First year

Alright, this is probably going to be my last blog post for this semester. A perfect opportunity to look back on my first year of university.

I came to Graz, thinking about a new beginning, new City, new people, new living arrangements. It wouldn’t only be my first time not living at home but together with two strangers in a flat in a dorm. It was really exciting and frightening. But my flatmates soon turned out to be very nice people and we would get along well. It didn’t even take long for me to make friends and to meet awesome new people. Even though I was homesick. Who wouldn’t be, especially someone like me who, as a child, cried because they didn’t want to go away for a week with their class. I am still homesick from time to time but it is by far not as bad as it had been at the beginning of the year. Holidays would later turn out to be the worst. Finally at home again, all I could think of was that I would have to leave again. At least I had friends I could look forward to. And I really did look forward to seeing them again, I mean they are awesome, how couldn’t I?
Well but before it got better it just had to get worse. Spring wasn’t really a great time, the first pile of exams to worry about, still very very homesick and despite having met awesome people, feeling lonely on a regular basis because I couldn’t see my family as often as I wanted to. But gladly time passed, exams went by, some positive some not as much, and I came to like it here (pssst, don’t tell anyone). Despite all the hard time I had and still sometimes have, I actually have to admit that Graz is a fairly nice City. And come on, even though it wasn’t always easy I have made great friends who I wouldn’t know otherwise. It is still weird and I am still getting used to everything but I am glad that I am here. There a new challenges every day that only make me stronger and let me grow as a person. I hope every single one of you can look back on this year and see the good in it. Because all the stress and homesickness was worth it in the end.

I wish you all a great weekend and much success with your last exam(s)!