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I’m loving it. The first few hours felt so deliciously
fresh and new—I could see the familiar town with new eyes, appreciate the
cobbled streets and the stone buildings. I could walk around without constantly
checking a map, but the town still felt just a tad untouched after I had been
away for so long.
It feels normal now, after I’ve been back for about three
days. I've seen almost everyone, restocked my cupboards, and done most of my unpacking.
The initial strangeness has past and normal life has begun.
Now comes the time to blog properly about my trip. I’ve
been writing blog posts as I went along, so I actually only have two more posts
to complete before I have a whole 11-post series to share with you.
The major holdup will be the photos. I took nearly 2000
pictures over the forty days, so I’m a little swamped with sorting and editing.
Right now I don’t even know where to begin. Kayla already has her photos and
blog posts up- no idea how she did it!
To be fair, she didn’t have a large scholarship
application to complete the weekend after getting back. I’ve just finalized my
application for the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, worth $15,000 for a year. If
I get it, then that’ll give me enough to be financially worry-free next year.
If not, well, I’ll still have enough to survive, but I may not be able to
afford a car, or going to see plays, or travelling to see my family, or going
out to dinner, or youth conferences… all those ‘extra’ things. Strange, how an
academic scholarship will finance all the non-academic aspects of my
life! I guess all the academic things are sort of non-negotiable, so I’ll be
paying for them no matter what.
At any rate, I’ve submitted my application, so I can now
stop thinking about my MA next year and concentrate on my modules this
semester: Scottish Literature and T. S. Eliot. Both my professors seem
friendly, knowledgeable, and comfortable in front of a class, and both have
fantastic Scottish accents. It seems it’ll be an intense semester (T. S. Eliot
is going to require so much work!) but I’m looking forward to it.
On that note, time for me to stop blogging and start
reading T. S. Eliot’s biography… fun times…
And maybe tomorrow... York!
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