So, its been a while since my last post on my blog. This is the second time that I have been able to get the internet here at Uni, the first being at around 1am this morning!

I moved in here on the 17th of September, 3 car loads of my belongings travelled to salford. Who would have thought so much stuff could fit into a room this size?

Since moving in here I have met several people who are living in the house that I am. Today was registration day for my course, so I had to go down to the adelphi campus to register. It only took 1 hour, so Im not that fussed and it got me out of my room for a while.

My lectures will start on Monday at 10am, starting with Audio Signals and Theory Lecture and ending at 1. This is the only lecture i will have on a monday.

Here are some photos of my room and where i am staying:

This was taken while i was moving in... this is when my beloved computer worked ='( RIP computer... you were a good friend of mine!!!!!!

This is the view from my window! (The dates on my old camera are wrong, this was taken on the 17th September 2008, lol)

This is my wardrobe area, theres a cupboard in my wardrobe and there is a cupboard above my wardrobe and then to the left of the wardrobe there is a sink and then a cupboard below that too!

This is me in my Uni room, next to the notice board, where i have my Bourbon Street sign with lots of photos beside it! The door to my room is behind where i am on this photo, and infront of me is my desk!

Boxes

Today is the day I begin to pack. Today is the day my whole life is put into suit cases, boxes, and bags, ready for me to set off on my journey on Wednesday.
My room starts to look more and more empty everytime I put something into a suit case/box/bag. There are no photographs, there are no posters, no clothes (apart from those i will wear between now and then). Still to pack is my computer, my dvds, my kitchen things, bedding, make-up, and random things.
All packing needs to be done by 5pm tomorrow night, this way I can have a nice relaxing with the parents and with the best friend (hopefully!).
I am feeling quite nervous at the moment. I dont know if Im going to be the only person in my house when I get there. I am hoping there will be someone already there when i get there, then im not on my own, and I at least have a chance of getting drunk and making a friend or 2!
As soon as I get to my house in Irwell I will make sure that I take photographs and post them here and on facebook! This way you can see my living conditions!
For now though.... let the packing commence!

Not Long Left!!

My time here in 'sunny' Blackpool is now drawing to an end, with only 14 nights left here. I feel a concoction of nervousness and excitedness.My nervousness comes from wondering whether I will make any friends in the house I will live in, and whether I will make and friends in the course that I am on. Also, how will i cope being away from the parents, with them not supporting me anymore.My excitement comes from me looking forward to moving out and being independent, and studying what I want to study. Being able to balance social life and time for studying. I have that much stuff packed already that I dont know how it is all going to fit into my little room. packed already is some clothes (ones i am not going to wear between now and then), kitchen utensils (including: pans, knives, forks, spoons, food, washing up bowl, jars, and more), dvds, cds, and general things to make it seem 'homey'.I still need to find a job though!!!! I am hoping to get transfered, but I will need a backup if this falls through! My decision is, also, that if I get transfered to Manchester Primark, then this will only be a temporary job until I can find a better paid one, and maybe one that is closer to my house!There is not long to go now, only 14 days! Im making the most of being at home now, just enjoying all the time I have with my famiy and friends here before I go!

Positive energy?!? OR NOT!!!!!!!!!

Today was one whole crap ball of a day! To be perfectly honest with you, I dont think it would have been much worse.
The day started off on a positive note, I got up confident that today was the day I would pass my driving test. I had a good night sleep last night, I got up early but not too early, I had a good breakfast (enough to make make me last through 2 hours of practice and then the test itself), and I told myself I could pass. With all this in mind I went on my practice and I did all menouvers fine, I did everything fine, I even did the questions fine.
Sitting in the test centre was just as bad as it was firsdt time round. Instructors around me were talking about how people find it harder to pass second time round than they do passing first and third time. Well, this didnt help my nerves at all! When the guy called my name, and I signed the declaration and went on my. Everything went fine until about 3 minutes before I entered back into the test centre. I was at a mini round about and stupidly I went when I shouldnt have done! I knew I hadnt passed when he didnt make me do my second menouver (bay parking in the test centre car park). This is when I suspected that I hadnt passed, and I prepared myself for the worst. Which is what I got!
To make matters even worse I was invited to a party that I wanted to go to, but couldnt! I wanted to drown my sorrows in a bottle of Baileys! But having commitments.... I couldnt!
On the up side... I am hoping that Seb will be here tomorrow to play lots of Playstation games and cheer my up lots!!

New Homeitis...

Today was the day I saw my new University home! I was nervous but excited to know what it will look like, how the house will be set out, where my room would be, how big my room would be, and what i got in my room.
As we pulled into the Castle Irwell Student Village, my eyes were met with rows of houses painted red! After waiting for someone to come and show us the house, we were shown where the offices are, where I could do my laundry, and then the house.
Once inside the house I walked around and checked out the ground, first, and second floors. On the gound floor I found 2 bredrooms (each with a bed, a desk, a chair, a telephone, a wardrobe, and a sink), 2 shower rooms (which are very very small), and a bathroom. On the second floor I found 5 bedrooms (one of these to be my room!), and finally on the top floor I found 3 more bedrooms, a dinning room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. The bedrooms are bigger than I first thought, there is not alot of room space, but there is more than enough for just one person (the bedrooms are a bit bigger than your average box room).
After inspecting the house and seeing the surroundings, I went to look round at where everything was. I looked at where the train station is in relation to where I would be staying, and where my campus would be in relation to my house. I, also, figured out where the nearest McDonalds is to me (about a 5 min walk).
All in all I was happy with the accomodation and the surroundings! Now i know exactly how much room I have, so I can start to plan how much I can take with me!

Not so good times...

I hate it when I'm ill. I hate the stuffy noses, I hate the sore throats, I hate the swollen glands, I hate the headaches. But, the one thing I hate more than being ill is not being able to sleep because I'm ill. Last night was one of these nights for me.
I hade one of the worst nights of sleep I think I have ever had. I started off well, I was in bed for 12 and asleep for 1. But, then I was awake at 2, from which point it was a total impossibility for me to get to sleep. I must ahve tried to get to sleep for about 2 hours before I decided I would turn on the computer and check my sites. After 30 minutes I decided to try again. Still, I could not sleep! In the end I ended up watching 4 episodes of Reba, checking Plurk, Facebook, and Myspace. And then at 5:30 I tried to sleep again. Again... I could not sleep.
It's annoying to know that even when you feel like sleeping for years, you still cannot. Eventually I got to sleep at 7:30. The issue that is still more annoying than this is that I had to be awake at 8am. Now I ask myself the question... Why did I order the package to come today?
Now I sit here in my room at my computer desk and to be honest with you - I am shattered!! If tonight is anything like last night then tomorrow's driving lesson will be cancelled in order to let me sleep for as long as i need!

Am I glad that I don't work during the week at work?!?!

Sudden Change Of Heart?!?

Today should have been my interview for a transfer to Manchester Primark. As you can propably tell from my first sentence I didn't go for the interview. Why?
I didn't go to the interview, because I was having doubts. How am I going to be able to come home and see my family and Seb if I have a weekend job in Manchester. I don't want to have to wait 14 weeks to see everyone.
All this morning I struggled with what I thought i should do and what I wanted to do. In the end I decieded to do what I wanted to do, not what I thought I should do. To me it felt like I could only work in THIS Primark, to work in any other would be weird and, well, horrible. Other thoughts which crossed my mind; I don't know anyone who works there and I will be scared. I pondered on this thought for almost an hour until I came to the conclusion that 2 possibly 3 people I know who work in Blackpool are getting transfers to Manchester (including one of our managers). So, I am going to know people there.
Yet another thought crossing my mind at the time was that many of the people who I work with at Blackpool Primark were leaving because of University places. They would be getting jobs in the centre of where they will stay, but not at Primark. So, even if I was to stay at Primark many people would not be staying. Still, even after thinking this over, the transfer idea still didn't feel right to me.
The final conclusion that I have made is that I will stay at Blackpool until I don't need or want to come home every weekend, and I will either put in for a transfer to Manchester Primark, or I will look for a completely different job all together! Until this time; I will be coming home every weekend!