chapter closed.

Today I moved back home forever after finishing my three years at university. I think it has only just sunk in that it really is the end of an era - no more Lincoln, no more studying, no more spending every waking hour with friends. This is it, the real world and I'm not sure that I'm ready for it just yet.

That little attic room is where I have spent the past year. It has seen three love interests, one christmas, a 21st birthday, the bitching between housemates and the stress of a dissertation. If only walls could talk. To see it bare like that after I finally managed to move everything downstairs kind of broke my heart; I hate change but it's all a part of moving on and for that I am grateful.

As much as I'd love to cling on to the carefree student lifestyle forever, I'm now itching to start working, to earn my own money and to finally get my foot on the career ladder. It is true what I said back in January, 2010 really is proving to be the year that is shaping my life more than any other before and as scary as it is, it's also very exciting.

The process of attempting to fit two bedroom's worth of clutter into my room back home is an unenviable task but I'm glad that I'll finally have my own space back - one place containing everything that I own. Don't get me wrong, as nice as it was being able to live in two separate locations, neither ever felt properly like home.

I'll always remember this scorching summer's day in June, the day that I moved out, ending my university experience for good. Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint exact times in your life in which one chapter ends and a new one begins but this is definitely one of those points. Having said that, I'm not quite ready to start the new chapter just yet.

Maybe I'll just bookmark this page for the time being.....