Rank and file

Hello again! It may have been a little while, but I have a good reason: I've moved house! Well, that's a lie, kind of. I've moved to university! I feel it's all a bit rank and file from now on, because there are a heck of a lot of students here and we're all numbered (on our flashy student cards, which happen to match all the towels I've brought with me- style mistake? Or victory?)...

It was quite difficult packing all my stuff and leaving mum, but I'm having a great time here. So far, I've met all my flatmates, a lot of the people on my course, and some of the professors here too. Everybody is lovely and friendly and it's very liberating having to do everything for myself.

So, this week I've been doing the pre-reading for a module on my course, which starts on Monday. The actual module in question starts on Tuesday, but there's no harm in doing a little bit of work ahead of time to help get myself into the swing of things, right?

So, how are you all? Good? Well? Healthy? You know those New Year's resolutions, the ones that are impossible to keep? Well, I made a "New Academic Year" resolution, because it's easy to make all those changes at once; and I don't regret it. I have joined a Taekwondo course. So far, and for the foreseeable future, we train (and will train) on Thursdays and Fridays. Yes, Thursday was painful and fun. Yes, Friday felt like suicide. Yes, it was completely worth it. I am proud. I am proud that it hurts to walk and that my calves are so tight I can barely walk down stairs. I am proud that I have stretched, sprinted, side-stepped, punched and kicked my way to pain. I enjoy the experience, and I enjoy chatting to others on the course while we all get the crap kicked out of us, by ourselves. It's really, really painful and really, really fun, because it's nothing like anything I've done before. I recommend it highly!!

So, I'm starting my degree on Monday. Freshers' week has been good too, although I do miss my family. And my feet hurt a bit from running around barefoot, but it's a mark of self-discipline if you don't complain out loud, really (that or involuntary mutism, I guess).

Happy reading, Folks!

P.S. Soon, as promised, you'll all meet Christmouse, whom I have chosen as my partner for shenanigans now I'm here at university! He's friendly, he's a mouse, he sings carols, and I got him in my stocking, hence his name. Speak to you soon!!