I'm going to make him a blog he can't refuse.

University. That big scary place which my mum had to practically kick me out of the car to get me to attend today. There was blood shed, tears cried and dropouts attempted. But I went. And I'm so glad I did.

So I'm studying Animal Biology at Edinburgh Napier University for the next 4 years. Year one consists of all the biology students sharing lectures and doing basic biology. This is what I walked into today:


Imagine that amount of people in one room. Yeah, I needed a new pair of pants too.

Okay, so I'm slightly exaggerating. But there was still 140 people I had never seen before aged from 17 to 46 all talking and shouting and being generally intimidating. After 5 minutes, this was me:

And that's not even exaggerated at all.

Cue a really boring hour long lecture where some professor (or Charlotte, as Napier is all very "call us by our first names, we're awesome! love us!") talked about how great biology was. Well no, we all hate it. That's why we've decided to do a 4 year course in it.
In said boring lecture I made human contact!
 And yep, it really was that dramatic

But hey, when you meet someone called Sarah Moon (get the picture now? huh, huh? no? ok then...) you just have to talk to them! And I did, hopefully without seeming too clingy. Maybe.

This was followed by some team building exercises because why work at university when you can team build? This is Napier's entire attitude to life. And I love it. Mainly because I don't like work, but whatever works.

And that's pretty much how my first day at uni went. I think I'm going to like it. I've got about 6 people that I've formed a wee group with (gym memberships together and everything. I know-me- at a gym!) and they're all pretty great. None of them are anything like friends I already have, Sarah's the less egotistical Nina Nesbitt of Napier. But they're still pretty great. And surprisingly; so's Napier.

Turns out the entire week is all team building, health and safety lectures (blowing up the lab is bad!) and matriculation. I've got Tuesday off, Thursday is optional and Friday is an hour at most :D. My kind of week. Even proper timetabled time (?) is pretty damn good. On Mondays we're even in the lab for 5 hours straight; which is much better than sitting in a lecture hall for 1 or 2 hours without moving. Although there's a Starbucks downstairs meaning I can drink hot chocolates in lectures. Maybe by the time my hot chocolate is cool enough the lecture will nearly be over! #win

So in conclusion (my A in English is not wasted) I like university. A lot more than I thought I would. I like the university, I like that the gym is cheap and I won't get judged (except by all the really hot guys who were benching my body weight when we checked the guys... I mean gym out earlier). Plus the student discounts aren't too bad.