My appalling record at keeping my blog updated keeps sucking. Internet was installed in our flat yesterday, so I'm almost back to normal - even though I am missing a desk, both because we haven't been able to buy a desk yet and because the only phone plug which works is located nowhere near the space allocated for the desk. So I'm writing sitting on my sofa with my laptop on a stool...
The new flat is absolutely gorgeous. We still need to do quite a few things (the aforementioned desk, also we need some kind of shelving for my plants, a bathroom cabinet, a new towel rail, a bin for recycling, and of course, our bed hasn't arrived so we're sleeping on a mattress on the floor), but it's perfectly liveable and it feels gigantic compared to our previous place. Also, the fact that we own every single object in this flat, from the books on the shelves to the shelves to the lighting to the wardrobes, gives me an amazing feeling. This is what I had been looking forward to for the past couple of months - a flat entirely ours, with our things, our lives! Nevermind that moving out and then moving in was a complete nightmare... Thankfully we had people to help us along the way, which was lucky, because we do own a lot of things. About half of the boxes that went into storage I'd just labelled with 'stuff' (the labelling was done right at the end, when I couldn't cope with packing anymore and I was absolutely hysterical), and opening one box full of 'stuff' after the other I wondered: how can two people just own so much STUFF?!? As it turns out, I could have labelled the boxes better and most things contained in them were actually useful. :)
India already feels like weeks ago. I've settled into a rhythm of laziness which I need to be dragged out of - I will be applying for a part-time job within my old department soon, but in the meantime I really do need to start temping because I really do need the money. It's all very big and scary, but I'll manage in the end. I always do, right?
In a couple of weeks I will also be graduating - finally! Which doesn't mean I'm done with this university - I joined into all the celebrations of freshers' week last week, and rightly so since I am now a member of Wolfson's common room... It's weird, this meeting of new people yet again (my third time!), and interesting, even though I've become far too cynical. It also feels like my 'home' (Wolfson) has been invaded by hordes of newbies, and it's not an entirely pleasant sensation.
I could tell you about many other things, like my trip to A&E on Saturday night (everything is fine; I just decided it would be a good idea to close two car doors on my thumb...), or my shopping trip to an American army base... But I'll leave it for next time. I need to eat a burrito now.