A New Year has begun!

Before you know it, it is 2012! The beginning of the new year for me was uneventful but productive and exciting. I visited my grandparents with my Aunt and Uncle and my cousins on New Year's Day and it was lovely to see my family as I don't get to see them much. There are so many of us in such a small room but that makes it all the better. The next day, I began to study properly for my prelims. I have a totally different mindset towards study this year in comparison to last year. Last year was hellish. I was stressed out my mind and overloading myself that it became completely counter-productive. This miraculous change of mind is all thanks to my boyfriend. I think I'd be the same if I was not with him. 

Since I've been with my boyfriend, I have spent all my free time with him and I confess that I have not spent time with my other friends as much. The fact that we are all soon to be going our different ways, makes me feel even more guilty. Since we are on holiday, I took the chance to spend time with them and we all had a lovely time and I really appreciate who they all are as people as I have become much more aware of that recently. I am very lucky. 

We were then greeted by a 4-day power cut which made me realise how much time I spend on electrical appliances - especially the computer. The days were longer and much more productive with my revision and I got a lot done around the house managed to maintain my tidiness in my bedroom a lot better than I usually do. I really enjoyed the time with no power but the fact that the days get so dark so early at this time of year, I had to strain my eyes with the flickering oil lamps and candles doing maths revision. At night, it was darker inside than it was outside and I could lie on the living room floor upstairs and look at the starry skies - it was so peaceful and silent. 

The final day, I went to the dentist and went shopping to buy a gift for a friend and arrived home to find the power had come on and an envelop on the door mat... it was from a university, my first reply. I seriously thought it was a letter of rejection because as time has gone on from sending my application, I have thought more and more that I just would simply not get a place... anywhere. However, when I opened the envelope and read it, I discovered that I have been invited for an interview! Oh my goodness! An interview! I am very excited. Coincidentally, my boyfriend has an interview for the same university, on the same day and for the same time! We've decided to travel there together. What am I going to wear?!

This year is going to be mental. It's going to whiz past - just like last year. There is going to be a lot of change and I can't wait for the new experiences and the lessons I learn, the mistakes that I make. By September, I could be living somewhere completely different. If we go to the same university, my boyfriend and I have decided to live with each other. Now, that is exciting and my idea of bliss.