Busy day!

What a day I've had today! I slept way too little and got up at 6, had teacher training until two, then went to my new work place to learn the online system for grading, came home about 6.30 and did some uni work, now I'm going to the gym, then having dinner and hopefully I'll still manage to get an early night after that! Guess it's time to get used to the type of life I'm going to have this semester =)

Goodbye

The worst part of being in a long distance relationship is having to say goodbye so often. I just came home after spending five nights in England. It is so great to visit Andy and I guess I should be grateful that we can actually see each other so often. It's just so hard to have to say goodbye each time. :(

Back to normal life

Last time I blogged I was freaking out over things.  had just got back to Stockholm and everything felt weird!

Now, everything's alright! In fact, things are better than alright! Uni's going well, teacher training is going well, I've started working out and even the living situation with Mikaela is working so much better than I thought!

I'm doing my first course of the term at uni and it involves some teacher training. So, last week I held a couple of lessons and I've got a couple more this week. The teacher was ill last Thursday so I actually got to cover for him, and get paid! Sometimes teaching in front of him freaks me out, it is such a stressful situation to have someone observe and evaluate you as you teach. But now that I got to do it on my own I was fine! I was more than fine, I loved it! So I'm no longer freaking out about teaching that much.

The extra courses I'm doing this term haven't started yet. I've got one exam in March, an essay due in June and another essay that I haven't received guidelines for yet. Me graduating in the summer depends on me being able to finish all these extra courses before that. Hopefully it can be done! I'm pretty sure it can.

I had chosen not to work this semester but I just got a part time job offer that was too amazing to turn down. It's correcting English assignments online one day a week. The best thing about it is that it can be done from anywhere! They might also need someone to teach lessons sometimes so it's a really good way to make extra money, and also a good way to get some teaching experience!
Also, the school where I'm doing my teacher training asked me if I could work as a substitute teacher when they need people. They called me this morning but I'm in England now so couldn't do it.

And then there's the living situation. I'm used to having my own space and I thought it would be a challenge to live with a friend in such a small apartment but it's been fine! Mikaela works every day and sometimes doesn't come home until late. And I will be traveling to England so she'll get her alone time too. If anything it's actually been really good having her there! It's nice to have that little time every night when you get to vent and talk to someone about your day! I think it'll be great living with her :)

When I got back from England I bought a gym card and started working out again. I've been running and doing other stuff at the gym three days a week and I just love it! It's the first time I've ever felt that I can't wait to get to the gym! Another good thing about living with Mikaela is that she's very healthy, which makes me eat healthier too.

I feel like everything I'm doing right now (trying to get my degree, working to make extra money, saving money by living with Mikaela etc) is preparation for the move to England and I think that's why I'm happy with things. Even being away from Andy isn't that bad cos I know I'll get to live there soon. So, all in all, I'm very happy with my live right now!

Back at uni

First day back at Stockholm uni today! I just arrived back home yesterday evening so haven't had loads of time to settle in yet.

Honestly I'm not feeling very good about it at the moment. I think it's a combination of knowing I won't get to be with Andy for a while and realizing (and freaking out) over the fact that I'm almost done with uni.
This guy at uni asked me if I've started applying for jobs yet. Umm what?! Job? Am I supposed to start doing that already? And in the UK? Freaking out here! Being a teacher freaks me out. And being a teacher in England freaks me out even more! I'm hoping this last term of loads of practical training will calm me down and give me more confidence.


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I'm baaaack!

I don't know why but I've had zero motivation to blog lately. But I'll try to be better from now on! I finished my last essays on Wednesday last week, they weren't as good as my previous ones and that's still bugging me a bit since they count for half the courses. But I really needed time off over Xmas and New Years so not going to worry about it.

This week has been all about relaxing so far. It's my week off before Uni starts in Stockholm next week. I've gone out walking and even started running a bit again. And I've also been packing. We are moving (well, Andy is I guess) to a new flat on Saturday! I can't wait for that! We've had so many problems with this place, everything from damp, mold and broken boilers. It's going to be nice! Plus, I love moving!!

So, the move is on Saturday and then on Monday I have to move back to Sweden. I'm not very happy about that. I miss my friends and family obviously, but it's going to be hard to be without Andy. I will have loads to do at Uni though so I'll be busy! It's my last semester plus I've got three old courses that I haven't done during previous years. And then, after all that hard work, hopefully I'll be able to move back to England in June :)

Last lunch

I'm having my last lunch ever at uni! Essay 1 submitted, essay 2 deadline is at midnight!




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Bad blogger

I have been such a bad blogger lately!! My two final essays are due tomorrow, after that I will get better at blogging again!