Happier than ever (2)

I can't tell you how happy I am. As you may remember I tried to explain it to you last week, but that feeling of freedom while you're at school isn't easy to discribe. I also told you last week that I still live at home, and that I have to travel to school, but even that doesn't matter to me.

In fact, if i may say so, I like it. Well, there are some exeptions. I don't like sitting in the train while there are dirty and smelly people sitting next to you, or when someone turns the volume of the Ipod too loud.

But mostly I like travelling by train. My secret? Make it yourself comfortable! Take your jacket off, and lay it over there while you put your bag over there. Get something to drink and to eat. Get something to do. Or not, and decide that you're just going to look out of the window. Feel it! Feel the freedom.

I only like the idea of living in a student's room if I know the students. If i was a milionair I bought a house where my friends and I could live in. That would be perfect. But unfortunately, I am not. The advantages of living on your own are that:


• you don't have to travel every day, so you can sleep longer
• you feel more grown up and independent




Messy student's room


• nobody tells you that you should clean up your room



And, ofcourse there are much more advantages. But for now, I am happy to live at home. Dinner is always ready, it's clean, my friends live close and I have a hundred times more room than you ever can think of in a student's room.

For now, I am not going to live in a student's room. But can you convince me?

Happier than ever

Wow, I can't believe how fast this half year went by!
Going to uni was a whole new experience for me. It made me scared, stressed, surprised and last but not least: happy.

Okay, there were some things I really missed at this school. I missed my closest friends the most. The ones who really listen to you when you're trying to tell something, the ones who wait for you when you have to pee, and the ones who always have something to say to you, even if it's about something silly.

But the new school also gave me some good things. I'm more independent than before, which gives me the feeling of being free and stronger. I'm a real student now, and I have to travel almost every day, and you know what? I really don't care! But I’ll write about that later.

A few days ago, I really had to go shopping in Utrecht. But there was no one to go with me, so I went alone. In the train back I was sitting with a huge smile on my face; I bought some very cool stuff, and I could not worry about school because there was nothing to do. I almost can’t describe the feeling, so wonderful was it. I can’t remember that I ever felt so great and thankful for everything. Have you ever had that feeling? Then my mum texted me; what I would like for dinner: spaghetti or pancakes. Wow, my day couldn’t get better.

Okay, the days before school was going to start, I felt stressed, and a bit scared maybe. But it turned out to be really great. The whole atmosphere felt good and I was surprised by the fact that I felt home so quickly. Student life is better than I thought.