I have MAJORLY slacked on blogging the past couple of weeks *slaps wrist* so I'm coming back on this fine Tuesday morning with a slightly different topic than usual. Now it has hit September, it has finally properly hit me that I have graduated and won't be going back to university this month. This genuinely makes me so sad and leaves me a little bit in limbo as I have always left my part-time job to go back to education. It's always been something I've taken for granted and now it has all finished, it really is the weirdest feeling. I have to find a real job! I mean, what is that all about?! So, with that in mind, I thought I would write about five things I experienced during freshers week when I first went to university back in 2011 which you may or may not experience too!
1. Your flatmates/housemates will become your best friends by the end of freshers week. Seriously, after spending an entire week with them 24/7, you will feel like you've known them forever. After all, all that time spent together in just one week will probably add up to the amount of time you've spent with your home friends in one year!
2. You will find yourself having a fresher-style hangover during a 'practice lecture' you knew nothing about until the day it happened. Seriously beware of this! I luckily didn't have one of these yet so many of my friends did and caught themselves having to drag themselves to the lecture theatre trying their best not to throw up in front of their new tutors. Wouldn't be the greatest first impression, right?!
3. You'll stay up until an un-earthly hour chatting about nonsense with your new friends just because you can! You're away from home and don't have to creep around having to be quiet anymore. Everyone else is up and nobody wants to be the first one to say "I'm going to bed now!" Make the most of this novelty in first year before it starts getting serious in second year and the dreaded dissertations of third year creep up on you!
4. You may find yourself in the midst of a war with your neighboring hall. A bit of light rivalry never hurt anyone, right?! That is until a mixture of eggs, flour, off milk and gravy granules is thrown over your opponents - then s**t gets serious!
5. Time will go so fast. Make the most of everything. Before I knew it, I was entering third year and planning my dissertation. It's scary how fast your time at university goes never mind freshers week. So, make the most of the one week where you can go out every night and sleep in until the following evening ready for your next night out!
I hope this gave you some sort of idea of what I experienced and if you are off to university for the first time this month, good luck!!! It's gonna be amazing.
Love Leah x
