An Education

Notes

Missing London, but I know it’s time for the next chapter to start.  London did some amazing things for me over this past year, and I know I’ll be back to visit the city and friends who have stayed.  London will forever be a part of me and while I don’t think it’s changed who I am, I think it’s definitely made me more independent, confident, and mature, and possibly less judgmental (hard to be surprised by what people wear and do anymore when you walk past so many crazies every day). London gave me the opportunity to go to several new countries and cities throughout the year, and it brought some amazing people into my life.  We mastered both digital marketing and London’s public transport system.  We may or may not have Facebook chatted to each other throughout 8-hour classes.  We were there for each other during terrible colds, homesickness, class projects, and most of all: hangovers.  We rode bikes in Prague in the winter, made Irish friends on St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, searched for Nessie on Loch Ness, ate bratwurst together in Berlin, and explored as much of London as we possibly could from West End shows to the Buckingham Palace State Rooms and from VIP clubs to house parties at 8 Ellen Terry Court.  We laughed, cried, fought, complained, and sometimes we learned.  But most of all we leaned on each other and created our own London family and support system. As much as I complained about London at the time, now I miss it.  The next time I find myself living in a new city, my lesson has been learned: it may be difficult, it may be more expensive than you’re used to, it may be that shopping for things you need is harder than it should be and that it takes awhile to find people you identify with; but don’t dwell on the difficulties, focus on the new amazing things you’re experiencing. I miss my London friends, and I miss the city in general.  I’m already bored at home (but that’s partially because it’s Port Orchard).  I’m excited for the next chapter though, and I can’t wait to figure out where I’m going to get to live next.

Missing London, but I know it’s time for the next chapter to start.  London did some amazing things for me over this past year, and I know I’ll be back to visit the city and friends who have stayed.  London will forever be a part of me and while I don’t think it’s changed who I am, I think it’s definitely made me more independent, confident, and mature, and possibly less judgmental (hard to be surprised by what people wear and do anymore when you walk past so many crazies every day).

London gave me the opportunity to go to several new countries and cities throughout the year, and it brought some amazing people into my life.  We mastered both digital marketing and London’s public transport system.  We may or may not have Facebook chatted to each other throughout 8-hour classes.  We were there for each other during terrible colds, homesickness, class projects, and most of all: hangovers.  We rode bikes in Prague in the winter, made Irish friends on St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, searched for Nessie on Loch Ness, ate bratwurst together in Berlin, and explored as much of London as we possibly could from West End shows to the Buckingham Palace State Rooms and from VIP clubs to house parties at 8 Ellen Terry Court.  We laughed, cried, fought, complained, and sometimes we learned.  But most of all we leaned on each other and created our own London family and support system.

As much as I complained about London at the time, now I miss it.  The next time I find myself living in a new city, my lesson has been learned: it may be difficult, it may be more expensive than you’re used to, it may be that shopping for things you need is harder than it should be and that it takes awhile to find people you identify with; but don’t dwell on the difficulties, focus on the new amazing things you’re experiencing.

I miss my London friends, and I miss the city in general.  I’m already bored at home (but that’s partially because it’s Port Orchard).  I’m excited for the next chapter though, and I can’t wait to figure out where I’m going to get to live next.