Back in November

How disorganised I am a blog post that got written and never shared from back in November....


How time truly does fly. I am currently sitting on a train between Southampton and Exeter, as I am off to visit a friend who is studying Spanish down there. So far some of the views of open fields, (and LOTS OF COWS- well in comparison to Southampton) have been a bit of welcome scenic change from the constant hustle and bustle that Southampton seems to offer. This landscape is definitely more of what I am used to living in rural Gloucestershire and seems much more familiar than city life.
In no way am I saying that I don’t enjoy city life because both city and country living certainly both have their perks, but surprisingly I found the transition to city life much easier than I expected.
 

I cannot begin to tell you how quickly the last 10 weeks of university have gone. It does feel like I have been there and known everyone forever. That is a good sign! So far I have a really good set of friends; some who live on my corridor, a few on my course and then a couple of others who live in halls with me. This week has been a little testing, because I have been given two offers of house sharing next year. I have known since pretty early on that I have wanted to share with a group of girls in my halls, but I suppose I have found it difficult to let the other group down gently. Eventually, I did pluck up the courage to tell a few of the group and there have been many promises of visits bearing baked goods and maybe a little alcohol too…

I think there is so much pressure on students nowadays to feel they need to make best friends really quickly and then settle on renting on a house before Christmas. I feel you need more time to actually get to know the people you are living with and there is plenty of time to look at housing in January, or even February. As a group we have a rough idea of where we want to live and generally most of us mutually agree on what we are looking for when choosing to rent somewhere. Quite a scary, yet exciting thought that I am going to sign my first tenancy agreement before I even turn 19!...

Every day at university surprises me in some way. There is always something that changes- may it be some boy related drama that a friend is having (more of my own in another blog post??), work related or something going at home. The last 10 weeks have been something of an emotional rollercoaster. I have realised where some of my strengths are and reinforced where my weaknesses lie. I can’t say university has been really hard, but I have definitely learnt to be much more self-reliant especially when it comes to my work. Your time is most definitely your own to choose what you do with. This is totally obvious to me with ‘TV Dan’ who lives above my room and plays FIFA all day with the boys on his corridor. I literally have no idea when he does any work??

Ella xx