My room!

I keep referring to university as “home” which is, as you can probably imagine, quite painful for the people back home – that is, my old home, my house, the one where I lived for all those years – to hear. I mean, I’ve only been living here for two weeks, and I’m already calling it “home”? What’s the deal with that?

The thing is, it’s quite easy to get into a routine quickly. I guess for my family and Daf, they’re still in the same place, doing the same things – but I’m not there, and it might be quite glaringly obvious that someonne’s missing. For me, though, I’ve been so busy that my head is full of so much stuff – forms to fill in, things to remember, items to take to lectures with me, new timetables and so much new information, as well as all the new names you have to learn. To me, my room probably does feel like home because it’s where I sleep, it’s where I’m not faced with information overload, and because it’s the closest thing I have here to my bedroom at home.

On a lighter note, I’ve got some pictures of my uni bedroom (these were taken last week so things are a tiny bit different now; I now have a Wrexham FC scarf up – got to support the home team! – and I have my Welsh flag duvet on my bed instead of the blue check, but aside from that, it’s mostly the same (and still as tidy, thanks to the best fiance a girl could have!). So, please enjoy – and, if you want, take inspiration from – my uni bedroom 🙂

I have a few more pictures, but those should give you a basic idea of how I’ve decorated it. I’m quite pleased with how it looks – I wish I was better at keeping things tidy, but it’s not a complete pigsty (any more!). Now the aim is to try and get into the habit of tidying up after myself all the time. It won’t be easy, but if I want my room to look nice, it’s what I have to do!

I’ll post a few more posts over the next few weeks about living independently for the first time – especially for students who are, like me, 18 and living away from home for the first time. Things like cooking – I’m learning! – shopping for yourself  – still working on getting that one right! – and generally beating homesickness – not sure I’ll ever master this one myself!

Well… I’m here!

I am now officially a student at Glyndwr University! Today is the start of Freshers Week (last week was pre-freshers, and while it was awesome, I really am looking forwards to this week!) and we had a matriculation ceremony today which was a bit extravagant but I guess it’s a big thing. I’m here now for two weeks and then I’ll go home for the weekend maybe, but I really am enjoying it. All the independence is a little overwhelming at first – having to do things like cook and wash up and empty bins for yourself every day is actually more difficult to get used to than I was expecting, but the biggest thing is shopping! I’m not used to doing grocery shopping and I keep forgetting things, but I think I’m doing alright.

I love my room; it’s big and airy and not a horrible colour, and it’s en-suite too. I’ve got all my little home comforts set up – my playstation, my teddies, all my pictures – and I really do like it. When my camera is properly charged, I’ll get some pictures up on here. My course sounds really good, even though the hours are so long! Thankfully the classes are right opposite my accommodation, so it’s not like I have a huge walk in a morning to get there, but it still seems really long – and that’s without the elective I have to take too! That doesn’t start until January, thankfully.

I do miss my family and especially Daf, but I think it’ll get easier as the time goes on, and I am going to see them regularly. I think uni has to be an individual experience – if someone wants to stay until Christmas with no visits home, good for them, but if I want to go home every so often, that’s my choice. Thankfully no-one’s been funny about it, which is good. My best friend from college is up here doing the same course, and I saw her today and we’re going to the school uniform party tonight, which should be fun! I’ve managed to get drunk a couple of times quite badly, and I’m not sure I want to repeat it quite that bad – I’ll still drink, just not as much!

So that’s it for now really. Sorry it’s been a while since I updated, everything really is mad! It’s hard to believe how far I’ve come in the past few years, from not thinking I’d even manage to complete my GCSEs to having done pretty well in my A Levels and now being at university, doing a course that sounds amazing, making new friends and having a great time!