All play and no work = Happy Me + ruining life

University is a place of many aspects. There is the amazing social life which keeps you awake at all hours of the night. And then they is the work. You can always come down to the two things in life: work and play. You always need to get the right balance, if you don't then your life slips before you and plunges you into a world of despair.

Unfortunately for me, I am getting the balance wrong. I am years behind on my work and I am beginning to see the effects of it. Exams are fast approaching and since I have have failed to attend about 87% of my lectures, I am in deep trouble.

Today is a perfect example of more work than play. Instead of attending a boring two hour lecture on analysing systems - a boring subject indeed - I went to a water fight. A fun few hours of attacking each other with balloons filled with water whilst attempting to avoid the incoming missiles from your opponents. It was entertain and far much for interesting than lectures. But fun is obtained at a price. I have no idea what to do for the exam and since I am failing the first year at the moment it was unwise to miss lectures. I need to learn to get the balance right otherwise i will be in even more trouble.

I aim to get back on top and to pass the first year of uni. I intend to do this by doing lots of reading up on lecture notes. Hopefully then I can pass and move on to year two.