This year!!

 Hey guys!!! Welcome back to my blog! Hope your week has been great!

Today I thought I would reflect on my housing situation as this school year wraps up, and tell you a little about what I'm doing next year and this summer... sort of a looking back and looking forward scenario as I enter my final week of classes of my Junior year.

This year was a crazy one to say the least. I know for many it was very difficult and I would not consider myself an exception to that but I do feel very blessed. My brother started college this year and did not have the option to go in person. This meant not getting to make new friends and not getting to spend time with his old friends as most of them did get to go in person. That said, I am grateful that going to the Mount, I get to come in person and see all of my friends and actually learn in the classroom. 

Living off campus this year has also been a blessing but it did not come without challenges. I love having my own room where I can get some personal space and a big kitchen where I can cook and be in control of my food. I also love going grocery shopping and having a nice separation between home and school. I used to get stressed out living on campus because it feels like school is nonstop and its hard to separate life from school and the drama and stress of each pour into each other. That said, it is much better now that I can go to school and do my homework and then go home and not think about it anymore and that has been good for me. 

On the other hand, living off campus has come with challenges. We have to take care of things like bills and things breaking and having more space to clean and take care of and being mindful of neighbors, etc. I also spent a lot of money this year. We also had a lot of drama in my house. Anytime you put 5 girls anywhere together, there is bound to be issues and we had a lot of those this year. Over the winter, I found out that 3 of my roommates who I considered my best friends were planning a new living situation without me. I figured we would all stay in the house we are in now but I was wrong. This caused problems and made our current living situation awkward. I felt hopeless for a little, unsure where I was going to go or what I was going to do. Luckily everything was resolved and I will be moving across the street with some of my other friends. The problem is, the girls I live with now and I got into a big blowout fight which made living out the rest of the semester civilly impossible. Now my house is a decently awkward place to be most of the time but there's only 2 weeks to go so it should be fine! Housing has never been easy. 

All of that said, I am very excited for the summer. I have some travelling planned to see family I have not seen in a long time and I think time by myself at home will be really beneficial for me. This year was constant moving and doing things and never taking breaks and so I am burnt out socially and academically. Alone time is something covid has made me appreciate very much and so I am looking forward to having it. 

Anyway, if you made it this far, thanks for reading! I'm Nicoletta and I'm Just Happy to Be Here 🤗 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!! ❤