Christmas and the future...

Easy stuff first - opened my non-family Christmas presents today. lycoris gave me a book called 'The Encyclopaedia of Guilty Pleasures' which lists all those truly terrible things one indulges in (fanfic isn't in there, but Virginia Andrews books, Star Trek and Weird Al Yankovic are, heh heh); and sashwizzled gave me FAKE Volume 2 and an amazon.co.uk gift certificate (hmm, I can't tell if that's spelt right...) THANKS, GUYS!! I also got a handbag, some bath bombs (those large powdery things you put in the bath and they fizz) a £10 WHSmiths token (I wish that place sold more books) and... something else I can't remember...

Now, onto the other point of this entry... I know you guys have had a variety of different experiences of school/college/uni and academic work in general, and I would appreciate advice. I am not actually in a rambly angst mood but I feel I need to... um. Write this down. Sorry if it sounds stilted.
I am pretty stressed about university, my course, etc, but I don't know if I have a reason to be. I feel like this term has been pretty tough but on the other hand I'm getting marks between 60 - 80% (which is okay) with the odd 50% when I totally didn't get something, or 90% if I got lucky. But I still feel like this wasn't anything to do with natural skill, it was to do with working hard and dumb luck.
The thought of second and third year - heck, the thought of next term - terrifies me. I don't need this stuff to get any harder, kthx.
Of course, I know quite a few people find their course tough in first year and then things improve in second year.
There's nothing else I really want to do, I suppose. Never working again and living off my parents sounds good, though.
The thought of going back to uni makes me want to throw something across the room. I don't want to see the people or do the work or take the exams or anything. Of course, I felt like this the last time I was home, and in the end going back wasn't so bad.
So, um, any thoughts?
Comments that probably won't help:
- that's life
- you knew it would be hard when you signed up
- shut up and get over yourself
- pull yourself together
- I don't get why you're worried
- everyone feels like that and there's nothing you can do (actually, this one may be true, but if it's the case, what do other people do to make themselves feel better?)

Uh, yeah. Sorry to be bossy to you guys but seriously, if anyone has any input I'd love to hear it.
I hope you all had a nice day and didn't suffer from post-Christmas blues, family rows or turkey overdose.