Part 2 of Freshers at Northumbria!
Hi, it's been a while! I guess this will have to be a moving in and first day blog post as it's just been so busy! I moved in yesterday and attended induction activities today, it's been super exciting even though I was scared!
I packed my clothes on Friday and decided that packing was going to take longer than I thought. It's quite a task to decide what you'll need and want in your new life, so I ended up taking breaks and setting myself timers to break up everything. I think it worked well because I had everything packed by the end of Saturday. I've only bought 3 things here (batteries, a storage box, a mirror) and I let my parents take some socks and jumpers home as I had too many to fit in the cupboard. I even had time to be presented with my 3rd Kyu brown belt in karate on Saturday, which was super fun and broke up the big task!
My journey down was, ok, it was a bit hard to say goodbye to my brothers! The lift in my flat is broken (typical!) so many trips up the stairs later, I got everything in! My parents took me supermarket shopping and helped clean my room (it was a bit mucky, I would recommend giving drawers and walls a wipe before putting all your stuff down!). I met my 2 flat mates, one is all the way from Canada with plenty of experience living away from home and the other cannot cook at all and is a bit nervous, but they're both really nice and clean up after themselves ok so far!
The first night was a bit weird, I was enjoying being alone until I had to sleep and got nervous! I just turned my lights down and read a book until I felt calmer and it was all ok.
Induction day was a bit noisier and busier than I expected! I got a little lost on the way to my first session and wished I'd set out earlier, but then I arrived at the same time as another girl on my course! She sat with me and was pretty nice, she is a bit more outgoing than me so she dragged me round the packed freshers freebie fair. I got a lot of special offers, free samples and food, and I bought a pass for art galleries at a very cheap price! Lots of information too. I also met more course mates and study building buddies at the next sessions, I went shopping, picked up my student ID and then went for fast food for tea with some of them! They are still messaging on Snapchat and Insta so I will definitely see them again!
I checked my mailbox, paid my rent, called my mum and registered to vote this evening. There sure are a lot of jobs to do! Tomorrow I have a session to meet my tutors and another fair. But I'm pretty proud of myself for getting out there today, walking home from the city centre in the sunset, getting lost and found, finding someone else to discuss art projects at length with! Lots of memories already, but I am so tired out, I walked about 16,000 steps today as well as everything else! Hope everyone else's freshers is going well, I'll let you know what happens tomorrow!