Settling In
When I first moved to Manchester for the first year of my course at Uni, I spent the first few weeks just settling in and trying to get used to the whole idea of living away from home and being in a city and country with a quite different culture from that which I grew up with. This past week, I have been sort of doing that again. I just started back at Uni for the second year of my course, and its quite strange how all the totally new experiences are mixing with lots of familiar stuff.
I have to find a launderette and work out how to use storage heaters and an Economy 7 water heater, but I know my way around campus and can find most of my lecture theaters without getting lost. It helps that I have a decent place to live this year. Last year, I was in a really bad hall of residence in Hulme, sharing a flat with people who I didn't really get along with. This year, I have a comfortable flat in Didsbury which, thanks to their cheap furniture, almost resembles a page out of an Ikea catalogue. I'm still getting the hang of things, but I feel a lot more settled than I did last year.
