Haha, oww. Time to kickstart this blog - finally - with my eardrums still slightly tender. In true student style, my housemate successfully set off every smoke alarm in the house whilst cooking pancakes. This could be seen as payback or karma, since I set off an alarm or two doing the same at about 12:10 am on pancake day. We have 3 smoke alarms in our house, and it seems as though each is set off by the others, though I doubt this is really the case. There is also a 'panic' alarm for our house. On this occasion, the three smoke alarms went off...and didn't stop. This in turn somehow seemed to activate the 'panic' alarm, thus rendering the household an ear-piercing cacophony of LOUD. After about 5 minutes of frantic flapping with tea towels, and opening multiple windows and doors, the alarms finally - and rather abruptly - shut up. Well, that was certainly an adventure, one my ears would rather not repeat, but nevertheless, no harm was done.
Following the theme of a 'student lifestyle', I had a glorious bowl of honey-nut cornflakes for my dinner, thus inspiring the title of this post. It is hard, to be poor, hungry, and not in the mood for any of the consumables in the cupboard. Thank goodness for cereal! So that's my belly filled nicely.
I'm somehow already more than half way through my second semester here at university, which is slightly daunting due to the high volume of work still left to do, however, that work still proves itself, for the most part, to be very enjoyable. There have been several conflicts within my workgroups, for the most part with one particular group member, which has caused myself and another great personal discomfort and inconvenience. Add to that the fact we both struggle with confrontation, and we're worried nothing will get done and she'll never learn to change. This aside, my relationships with housemates and other course-mates are good and developing more as time goes on, which is certainly a helpful boost to my self confidence.
And now, the final feature, and probably the most important recent event in my mind. On the 17th December, 2011, I left the 'single scene', having found someone accepting enough of my strangeness to willingly ask me to become their partner. This is yet another step-up to my gaining personal confidence, and it is fantastic to have someone so suited to myself to share experiences with. This relationship is different to any I have been in previously due to a large distance gap, however this has yet to (and hopefully never will!) affect us, with the exception of making the occasions we do spend together all the more special. Here I would like to add a thank you - for entering my life, for seeing who I truly am and accepting me regardless, and for being willing to become so much more than the amazing friend you already are.
So that's all I have to say at the present moment, and here's to hoping in the future I have more to write about on this blog...it's hardly a record of my ramblings with no actual rambling occuring, after all. So now, I bid you, the reader, farewell.
Turn End.
Devan.
