Enrollment day

Well been in to enroll today, oh how very confusing!! I was sent to 3 different places before finally getting to the right part of campus never mind the right room. I have now been told i have nothing until Monday ...why!!! So i am going home and working a few shifts. I've met a nice girl from my course today but she is living at home so and working so won't see her until next week.

I managed to grab a few posters today...not everyone's taste I know but reminds me of being little!! Button moon!!! Only bought a few pics so I am going to get some more when I go home. I've tried to take pics on my phone as batteries on dig cam are dead and couldn't be bothered to go get some...YES I have become lazy already!!! So the pics aren't amazing, sadly you can't really see the colour of my walls either : ( i will get some batteries to give you a better look.

The nice kind people who i will loosely call my flat mates came in this morning around 2.00am and put the radio on full blast for about 45 mins!! I don't mind a bit of noise when they come in etc but i think this was just rude! I even gave them my left over pizza....next time i'll put it in the bin!

I've arrived in Swansea.

I've arrived in real true Welsh weather....rain, rain and more rain. It was a pretty long drive of nearly 5 hours with more than usual annoying incompetent drivers on the roads!!!!

My flat is full of welsh people they are all locals with the furthest being half an hours drive away.....so not only an outsider I'm elderly too! They all seem pretty friendly though with 3 boys and 4 girls in the flat a nice mixture.

I couldn't get a parking space yesterday and i had to park right at the bottom of a 'hill' which felt more like a mountain while carrying all my worldly possessions up it...must have burnt a few calories though so thats the bright side.

Well what to say, we don't have any hot water for baths or to wash up in as our boiler is knackered already. The sink in the bathroom leaks and my window is covered in something which I'd rather not know what it was!!(True dirty student digs!)

My room is pretty big and has yellowy creamy coloured walls, kind of gold curtains and a beautiful brown flecked carpet. ( can you all visualise my new room?) I have a nice laver lamp which emits quite a lot of heat which i am pleasantly surprised by. (Thanks for the pressie auntie sue)

Thank you to Mum, Dad, Nana and Grandad for all the stuff you bought me and gave me to help me get set up, couldn't have done it without you. Samantha, Charlotte, Darrell, Harriet and extended family (Alan and Jason) thanks for all the bits and bobs you lot bought me too.

Thank you to all of my friends (you know who you are) Who have given me support and encouragement to do this. Thank you to everyone!

Ann I'm thinking of you and I'm never too far away, i can't imagine what you are going through I'm only a phone call away.

Alton Towers

Been to Alton Towers today on a crew day out from work, I've had a fantastic time. I really shocked myself. I love Alton Towers it is just normally when i go out with work something goes wrong and i end up first aiding or something crazy. This crew event was fun and i didn't feel like everyone's mother. (first in four years!!)

Sadly no pics tho as i forgot my camera and my phone camera wasn't good for pics like that. All the pictures from the rides were rubbish, i managed to have a hairy face for about 85% of pics and the rest i had my face screwed up on.

As my "leaving presents" i was given the cuddly toys won out those machines that nobody ever wants! However Harriet was pretty pleased with them, if only they stayed like that forever! It has been an overall exhausting day, you wonder why but you do loads of walking and run and generally being hyper active. As i always drive everywhere i took a car full and the drive back was awful it seemed to take FOREVER!! My little car 1.4 Bravo trying to pull 5 adults up and down those twisty country roads wasn't to happy but we made it!!

Got all the packing and wrapping to do tomorrow! I am leaving in approximately 35 hours...scary!!

The last shift is over!!

Finally mastered the art of phone files etc. So here are some pics of Tuesday night at the mini leaving evening. They may not look so clear as came off phone. Got a busy week a head and will keep you all posted.

Well it's all over!! No more work, well at least until i find one in Swansea. I must say my last shift was amazing....NOT. Short staffed and busy so no change there then. Finished an hour and half late and only one person wished me luck. Thats what you get for 4 years hard work. Not to bothered though as I will be seeing them Thursday for our staff event. We are going to Alton Towers....how original! Will post pics of that day out.


Got a busy week a head and will keep you all posted.Over and out for now and I will leave you in peace.

7 days to go!! arrgghh

7 days until i leave for Wales. There is so much packing it is unreal. As i have decided to go on my own anything that doesn't fit in my car isn't coming so i have to be strong and leave stuff behind! Last night i was putting my clothes into piles of what i want to take and what i don't.....i even forgot i had some of the things and most of it doesn't fit. So when i am all settled in i AM going to loose weight.

2 more shifts left at work sadly i have to run one of them so won't be as much fun. I got a present from 2 customers last night which was really thoughtful of them.

My mini leaving drinks with a few friends was a right good laugh. Apart from the steak knife incident although it was pretty funny but we shouldn't laugh!! i have got pictures of the night on my phone but it is a right pain to upload them, if i get chance i'll try add them so you can see the mayhem caused in Mansfield!

Back from the adventure

I went to Swansea for two days to try and secure myself a job! Although this was unsuccessful I managed to convince myself I am doing the wrong thing by moving 230 miles away!! Just had some more post today giving dates and times of where I need to be to enroll.....i can't even say half of these places with the 'Ll', 'W', 'V' everywhere! Plus everything for legal reasons has to be in English and Welsh means it takes me 10 minutes to figure out if I'm reading the right language!! As I'm too stubborn to say I'm not sure to anyone's face i am going to stick with it!

As I need to get to grips with the roads as I will be coming home now and again I decided to take my Dad's Sat Nav! I'm pleased nobody can hear what you say to the machines as i might get locked up for the language i used towards that one!! It took me right down the M5 across the toll bridge which cost me £5.10! Was going to go another way back but you don't have to pay coming back so i decided to get my money's worth to drive back that way!

I love Swansea well at least when i am facing the sea....when you turn around to look into the city it's pretty bad! The days are ticking away now!

New to this...

Well as you might have all guessed this is my first blog...I'm Natalie I have 2 sisters and a lovely little brother (who now towers above me although only 14!) I am known as Auntie Nat Nat within the family as Harriet is just starting to talk. She is my one year old niece, who is adorable (most of the time!)