Happy Friday!
After a rather long post yesterday with my semester reading list, I thought I would end today with a more light hearted and lifestyle type post that you hopefully won't fall asleep reading!
So, Today started with the shower breaking in my accommodation. When people hear that I live in one of the most expensive University buildings, I am always seen to be living the life of luxury but the reality is quite different. Yes, It is nice having a TV and a double bed, but at the same time, having sensors that go off every 5 seconds leaving you in darkness struggling to get your clothes out of the closet and months of no sleep due to very noisy builders can leave you incredibly irritable. Did I mention that builders just walk in at any time (even at 8am when you're trying to lie in) just to tell you that they need to check on your bathroom fan (that still doesn't work) or the radiator that smells like burnt toast.
Anyway, my day started an hour late due to the shower not working. Turning it on and nothing happened. I suffer from very greasy hair making me need to wash it everyday for it just to look presentable. The problem did finally fix itself and I made my way to my meeting at University.
I can't say much about the meeting but It went very well. This is one of the things I love about my University. The staff are so approachable and helpful. If you can't make their office hours, they try to meet you at an alternative time. Talking things through really helped and listening to someone who actually knew what they were talking about really put things into perspective. Everyone seems to get to know your name and truly care about you and your studies. That's why picking a smaller university was best for me. I wanted to be seen as an individual and not a number.
The afternoon consisted of a dreaded poetry seminar (deep breaths). I find poetry difficult and sometimes impossible to figure out. I was not feeling optimistic about this but I was really quite wrong to do so. The poem was quite interesting to analyse and working in groups lead to some very interesting and comical interpretations!
Secondly, a lovely girl came and joined our group. I recognised her from one of my modules last semester but never had the opportunity to speak to her. She is hilarious! Having someone alongside me that actually understands my strange thought processes was great. By the end of our session we were talking about our food habits (it was after lunchtime) and half way through the seminar, we were raising our eyebrows at each other, having little inside jokes and laughing until we couldn't breathe!
Sorry for this ramble but I thought I would share what happened today and how University helped to give me a boost. The importance of friends can be underestimated but really shouldn't be. A little pick me up and a friendly face can help make things seem bearable even if that is 'To His Coy Mistress'.
If you're thinking of going to University and are worrying that you won't make friends, don't worry. As long as you're willing to talk to people, you'll make friends. Let's face it, if there's people out there that can put up with me, there's loads of people that will adore you!
I'm off now to drink my milk and eat Oreos (I'm obviously taking full advantage of the student life!)
Hope you have an exciting weekend,
Mcsophwar xox
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