As i mentioned on my previous post, i move out tomorrow. I've started packing already. I have some stuff from when i moved out a few years ago, but surprisingly not as much as i had thought i did. This confuses me as i cant quite figure out what was so big in storage (other than my bed) which stopped me from just keeping it in the shed and saving me £120-£80 a month.
So yeah, i move out on Sunday. I'm staying in university managed accommodation. I will be just off campus, unfortunately the far side of campus, but there's an upside to this. University park is one of the prettiest university campuses in the UK, I will get lots of exercise, I walk past the building in which my Dad works/teaches in, so when i'm poor i can (maybe) invite him out for dinner, and then have him pay? Or more likely, it's good having family well within reach.
I am in self catered accommodation, so i have to get back into the swing of making myself food. I have an en suite bathroom though, which is good. I am going to be a boring university student, one of those ones who stays home and works and does assignments on time (that's the aim anyway).
Stuff i've bought:
I bought a lovely new bag. This bag fits my laptop nicely! My current bags arent that well suited. I have a laptop backpack, which is designed for 17" laptops. My laptop is 11.1" and somewhat drowns in it, plus i dont really need that much space. My other bag is a camera bag. It's great being able to have my SLR and my laptop together, but not so good for university where i wont be needing a camera, but will be needing paper and pens.
Lots of kitchen stuff. Well, my Mum actually did. She gave me a lot of the old stuff in the kitchen. Partly because it's old, partly because it matches nothing, partly to make space. She topped up what i didnt have on a trip to Tesco. The result though is i have the strangest set of kitchen utensils of all time. I have mugs which are black and white lines/bubbles, pale green plates, vivid orange vegetable peelers, white bowls, black dinner trays for example. It's free so i dont care, and half of it will get broken/stolen/knackered so it's a moot point.
A printer! This is actually part of my 101 list! I bought a laser printer. I made the best of the last of my staff discount and got a £75 laser printer for £49. Lovely job. Although the equipment on campus is good, around essay time, the print queue is around 6 hours long. I could send stuff to my Dad to get printed off in his office, but it's far from ideal if i'm working late.
A fridge. I got a smallish fridge as it was cheap and i would like somewhere which i can store my luxaries in without worrying about it vanishing if i'm away for 24hours. It may sound petty, but it's a sad case of life for many university flats. I just hope it's the size i think it is (it arrives tomorrow). I would hate to find it's too large to fit in my room.
Linen, blankets, Stationery. Quite limited buy on this. It's not really something i like buying too much of in advance before i figure out what i'll need. I have folders, paper trays, blankets, sheets, pillows, trays for bathroom etc. I'll buy whatever else in due course.
I get internet access as part of my room. I essentially connect to the university network. This is good. It means i'll get 30-500mbps internet. Unfortunately, it will be locked down to hell. It already says no torrents, which i can deal with as i dont download stuff anymore, but other ports are blocked as well. I just hope they dont block gaming ports etc. Another pain is, you get 1 data port in a room. You can only have 1 thing plugged in at once, you cannot bring your own networking equipment (router, bridge, wap), so wtf am i going to do with my laptop? I figured i'll bridge my ethernet ports on my pc and just tether my laptop. Far from ideal, but if i get bothered, i still have WWAN (cellular) internet. and
I'm about 15 minutes walk from Beeston train station, where there's hourly trains direct to Birmingham. I can also change in Leicester to get to brum, making it a train every 30 minutes. This will mean i can see
pixiepanic simply and easily.
I should get some sleep now, as i have an epic day of tying up loose ends, packing (including my computer?!?!?!?!) and laundry. wish me luck
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