I find holidays between Uni to be quite strange now. I, along with many of my old school friends, have been busy toiling in various internships or jobs (or working for free, like a chump, as I did) and as such it's been one of the weirdest times to try and be social. I find myself layering semi-translucent images of my friends up, to create a collage of their current selves.
The base layer is who I remember them as from my final year at school, the image of the person that I had formed over the many (or few) years that I had known them. By the summer of my first year, already there were new layers; new relationships, their course, new stories, changed habits.
So by this point, I find myself already adding the layers of things that haven't happened yet - plans for 21st birthdays (dear God, we're getting old...), plans for graduation, holiday plans, job offers (or a lack of them), 4th years at Uni for some, gap years for others.
In conclusion, I have a multitude of overlapping images, and no real idea of what life will be like after Uni. Weird.
I spent last night eating delicious burgers and sipping cocktails with some of my closest homegirls and other friends, as we said goodbye for another term. I had spent my lunchtime in a similar situation, saying goodbye to by dearest Elf (aka bff) over chips and bagels in our tiny village cafe. Yes, it was an unhealthy day. Bad times. But it was the perfect end to the summer. I am trying to see as many people as possible this week, before I pack my life up again for 3rd year next week. Bring it on.
Time to settle down with Liquorice for company, and Ed Sheeran's amazingggg album '+' for a soundtrack. Not too shabby at all. I'm gonna miss this cat. Xo.
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