez Student for the start of the semester.

Last weekend I was in Malvern with my parents at the motorhome show. This was a Country & Western weekend which featured performances by country singers every night in the Malvern Showground's two stables. There was also line dancing classes that ran every night from 6 to 7, and they were very enjoyable. It was good to dance again. During the day there were cowboy shoot-outs, and plenty of motorhomes for sale. Caravanning was something that always interested me, and I always enjoyed looking round caravans. I know it's weird but hey. Some of the vehicles I saw really caught my eye and these included the Gulfstream Crescendo RV, the Auto Trail Frontier Scout and the Hymer range of motorhomes.

After the weekend in Malvern, I would like to go back to line dancing when I get back to University. I will have to find a dance class.