No word from the Creative Writing department.

They were supposed to have decided on who got MA offers by the end of the month, and I'm hanging on here, waiting for a reply.

I've more or less come to terms (in theory) with not getting an offer. It gives me another year in Lancaster, which is good, and gives me a year in which to work and get published before I reapply the year after, which is better.

Of course, if they do give me an offer, I go all out and fly for that 2:1.

I'm wondering about running WFRP next term if I don't get an offer. I can live with a 2:2, and don't particularly want to put myself through extra stress this year (see the bit about each year being characterised by a different feeling, below) just to go for the chance of getting a 2:1 that's more or less out of reach anyway.