I am getting old

It has been a pretty up-and-down week.

I think this has been the week where I have felt most appreciative towards the people around me. I don't properly know why but I have just felt so grateful to have the people I do around me. Not a lot has happened, at least not worth mentioning. The days has looked pretty much the same since I got here.

The one thing standing out though, is that I have gotten myself out of my comfort zone and will start volunteer working at Oxfam from next week onwards. It is once a week, 4 hours - but it will fill my day and I will feel good about doing it. Also, it is in a book-and-music branch which suits me perfectly and the people working there are really lovely.

What else, what else. A certain persons 25th birthday is coming up please let me live through the upcoming two weeks without age anxiety and things could be worse. I honestly did not think I'd feel like going home as much as I do, but there is this tiny part of me that wishes that I was back home just to get that common birthday commotion. But it feels good to spend it here as well, it is the people you surround yourself with, right?

(Also this evening off could have been spent on looking up future in terms of education and whether to stay or not, but I spent it watching a season of 2 Broke Girls. Regrets? No.)