It's been a while, I guess. But here is what happened during my resit week (17th August 2015)
So, to travel from my home to Aberystwyth, it takes me approximately six hours, three trains. Basically a looooooong journey for me, so you can imagine how stressed out I was starting at 9.30 in the morning (which isn't that bad I suppose) and arriving at 3.30 in the afternoon.
So I let my boyfriend know where I was, (a bit of information which would be useful to you was that he told me he was in work which is over an hour away from Aberystwyth) and he starts saying he can't hear me down the phone so I am getting stressed out because there are a lot of people and it is slightly hot and I was just tired of travelling at this point. He said that he couldn't hear me because a train was pulling up next to him... I panicked and searched for him as I got off the train and to no surprise there he is walking and smiling towards me. I dropped my bag next to him and I didn't know whether to cry or laugh or punch him in the face.
Maybe not that dramatic, but there were so many emotions at that time I was speechless and dazed for the rest of that day. We went and got dinner, and walked to the flat I was going to stay in during my resit. I was greeted by someone I had been waiting to see since I found out I had this resit, my amazing techie friend Sophie. Now I hugged her so tight and told her not to keep things from me, like the fact my boyfriend was waiting to meet me in Aberystwyth. But then she showed me the most amazing thing, the present she brought me from her trip to Prague ... A Toothless teddy! Now just in case you don't know I am in love with How to Train Your Dragon, and I dreamt that I got a Toothless onesie, but got told it didn't exist. Sophie then became ten million times more amazing and showed me that you CAN actually buy a Toothless onesie, needless to say I have started my Christmas list.
So while I was there, I got cooked three amazing meals.
On Sunday, Sophie cooked an amazing chicken roast with stuffing, and the roast potatoes ... To die for.
On Tuesday, Rhiannon made this chicken and bacon heaven with Dauphinoise potatoes. (Thinking about this is making me drool)
On the Wednesday, Katie (an awesome girl I got to know a hell of a lot better while I was there) made the best carbonara I have ever had to date.
But, the subject of this blog post is not to make you hungry or jealous but rather how my resit went. So to break it down, I had to write an essay about a theatre practitioner and why they are a good director. The second part of the resit was to direct a piece of theatre, look at a question we had in mind. I decided to look at Ibsen's A Doll's House and I initially wanted to look at how the name female character got keys to escape, but through rehearsals my actors helped me a load by telling me other things I should look into, like who is victimised with a situation where one person leaves another in a broke marriage.An awesome exercise we did was role reversal, where the female actor would perform the male lines and the male actor would perform the female lines. The way to actors took this one and explored it was so powerful and emotional. I love Kris and Emily for being so much help to me in this time and with all their knowledge and amazing acting, I think I did really well. (Fingers crossed)
As well as awesome food and a pretty smooth exam, I had some amazing nights in Aberystwyth chilling with friends. Like Nick coming round and we watched films and talked about so much stuff, it makes me remember why he is still one of my closest friends I have at university. Katie, (mentioned previous for making jaw dropping carbonara) is so awesome, we didn't really know each other that well but then late nights, a few beers and some awesome conversations, I feel like I have come to know her so much better and she is an amazing person. Sophie was absolutely the hostess with the most-ess, no word of a lie, I loved how welcome I felt and how much I felt like it was my home. My boyfriend had to leave for work but came back to spending time with him after being away from each other for two months was nice, and we were able to be relaxed around our friends.
This is just the shortest way I could tell you about how amazing my resit went, and how all my time spent with my friends was not time wasted.
I miss Aberystwyth so much, and I cannot wait to go back for my third year. Sorry this has been so very long, but there was so much to say about this place and how cool the time there was.
Sincerely,
Sophie
