It’s hard to find the time to blog sometimes. Or, more like, it’s hard to find the energy. My travel nerves have turned more to apathy than anything else in the last few days, and I haven’t been doing much of anything. I’ve started packing (found that my MIDI keyboard won’t fit in my suitcase, so I need to figure out some way to ship it), I’ve bought everything I need (travel adapters for my electronics and such), and I’ve said my goodbyes to most people. I leave on Sunday.
Despite the apathy, today was a good day. This morning I Skyped with my best friend and wee sis KayKay, who’s studying in Japan. It was good to see her face and hear her voice. Made me feel happy to see her well (with a nasty cold, apparently, but, you know, alive and in the flesh and all that). She seems to be doing really well, and I’m happy for it. Makes me think, if she can manage on her own in Japan, it shouldn’t be such a big deal for me to manage in the UK, where I do after all speak the language and know the culture. Makes me feel like a big sissy, too, for being so scared.
Then I went to NISS, talked to some of my old school mates who are second years now, and then I had a chat with Audun, the head of the music department, in his office. He’s meeting up with Espen and Mathias, the other two guys who are going to Walsall, in Wolverhampton on Friday, but since I’m not leaving until Sunday I won’t be able to join them. So, we talked for a little while, discussed the future and my expectations from the school, etc. It was rather pleasant.
After that, I went out for beers with my friends. I got presents from Stephanie and Chris, and Linda gave me one of the bracelets she was wearing, which was very sweet of her, I thought. Loads of people turned up, actually, and I had a great time chatting with people I haven’t had a chance to talk with for a while. I might be seeing some of them on Friday as well, if I feel up for it, as there’s a birthday party then. I’m going to my mum’s for dinner first, though, so we’ll have to see.
The hardest part will still be to leave Morten. He’s been really sweet about it all, but I think it’s starting to sink in for him that I’m leaving, too. It’ll be so sad to leave him here and go off on my own… But I suppose it must be done. We have to do difficult things sometimes.
Right now I just love all my friends so much. I was so touched that so many people turned out to something I’d only advertised as a Facebook status. They’re all wonderful people.
I’ve started writing again. Or, I got this idea a couple of weeks ago and started writing a little bit. Haven’t had time to do a lot with it yet – I’ve been so busy being nervous and apathetic. I’ll try to get cracking again once I get settled in at Uni, though.