5 Things I Always Love About Coming Home from University

Coming home from Uni is a breath of fresh air. Home is really the one place where I feel like I can totally relax (this wasn’t the case back in high school though). Sure, there are a few drawbacks to being under my parent's roof again: namely, endless scrutiny, the lull of semi-suburban life, and the instant fear I feel when I recognize someone from high school at the grocery store.

But after spending months away from home, and not only spending all of 10 days at home over Christmas, I’m really starting to appreciate being in Newton again. I say this all the time, but I think my fondness for Home has something to do with the fact that I don’t have the ability to pop home for the weekend while at university like many of my friends do. Even so, I thought I would take note of my five favourite things about being at home so that maybe in a few weeks when I’m bored and fed up I can remember why I appreciate being here so much.

Snapshots from Easter Weekend

Oddly, this year our spring break at Edinburgh doesn't officially start until the week after Easter. I had a class on Good Friday and had a final presentation this Tuesday. On top of that, I have an essay due this week and one final tutorial. So it's been a bit disjointed with having a holiday over the weekend and then uni finishing a week later. 

Awkward uni schedule aside, I had a great Easter weekend! I obviously wasn't able to see my own family for the holiday, so instead I headed down to St. Albans to celebrate with Ben and his family. It's really nice being in any family environment for a major holiday, and I'm so glad Ben's family welcomed me!

Since I had a lot on my plate for the week ahead, I was smart about getting a lot of my work done before I left. I finished up the majority (and by that I mean all but about 300 words) of my essay by Friday afternoon and hopped on an EasyJet flight to Luton on Friday evening. There was a bit of a delay (typical) but I made it in for a decent hour, and Ben and I had some wine and cheese while I introduced him to Queer Eye (we binged the entire show over the weekend- there were many tears).