This is insane. No other word for it. Insane. Around a year and a bit ago I started this blog, originally to blog about my uni preparation, arrival and general experience and now I'm nearing the end of my freshers year, and this blog has turned into a multitude of different things (hopefully not a bad thing). So how about I recap how my first year has gone? After all, a lots happened, and University has been one hell of a good thing to do so far. I arrived at my Uni accommodation on the 30th September 2013 at around ... 2? 12 hours before I was in a fit of panic with a friend of mine, stuck in London (far more frightening a situation to non-Londoners) as all the trains had stopped after the Paramore concert we'd been to. So, after going to sleep at about 4 after eventually arriving back in my little town in Essex when I had arrived at Uni I was in a state of extreme fatigue. Not the best mood or way to arrive I know, but Paramore was still absolutely incredible, so I was at least still happy about that and of course the prospect of actually finally reaching UNIVERSITY. THE BIG U. What I had been waiting to do for so long. Moving in was actually fairly simple, we were given a random trolley to hold all our stuff, and we took about 3 trips back and forth to fill my new bedroom. There I was, happy, excited and nervous. Talking to people was tricky for me the first week, everyone in my flat was quite up for going to parties and club nights during freshers week, but I was in a strange mood because of various things and the fact I was in a different place with different people, and it freaked me, so I was somewhat of a recluse that week. Shameful really. Nevertheless I came outta my shell later and showed my flatmates who I was later on. Since then, my confidence has grown, my experiences have grown, my open-mindedness has grown and so on. I've been to club nights that absolutely blew my mind they were so fun, most of which I finished feeling absolutely exhausted and waking up feeling absolutely awful. I got involved in some societies; mainly Theatre Arts and Tennis. Tennis I kinda forgot about after a while, but theatre arts was good fun and a little stressful with a certain production. Then
came a slight crash... personal issues arose for TONNES of reasons, and I got pretty down in the dumps for quite a while, which meant that I stopped auditioning for some of the productions and I missed out on some good things. Now I'd like to say that although this time of unhappiness, shall we say was affected by University, (not the main reason) Uni was also a way for me to get past it. University is an incredible place no matter what mood you're in, so much life and so much culture, puts a smile on the face of even the saddest of people. Skip some more club trips, stressing over deadlines, christmas dinners, mexican dinners, cinema trips, zoo trips, problems with washing machines, reading, writing, reading, writing, writing , reading, revising, and we come to now. Now, I have 1 exam left, and have done pretty well even if I say so myself, excitement for the summer ball is rising, and excitement for the next 2 years is also rising. Overall Uni is worth it. Uni is great. Uni is awesome. Uni changes you. Uni goes by faster than you can ever bloody imagine!! So much happens in such a small time. Brilliant.
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