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Week 3 rears its ugly head: is it wrong to be dreading every lecture at this early stage of the term? To be honest, I can't really complain about having a difficult start to the week: my first lecture on a Monday starts at noon, and today it was cancelled. Had I known that before this morning, I would probably still be in bed. In a way, it's a blessing because it means I've got up and now have some time to get some work out the way before my seminar at two.

It was a pretty quiet weekend, really. We did attempt the pub quiz last night (we didn't win), but otherwise it was a pretty lazy couple of days. At the moment, everyone's trying to figure out the best time to go home for Easter – we all need to be away for a week or so because the landlord wants to put a new bathroom in, but we're also going to have essays to be writing over the break, too.

Dartford won again at the weekend, 5-0. We're still top by eight points, but the two teams below us both have a couple of games in hand. Still, I'd much rather have the points than the extra games: the pressure is on the chasing pack, not us.

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