Another city another life - but I'm fine!

I thought I'd be writing this first entry feeling confused and a bit lost having just left the city I've lived in for over 8 years and moved to a place where I don't know anyone. I was expecting to be a little over emotional, small things like a poster with the word 'Leeds' on it or pictures of Yorkshire would make me sad. Then there's always that feeling that you get whenever you move that this is fun and new and exciting, I like this but, when am I going to go home?

I'm not saying I don't miss my friends, that's a given. And other things too like living in a home with people I know rather than a student flat (refurbished and spacious as it might be!) I miss being able to whizz round town quickly because I know where everything is. I even miss the suburban-ness of where I used to live; the noise of the kids at the school across the road during the day when I was home alone and the rest of the street was quiet. And when I think about my friends getting up for work every day while I'm living in this cultural playground of entertainment, risk and opportunities surrounded by creative but as yet unknown people I almost miss normal adult life - almost.

The truth is right now life is sweet. I've negotiated the freshers week frenzy of excessive amounts of paperwork, events you simply can't miss, numerous things that are broken or missing from your flat, trying to find a place for all your belongings, getting your head around your course and remember you're only here for a year make the most of it go out have fun try everything once be a "student" again. And I feel I've dealt with it somewhat more deftly than I did when I was 18 :)

I know there'll be hard days to come but so far my flat mates are friendly and all is going well. I feel content, more at peace than I have done for the last 3 years in fact. I guess that's what comes of being in the right place at the right time. It's what happens when you dream about something and make plans around it for months and then those plans come to fruition and you end up where you're meant to be, after all we all love it when a plan comes together.