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Many people have already posted about New Years and resolutions and goals and all that malarkey, and so I thought I should give my thoughts an airing in a complete lack of originality.

The year of 2011 has been easily the best year of my life.  My 6 months in Australia was full of fun, laughter, great new friends, new experiences, a thoroughly wonderful time.  Starting University has been great too, I have met more wonderful new friends, the course is really enjoyable, and Winchester is a nice place to live.  Add to this keeping up with old friends in Portsmouth and Poole, and I have had so many good times. Oh, and along the way I finished the first draft of one novel, and half wrote another.

I have 2 very simple resolutions for the New Year, but as I type this I have no idea whether I am going to achieve them!

1 – Write as much but better

2 – Have as much fun as in 2011

Have a happy New Year everybody, see you soon! J

An emptying university

The last couple of weeks of term were busy ones, with assignments due and social gatherings to attend.  As the last deadline of term was met with over a day to spare, I could smugly watch some of the unhappy posts on facebook from some of my course mates (sorry!).

A lot of friends left Winchester on Friday afternoon and Saturday, and so by Sunday the place was pretty quiet.  I spent a great day and night with some of my closest friends, enjoying delicious food, good wine, silly board games and Disney movies, and I already miss them all now that they have gone back home for Christmas.

So what is the university like with hardly anybody here?  The halls are very quiet, I think that I am one of 3 people left in my block, so it is not completely silent and empty and I still regularly hear the fire alarms going off in other blocks.  To be honest, the lack of noise from the building site next door is far more noticeable than the lack of students!

I walked through the campus this afternoon, and there were still a few signs of life, a couple of open doors, some lights still on, it may be different next week!

Although I am still living up here right through, I have so far only spent 1 full day here, and that is not gonna change over the next few days! And on that note, I’d better get off to Wimborne right now! Too-da-loo!

Searching for an answer

Today has felt like a strange day, but I'm really not sure why.  I spent a lot of it doing homework, I headed into Winchester and did a bit of shopping, so I'm not quite sure what is going on.
Maybe I got hypnotized yesterday, or maybe I was abducted by aliens last night?  If anybody knows the answer, can they let me know please!