what do you like to do in your freetime

how busy are you as a person? do you have a lot of time to spend with your friends and family? are you self-sufficient?

I'm 'flat-out' as we say here, meaning that I am always busy. In fact, I am fond of saying to people that I need the days to be at least 2 hours longer so that I can do everything that I need to do. This is actually somewhat true, because I usually get 5 hours sleep (which is 2 hours less than the recommended 7).

I will be self-sufficient soon because I will be moving out of my parents' home, finally.

nomoretrumpets wrote:how busy are you as a person? do you have a lot of time to spend with your friends and family? are you self-sufficient?

I give time to every one. I am busy, too. But i believe we should give time to others and ourselves, too. This is best for me.

I like walking along the country, studying animals(birds and bugs), music, travel, learning of other cultures and languages; reading (not everything, I´m very selective and depending on the moment) but I´m sure there are many other hobbies that I haven´t discovered, yet.
You know what I like the best, being with some friends in a pub talking and drinking two beers (only two beers, repeat), people that accept me as I am and I feel confortable with.

I also like helping people but the best way to help them and make them happy is to sane yourself and feel stronger enough to do so.

For six months out of the year (april through October) I run around like a mad woman. The other six months I can lay back and relax. This is because my family owns and runs a campground and we are closed in the winter. I spend a lot of time with my parents seeing that I live with them and work with them. We go on a little more than a month vacation in the winter. It is so nice. Other things I do in my free time is read, listen to music, watch tv, knit, crochet, take care of my pets.

I do a lot of reading
I go outside when it's nice, whether walking or just sitting enjoying the sun.
Maybe watch a movie or show if anything interests me.
Go for a hike, hang out with friends etc etc.

For the next three weeks I am going to be pushing myself as I have the first year exams for my degree and some coursework to do this weekend for Physical chemistry.

Normaly I like to spend time with my friends watching movies and listening to music, talking and I like to cook for them.
Goin out in the fresh air is also one of my likes (especially if it is sunny). I like to go out and have a few pints, but since I started the degree I have had less and less time to just sit in a beer garden or inside a pub.

I have been self-sufficient since moving away to University, but I miss my family, and my little nephew the most.

oblongboblong, which course is it that you are doing? I have two more weeks until my fourth year exams in my course - Industrial Biology.

Chucky wrote:oblongboblong, which course is it that you are doing? I have two more weeks until my fourth year exams in my course - Industrial Biology.

I am just coming up to the end of my first year doing Bsc (Hons) Analytical chemistry

I did a foundation year at my university last year and when I started I wanted to do marine biology. But I liked the way that the chemistry labs slowly built on my confidence, so I decided to expand on that.

Right now i'm scratching my head like a monkey as I take a break from trying to work out how to calculate the heat of formation of magnesium ions without referring to a thermodynamic datasheet.

*Yawns*

I got an extension for this lab writeup because I was having to stay up late and it was giving me early warning signs (similar to if I was becoming hypomanic but I could sleep though), but now I have no choice as it'll never get done.

But even if I did have a minor relapse it would fall after exams and I would have time to get my $#%^ together before the second year and my meds are still working.

I have a placement this summer at a marine lab studying nitrogen fixation in phytoplankton using GC/MS. All because of my disability which kinda rules!

Wow, that's awesome; and it's kind of strange in the fact that I also have a placement at a Marine Institute this summer (in Ireland). I will be working on shellfish and seeing which microorganisms are growing on/in them. Chemistry is a subject that I wish I did more of, but I'm a Biologist now.

Heat of formation? - Is that anything to do with Hess' Law?

Kevin