Wow. I've officially broken up for christmas from uni and i literally cannot believe i've been there 3 months, 3 MONTHS?! To be honest, it feels like a hell of a lot longer and it feels like i've known the people i've met for my entire life.
University is a massive stepping stone in my life, and in the beginning i was unsure as to whether i'd be able to hack it, but i feel like i've settled in surprisingly well and made lots of friends. I still have a constant worry whether i've made the right choice in university and the right course, but i feel like i've gone though my entire life thinking this, i thought this through GCSE's and through A Levels and now looking back i'm completely happy with how that went, so i'm sure in the end this will turn out good for me too.
Being a fresher, it's hard to tell who you're going to be friends with for life or just for those initial few months, i've always had a hard time choosing the right friends in life, somewhere along the lines something seems to go wrong and i've made the wrong decision, i just had to hope that i've learned from all those past mistakes and now i'm friends with people who really do care. The people i've met in my halls are some of my favourite people and i'm so happy i made the effort to go downstairs and go to their parties, even just making the effort because otherwise i wouldn't have become good friends with them as i am now.
Something that's happened in the last month or so is choosing a house to live in for 2nd year, the initial dilemma was deciding who to live with, but after events occurring with the other choice i'm very very glad i've chosen to live with the 4 girls i'm going to be living with. We had an initial struggle with the agency we originally went with and lost one of the houses we wanted, the house was a 20 minute walk away from uni which was not ideal, but apparently there was NO houses left close by. After finding a poster for a house which is about a 2 minute walk away from the campus centre we discovered that we shouldn't listen to everything estate agents tell us. After losing the £75 agency fee (which is
a lot for a student) we finally found a decent house in a decent area and it's even connected by the front gate to a house of boys next door, so hopefully they're easy enough to get on with and life will be good!
It's been a bit of a stress having to make such a big decision so early on in the year and after only knowing these people for a couple of months its a hard decision to make, but i feel happy and i feel like i've made the right one!
Being away from home and being surrounded by so many people is extremely overwhelming, but coming home and having been home for the past week has made me realise how much i actually enjoy it and how much i miss it already. I can't wait to go back and start the second term, i feel like my time at uni is already going too fast, but i'm enjoying every second of it so it's worth it!
On another note, something actually relevant to the blog title, ITS CHRISTMAS IN 4 DAYS TIME, unfortunately for the next three days i'm working which is annoying but it'll make the days go quicker so christmas will get here faster! I'm overly excited for christmas this year and i'm not entirely sure why because my parents haven't spent a lot and i won't be getting much, but having so little money is making me appreciate the time i get to spend with my family more, especially with my baby nephew who's only a few months old so this christmas will be his first! Its all very exciting, I hope you enjoyed this post i'll definitely try and post a bit more often because i love writing, i've got a few more lighthearted posts coming you're way so look forward to those.
Lots of love xo
