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dustandthunder · 5 years

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Haven’t been on here in forever !

I’m back at uni now (20/09/19), I moved back last Friday and so far it’s been absolutely amazing. My room is the nicest ever I love it so much, my housemates are the best and everything is going so good so far !

Mom came down with me on the train on Friday, I got no sleep because we had to leave the house at half three in the morning to get a bus to town to get the 5:30 train. It was quite stressful because my railcard has expired and I didn’t realise so I had to buy a new one on the train and I felt really sick for some reason , but we saw an amazing sunrise and it was pretty fun to go with mom.

We had a great day, went for breakfast, did a grocery shop, walked round town, did my room ... it was so fun ! Mom paid for my first grocery shop which was really nice!

Other than that I’ve been out a few times for freshers, I’ve sort of been working on a basis of one night out, one night in. So I went out on Saturday night which was my first time in academi as I never went last year, and that was pretty fun I actually had a great time! Gen and I made friends with this group of gay guys who were really funny and cool, and one does geography and he gave me his number if I need help !! I also saw sash and Ollie from hockey and then this guy off my course who I have seen before but I hadn’t got a fuckin clue what he was called, I did ask his name but I didn’t hear it and I didn’t want to ask again hahaha. I danced with him and his mate for ages- he asked me where I was living about 5 times it was so funny, and he kept talking into my ear and I was just going along with it cause I couldn’t tell what he was on about Hahahha. He was cool though ! Then he went to the loo so I ran back outside to find Glenn cause my phone was dying, and then we went home I think. It was so sick! Then Monday was a messy one hahaha, I was more drunk than I’ve ever been and truly I don’t remember half of it. Like I wasn’t black out awful drunk but like I woke up and didn’t remember bits of the night. We stayed in the house and played card games and drinking games, then we went to BV for a round and some shots , then we went to rascals and I had this green drink and I don’t even know what it was cause I never buy my own drinks so I just take what Gina gives me hahaha (not like in a scabby way, I wouldn’t ever expect or even ask my friends to buy my drinks for me) so that was that.... then we went to academi and truly I do not remember being in academi at all. I remember leaving and I saw AJ from hockey and I didn’t remember this but he told me later that apparently I was just making Brooklyn 99 references hahahahaha oh my gosh that proper made me laugh when he told me that. Anyway I was crying really bad on the way home cause I really was missing Matt and I called him and he thought someone had done something to me so he was going to drive here yikes but it was ok I told him I was just sad and he stayed on the phone for ages while we wakes home. Gina wasn’t too drunk but joe was plastered unbelievably because he was quite sad cause his girlfriend cheated on him over summer and I think he’s still pretty upset about it. So he couldn’t even walk, turns out he didn’t even get into academi cause he couldn’t stand up, so he just came home with Gina and I. Gina went into the takeaway to get food which I don’t remember, and two people who I don’t know were holding joe up, but I just remember him lying on the pavement throwing up. It wasn’t good. And then I sort of ran off down the street cause I really needed a wee and I was talking to matt and Gina was yelling at me like a dog to stay put Hahahahah . Anyway we managed to get home- I throw up which I remember was VILE cause I’d just eaten chips (actually I had only eaten chips that day) and they basically came up whole . It felt absolutely vile. I did take all my makeup off though ! Joe slept in Gina’s bed and she slept on the floor. I woke up and I didn’t feel so bad, like I didn’t throw up or have a bad hangover or anything. Regardless, I am never doing that again. I know people always say that but I actually mean it 100%. Anyway I was supposed to have a hockey training session on Tuesday at 3:30 and as time was creeping on I started to feel a bit dodgy and I wasn’t sure whether to go cause I thought this is either gonna kill me off or make me feel loads better. I did go in the end and it made me feel better and I was totally fine afterwards so I was happy I went !!! It was so sunny as well, and I stupidly wore a thick long sleeved top . It was funny we were doing this drill and I kept hitting the ball into Lewis’ feet pretty hard so he was hobbling hahahaha and then he pulled a muscle so all in all it wasn’t great for him. Oh as well he’s best mates with patrick in my house which is sick cause I think Lewis is sound so if he’s round ours it’ll be cool :)

Tuesday was obviously a night in , which was needed and appreciated !

Wednesday was amazing .... Gina has gone to Llandudno with Sean all day so me, Glenn, joe, Michael, and Alex went to serendipity which is the student fair where you sign up to all the socs and clubs . We went at like 11 in the morning and it was such a good day ! We walked round and got fuck tons of free shit, I got a slice of pizza (although I gave it to Glenn as I don’t like pizza lol) a subway cookie and a load of subway vouchers, a canvas bag, a pen a wall calendar which I was sooooo happy about, a coaster, some post its, Morrison’s vouchers, free teabags, 4 booklets of spoons vouchers, a free smoothie, a free burger ... it was so good. I signed up to hockey obvs and ask mountain walking as mom wants me to do and I was going to go last year but it clashes with hockey a bit and I didn’t know anyone else. Turns out joe did it last year, and Michaels doing It this year so I’ll defo go !!! Then we went outside and played with the lacrosse stuff (Glenn does lacrosse) and we were just lobbing the balls at the goal, but they kept smacking the halls windows hahahaj, then there was a strip of Astro and a crazy catch for hockey and a couple of the lads were there like lyells, dyson, AJ etc so I was doing that do ages. It was sooooook much fun the sun was baking and I was wearing such a nice outfit and everything was sick !

All the hockey girls were asking if I’d go to social that night so I did end up going. I met holly and Maggs at BV and then we walked down to varsity with this old girl called Sam .

Social was actually ok ! I just had a pint of cider black currant which was ok and it was only 1.50 which was good cause I lit took 5£ with me out Hahahah. We played drinking games but they were the nicer ones they so it was fine. Then we went to harp for shots at 11:15 but I didn’t have one ‘cause hell no lol then we went i academi again, although it was absolutely dead in there. I danced for a bit then went outside and sat with Eleanor and the others outside for a bit. There was a really funny fight / argument where this girl was saying ‘I’m not wasting my time on you’ to this lad and then idk what next but she just yelled ‘your jackets from a charity shop!’ And it was so fucking funny cause he was so angry he was like ‘this jacket was £340’ loooooool .

Anyway I left a while after and just walked home cause I had a headache and my phone was on 6% so I just called Matt and went home, was so so lovely to have a relatively early nice still , I was in bed weeeellllll before 1am . Yum .

Then yesterday was sick too, it was the freshers hockey taster session . I wasn’t like ‘supposed’ to go but I went along anyway cause it was a peng day again and i has nothing better to do so I headed over. It was cool I just stood with Eleanor and AJ coaching and I joined in with some of the drills and Lydia and I passed it around a bit so it was really fun !!! Baking though!! Luckily I’d frozen a litre bottle of water the other day so I took that.

Joe and I made dinner together as Gina was at a law dinner, so we were just chatting and that, and then I was on FaceTime to Matt until like getting on for 1 . We were talking about how we’d treat our kids like in terms of differences between a boy and girl and we had a massive conversation about it all. Matts quite traditional because that’s his upbringing so he said he’d be more in line to be stricter on a daughter with going and stuff because of the risks, and I said my whole Spiel about I wouldn’t tell my daughter to put more clothes on to go out because that’s like saying it’s her fault or she’s asking for it when I don’t agree with that and that is be more likely to be stricter on my son with stuff like u know absolutely do not touch a girl without consent, don’t spike drinks, don’t harass girls etc so stuff that seems obvious but I feel like isn’t drilled into boys enough... so we had such a lib conversation and it turned into all the worldly social issues. I like those conversations because whilst often I do not agree with matts view it’s good to talk about it, and much as I’m not trying to always make him agree with me, i do like to try and get him to see things more radically and then understand where I’m coming from (because not being funny but i do truly think I’m right) and it does make me pleased when he shifts his stance slightly because he’s seen things from a different perspective - esp because I’m a girl and he isn’t . It was actually such a good thing to do, esp cause I am really passionate (if u will) about stuff like that. I almost with I’d recorded it to listen back lol .

Anyway we’re all going out today to acid lakes- should be amazing since the weathers good and everyone’s sound. Updates to follow xoxox

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katygoestoeurope · 7 years

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Day 5-- September 4 Have I mentioned that the bed is awful? Because oh wow. But who needs sleep anyway, right?! After a rough 6 hours of sleep taylor and I had to wake up to meet our tour guide to go to Krka National Park. It was too early and we were so tired, but it was neat to see the town so bustling at 7:30 in the morning. It was an hour drive by bus and then we took a boat to the park entrance. Taylor and I maneuvered our way to the front of the boat to get a good view and it was worth it. The tour guide told us before about the possibility of seeing jellyfish because apparently it's an estuary so there was a top layer of fresh water (about a meter) and then salt water that gets really warm because of the freshwater layer--aka jellyfish heaven apparently. I thought we may see a few but we saw a ton of Jellyfish and at least 3-4 different species. And then there were huge swarms of decently sized fish everywhere. The boat dropped us off at the main entrance that went straight to the swimming area. It looked just like the pictures. The waterfalls were more tropical looking than anything I'd seen and the combination of the teal water hues, tan submerged rocks, and green fauna was stunning. The only problem was that it was basically a nature Disney land--and this sentiment only grew. There were people everywhere. We knew it would be busy but neither of us expected it to be that busy. Part of the problem was that the trails were raised wooden platforms that were clearly not suitable for that volume of visitors so we were shuttling through like cattle. Not exactly the nature sanctuary taylor and I had desired. We both seek nature for its solitude and this was commercialized solitude turned carnival ride. It was still absolutely beautiful, just that the frustration of having people constantly bumping into you and the high noise levels took away from the serenity. There was a lot of history in that park. First of all, Tesla's creation, the second hydro dam in the world, was in that park(built only days after the first). Apparently he grew up in a Croatia! There was this cool display in the park too that had an ancient way of creating corn meal with a giant stone spinning with water power. Once we did the walking loop we got back to the swimming area and Taylor tried to back out saying it was too crowded and she didn't want to get wet. I know she was worried about leaving our stuff behind to go swim but I was going to swim, darnit! No way I was going home without getting as close to those waterfalls as I could. I finally convinced her to join me and we put our stuff out in the river on a bridge cement foot out of the main traffic area. The water was pretty darn cold but not cold enough to deter me or the hundred other people in the water. There were fish swimming around us and the sporadic rock formations and deep spots were fun to maneuver (and made me thankful I had shoes on). We made it up to the rope line and took a few pictures but then taylor was too cold to stay in any longer. She got out and I swam around, used to the cold water, and enjoyed the view for as long as I could stand the water. Well actually, I could only drown out the loud people around me for so long and then it wasn't fun anymore. I kinda felt like I was in Brazil though? It had a distinct tropical feel. We walked back to the bus and I fell asleep on the way to Sibenik, a little town that was supposed to feel a lot like Dubrovnik. By this time taylor and I were so hungry though that all we could think about was getting food. (I must clarify that it's not as though we are dumb or forgetting to pack food. It's just that the grocery stores here are so Small and none of the food looks familiar or it's expensive or we can't tell what it is by the foreign packaging. It's been a struggle haha ) Oh and we needed to go to the bathroom which cost us 5 kuna each lol they really must rely on tourist revenue. So we looked at this cathedra from the outside and marvels at the architecture. There was a line of heads that wrapped around the building and each of the over 50 were different. When we found food they were out of French fries and then we're going to charge extra for topppings on the chicken burger--except ketchup was free. But then she wouldn't give me extra ketchup?? lol oh well. We sat and ate and watched the ocean and soaked up the sun. I kept trying to fall asleep on the bus ride home but only got about half there. Our tour guide was very informative and told us all about the Diocletian palace and how it was built there because it's around sulfur springs and Diocletian used the springs to try to alleviate his health problems. Also that now the fish markets in the palace don't have any flies or bugs because they hate the smell of sulfur. Also, the aqueducts built by the romans are still used to get the water to Split today and it's all spring water. We made a quick pit stop at a CVS equivalent and then came home. We were gone from 8am to 5:30 pm. Once again we're exhausted. However, we have saved just enough energy to go to Luka's for ice cream which is supposed to be the best spot in Croatia! Since Diocletian palace was so busy the other day In the sun I told taylor we should go back tonight. Sure enough the night time is the best time to be there. The hustle and bustle has calmed, people are sitting instead of standing, the volume level is turned way down, and the night sky is a wonderful contrasts to the lit up stone. What a magnificent building. I kept thinking about just how many people have walked those tiles. I wondered how many different events those walls had witnessed in their hundreds of years of life. We went to Luka's and yup, it's pretty darn delicious. Home made and the perfect blend of ice and cream. It was only 9 kuna ($1.50) for a scoop with a cone and right after we got ours there was a line 20 people long. Our view while we ate was this little grassy patch that was inhabited by about 10 stray cats that were being fed by, what I presume to be, a Good Samaritan/cat lover. He spent a good 10 minutes making sure they were all fed and breaking up fights. After we finished we walked through city center down a road we had yet to wander and ended up at the riva again. Taylor was cold and so I had my arms around her warming her up. Not an obvious sign of PDA but enough to get some critical glances within only minutes--Toto we're not in the Bay Area anymore. On the riva there was yet another band performing. This time it was just drums, bass, electric guitar, tambourine, and African drums but the best was infectious. Only a few people were dancing but I envied how much fun they looked like they were having so I just had to join. Not sure why but it took a few minutes for me to feel comfortable. We stayed for a few songs then headed back to the room. The thought of having to sleep in this bed one more night makes my heart cry a little but I'm so tired hopefully it will be okay. Goodnight all, cheers!

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