Things I haven't done on my placement year

 SO FAR.

There's still time.

• Spill water during a meeting.

• Drop food on myself/someone else/the floor (there's one tiny exception to this, but we don't need to go into that now).

• Trip over something.

• Trip over nothing. 

• Accidentally hit someone/stand on their foot.

• Accidentally hit myself/stand on my own feet.

• Cause a fire. 

• Cause a flood. 

• Forget my own name when I'm introducing myself.

• Listen to and remember anyone's name when they introduce themselves.

• Not use my entire body weight to open the office door. 

• Not look like an idiot whilst opening the office door.

• Break something.

• Describe where I'm from as anything but 'near Manchester'.

• Correct any of the people who assumed I was Scottish. 

• Lose my accent - not even a little bit. 

• Make any real or substantial life choices - "I'm sure my placement year will help me decide"...who were you kidding. 

• Do any reading for my dissertation - as above. 

• Improve my French - and again. 

• Go running more - so many broken promises. 

• Release an alien species into the streets of Brussels and subsequently ruin the entire ecosystem of Belgium and its neighbours - see, so it's not going so badly.

• Use Windows XP and do anything but swear/sigh/shout at it. 

• Find a hand gesture that really captures exactly how angry I am at drivers in Brussels. 

• Fully grasp the cheek kissing etiquette in any given situation - I haven't yet been reduced to yelling 'WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME' in someone's face; but with every awkward greeting, I get a little bit closer.

I should point out that this really only applies to when I'm at work, because out of work I spend most of my time covered in any food or drink that's to hand and falling over what is essentially flat ground.  

I still don't spend it making life choices though. 

April has been a really bad month for this. 
xx