Well. My absence of blogs has been unnoticed by most, but for those who do read it, I feel obliged to update you on, well, my life!
So, I'm in week 2 of my university life, and I LOVE it. So far. Ask me again in Week 6, and I might tell another story.
But at this point and time I am really enjoying it. Learning, instead of working. Making friends, instead of sitting at my desk all day in front of a computer.
Seriously, I've made so many friends, I'm so glad. I was told I would find it hard, but really, I haven't. I've totally gone out of my comfort zone, I've made it habit to introduce myself when I sit next to someone new in lectures, I go up to people who look lonely or lost and say hi, I always end up seeing someone I know. It's great.
And then there are the people who I was in the same year group with at high school, who are now 2 or 3 years ahead of me because they didn't take gap years like me. And you know what? It doesn't bother me one bit. That's cool, they wanted to study. I didn't want to. That's cool too. But now I do, and it's great! I still see these people, I run into them, and they seem genuinely surprised and glad to see me, like they thought I would never go to uni. It was always in my plan to go to uni, I just wasn't sure when! :) NOW! :D
As for my living situation, well I decided very last minute that over-the-hill wasn't going to be so great for my first year, in fact, it would have been so different, all that commuting, and not having flexibility with my time. Instead, I've moved into the central city, and while it has it's downfalls (a daily 4.30am greeting from the rubbish truck, drunk people yelling and screaming on Weds/Fri/Sat nights...) for the most part, it's pretty cool.
I'm so CLOSE to everything. Seriously. Video store for cheap rentals, night clubs (but if you know me, I don't tend to go clubbing!), supermarket 200m away, and a building full of potential friends (107 other people to be exact! When full of course, which it isn't right now, but it will fill up some more soon!). Also close to bus/train back home, as well as around the city, where there is soooooooo much to do. It's self catered, which sucks a little bit when I can't be bothered cooking, but that's ok. If I don't cook, I don't cook. I eat toast for dinner. It won't kill me haha.
So that's about it for now, hopefully I won't leave it so long between now and my next blog!
Hope the world is treating you all kindly.
xx
