This is going to sound repetitive and annoying: but I'm really sorry for not posting. These are usually the "famous last words" of a blogger, but I will try and arise from the ashes of my laziness from this point on.
Life has indeed been hectic this past week. I moved into a new house which I will be staying at during my academic year. As well as the crippling pain of going without internet for a week; I have spent all my time cleaning, disinfecting, arranging, rearranging, researching to save money and many DIY projects to get the house up to code. Today was the best day of the week in that my remaining three housemates moved in to complete the set of five. It's amazing how quickly a house suddenly becomes a home in these situations.
The whole process of renting your first house is both exciting and aggravating. I now know why estate agents get such appalling reputations. It also matures you very quickly when you find yourself signing contracts and calling internet service providers (Virgin!!!). The biggest challenge is finding a group of friends and having more arguments in that few months than you have in the past year you knew them. Even the nicest of people can have rather heated disagreements.
However, like all things good enough to work hard for, there comes a honeymoon period. When The fifth and final member began moving her stuff in, there was a sudden realisation that all the work and fighting was worth it. A new lease of independence hit and a great feeling of adulthood still lingers on with me.
This week awaits more arranging and rearranging for the others, and lots of assistance from myself. Feels really good helping those you can call housemates. It's been a great start to a very difficult year. Second year of any uni course has a horrific reputation, which one can only approach with caution and confidence. Hopefully, this feeling of adulthood will see me through.
Thanks for Reading,
XmasRights
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