Back to the story, so yes the title above (may or may not) describe the current process i'm going through of packing up my stuff from my uni room. But wait a minute, why am i packing a full 10 days before i leave? It's rather simple to be honest, nothing to do with being highly organised, on sunday our college has a room moving day. You might think that that sounds very weird, and it does frankly, it's also a bit annoying. I won't complain too much though, because as events have conspired i've managed to find myself in the situation where i'm leaving the room with noise from the bar, a neighbour who has the widest range of (loud) music taste, one minute it's the Dire Straits then Cinematic Orchestra then to dubstep, though i only dislike one of them being blared through the wall. Probably worst, even though i've come to live with it, is the hot water tap.
Now when i arrived in Durham my hot water tap dripped, only a little, but it dripped. I was perfectly fine with that, it didn't annoy me, then after a couple of weeks it started to get worse, until it was pretty much a full trickle coming from it. So like any sensible student i went to the porters to get it sorted... and well i can't argue that they solved the problem, but wrenching the tap closed then leaving it wasn't quite what i had in mind. Ok, maybe i'm not being so truthful, they did say that they'd fix it as well at some point, but this was just an intermediate stage, a at least 8 week stage and counting though.
So yeah, i'm leaving all this for a refurbished room, in a quaint corner of college with a better kitchen (though not quite equipped enough for any kind of proper cooking yet). I suppose this is probably being viewed through tinted glasses though, and when i'm there the faults will no doubt shine through (ever the optimist). Despite that i will still claim vigorously that it is the best room, even while admitting the flaws, not sure why i do both, just complaining or just boasting would seem normal, but both at the same time, is that weird?
Packing has been the order of the day because of this, and also the revision that needs to be procrastinated, so two birds with one stone really. I might also mention that it's not weird for me to start packing several days before going away, i've always done that. To me it makes it so much more relaxed, and it also spreads out the excitement as well. It also means (in this case) much time can be wasted sorting through every single little thing, rather than rushingly sweeping everything into boxes, crates, suitcases, and anything i can use to hold things.
This has led me to sorting out all the things i picked up during fresher's week and then left in a draw, i dubbed the freshers junk draw. Freebies that seemed excellent at the time, mainly because they were free, but that i thought: maybe i will use them at some point, so i best leave them in this drawer which will no doubt ever be opened this whole term. This thought was wrong of course though, not only have i never used any of it, i also did open the drawer if only to clear it all out into the bin (and the paper into the recycling because i'm good like that, and so should you be (does that make me a eco-warrior, i feel like it deserves some accolade, i mean this is a well established (-ish), well read (-ish) blog)).
What makes this whole exercise a bit pointless though, is the fact that on sunday i'll move and start unpacking and then my packing for going home will probably start around tuesday. But that's just one of those things isn't it? That's not rhetorical btw, is it actually one of those things? as i'm not quite sure what one of those things is. So to anyone packing to go home from uni, or to go on holiday, if you get annoyed just remember that at least you don't have to pack to move rooms and then repack to go home. Also it's Christmas, so stop being so miserable...
Day 4 - This photo is definitely not faked just to add emphasis to my post.... definitely not.
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