I'll see you soon then

This time in a week I will be less then 24hrs away from embarking on the new chapter in my life. Feelings today are stressed and tired, I'm having to try extremely hard to regain my positive mental attitude that I'm usually annoying everyone else with.

I'm stressed because I've realised just how much I have left to do and having lost my car (more about that in a minute) I'm having to rely on my Dad again to chauffeur me everywhere, lame! Things seem to be costing money to, money I'm trying to save so I don't go to Paris penniless, that would not be ideal. I have been provided with an escape and distraction this week in the form of a group of six year olds and the church holiday club. My sister is running the group I'm helping with and she is insanely organised, so all I have to do is turn up and be enthusiastic and creative, I don't have time to worry in the mornings this week :) 

I'm tired because I still haven't caught up on sleep from the weekend; as I said last post that I was venturing back to Aberystwyth for one final time. Ventured is probably a good way to describe my journey to Aberystwyth, maybe the most stressful and longest ever; it started with my car blowing up on the M1 and finished with a rail replacement coach getting me to Aberystwyth 1 1/2 hours late. I left my house at 8:30am and touched down in Aber at 7:00pm, if that isn't dedication to my best friends I don't know what is!! The nightmare journey was worth it though, a weekend spent reminiscing and drinking. It was also just as hard as I imagined, I cried on my 5am train because I knew I wasn't going back to start another year there. Aberystwyth will ALWAYS hold an extremely happy place in my heart, I made so many memories there; I found some of the best friends ever, started relationships (and finished them), had some of the funnest nights of my life and somewhere along the way got a degree. On top of all of that it is a beautiful seaside town. I managed to rally my hungover self on Sunday afternoon to take a little wander round town and snap some of my favourite views and places in Aber.

How could you not fall in love with a town with views like this?

Seriously?

The Castle theatre, so many early mornings and late night here.

And finally Mill Street, my home for a year, the happiest home I had at uni.

I must just pay tribute to Bear and Robyn my two best friends remaining in Aber; Bear met me off the coach and had exactly the same plan in mind as me (food and a pint). We then proceeded to have a bloomin' good night out for her birthday, me and Bear excel in partying (we would've got a first if that was our degree). And Robyn because she offers up the empty side of her double bed when I go back, pays for my dinner and makes me free Lady Grey iced tea. Friendship with these two is effortless, the best kind.

Me, Bear & Robyn

So I had to say goodbye to those two last weekend and this weekend will be even worse; goodbye to my lovely pub that I've been working in this summer and goodbye to my girls here. I HATE goodbyes though, they're such a final thing, so I don't ever really say goodbye it's always just 'see you soon then'. As I enter my final week in the country I think I'll be saying this line A LOT.

Till next time readers x