Had a day of highs and lows. Starting off with the lows I got up to hear the post coming through the letter box. I went down hoping my student loan award might have come but not expecting it whatsoever. Surprise, surprise however I seen a letter that said on Her Magestys service. I was delighted because I've been skint recently. However Her Magestys service leaves a lot to be desired and to put it more bluntly Her service is fuckin shite! They've completely messed up my application and offered me the lowest possible loan that goes to people under 25 with loaded parents. So I freaked thought oh my god I'm going to have to leave which if the situation isn't resolved is a real possibility however there must be some mistake as they are paying my fees so i just need to chill out and try and contact them. It did upset me though and I was stressed out before going into the The Arches for the first Maw Broon rehearsals. So I got into town on time, met Grant and headed down to The Arches and then Robin asked me if I had the model box. Now this was my first time attending a rehearsal since I was a kid and my first time as a designer. So I felt a bit hopeless and bolted back up to the design room and picked up the model box and geared myself up for doing a presentation on the model that I wasn't aware I'd have to do. However I knew what I had to say and felt quite confident so I got up and prepared to talk. Terri was nice enough to say she thought the model was shit hot to which Tom replied aye the model is shit hot and the box isn't bad either. Anyway the whole place cracked up and I just hit a complete reddy! As Maw Broon was say I was black affronted. Anyway after that I was just like fuck it and I guess it broke the ice so I got on with it. After that we had a read through of the script between Terri and Suzanne. It was brilliant. I was so impressed with how they really brought the script and the characters to life. I was actually pissin myself laughing at one point and then getting goose bumps the next what with Tom's brilliant soundtrack. It was so good and I can't wait to see the finished production. After that we had a production meeting and now basically Holly, Grant and I will be sourcing a hefty amount of the props over the next few days. I'm also getting on with Pericles. It's great to come back to such a busy start and apart from this loan worry everything is going well.