Has been a few weeks since I've done a normal blog entry, so I thought theres no time like the present. Blog worthy things to talk about this week..... well we have a young spanish boy staying with us for a week whilst hes over here visiting England and going to the local language school. This is our first proper foreign student staying for a few years now, and I think it might take a few days to get back into the swing of things. A little bit about him, he's 15 years old and comes from a town outside of Barcelona, and seems like a really nice chatty guy, especially compared to other students we've had to stay, wont get into that though. I do like being around people from different countries, lifestyles, backgrounds etc... mainly because of how curious I am, not in a weird way, but in the way how you find out what other places are like, how people in different countries live, and what else there is out there that i havent had chance to discover yet.
Being able to work in a shop in such a popular tourist town like Scarborough, offers me the chance to meet lots of people from loads of different walks of life, even if the only chance I get to speak with them is to serve them. Working in the shop I do, there is often time to stare out of the front doors, to see and hear the people passing by, and in doing this notice the similarities and differences of everyone walking along. In addition to this, this week I was luckily able to get some time off work, so that in the summer my mum, my brother, my sister, and me can go see some of our old friends who live out in Munich. Haven't been away for a proper holiday in years now, so am really looking forward to it.
Moving slightly away from that topic, one thing I have noticed, since taking this year out between schools, is how much people around me have been away travelling, visiting other countries to take part in outreach programmes and going out to see the world, living their lives. Also noticably this year is the number of weddings that I've heard are happening. This year I'll be going to my first ever wedding, however a friend at work is off to four weddings within the next couple of months alone. Dont know whats happening?? Talking about this however reminds me of a vlog, someone I follow on YouTube called Rosianna uploaded not too long ago. Within this vlog Rosianna talks about how shes soon going to finish university, and how its now starting to hit her that her school days are almost behind her, a chapter of her life is about to end and and she wont get that time back. From thinking back over all these things, Rosianna said how in a way she can feel herself running out of time, and to quote her, that if she doesn't stop for a second shes going to miss it.
Thinking about what Rosianna said in her vlog and also thinking about what to write for this blog, I can definatly empathise with how Rosianna felt. Although I'm only 19, and yeah that is still quite young, I do feel that this year I've definatly stepped away from my life at school. Having had to think more about looking after others close to me and the responsibilities I now have, I feel I've jumped straight into this world of being an adult, and that kind of worries me. If instead I'd properly have choosen to have had this year out, rather then wanting to take it out due to family circumstances, and the events surrounding my a-level results and the short time at university, I think that I wouldnt be feeling this way, and probably wouldn't until entering those final terms at university, similar to Rosianna.
In a way I'm kind of glad that I feel the way I do now, hopefully it'll prepare me for things in the future, and makes me feel slightly wiser. I'm sure it's going to seem really weird though when i go back to university, entering back into the world of education and being a student again, especially after whats happened this year.
I'm sorry for rambling on a bit there and sounding a bit mad, but I'm sure everybody must go through points like this in there lives, so I wanted to talk about it.....to put it out there, to say 'don't worry your not alone'.
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