I'm not going to bore you with the day to day details about the last three years, but I will say I have spent them with a group of people who I can honestly say have made my whole university experience the most special and fantastic three years I could've wished for. I have learnt so much from every single one of them...some of the things I've learnt would honestly make your hair curl and if the topics ever turned up in a pub quiz you can be a sure as eggs is eggs I'd be able to answer them....?!
I don't normally go in for huge declarations of sentimentality and smush but today I'm feeling emotional so I'm bucking my own trend. I am proud that I've made my parents even more proud of me than they are already, because I've followed my dream and succeeded (with a lot of blood, sweat, tears, stress, hysteria, post-it flags, highlighters, tea and chocolate along the way).
Those who know me know that my love of an 80's mix tape quite literally is what gets my excitement level past shoes on the 'many things I like in life' scale and that's what this whole experience can be compared to, a mix tape. I've read books that would never have given my bookshelf dust space before 2009, but I can now add to my top 10 best reads list are; The History Boys, Mrs Dalloway, Harriet Frean and Generation X to name but many. Ok, so it would be longer than a top 10 list but you get my drift.
I would like to make a special mention though to Lisa. We met on our first day stood in the queue next to each other for enrollment and we were sat next to each other in graduation today, it's like the bread at either end of our degree sandwich - shit analogy I know, sorry.
So here it is, my choice of two songs which I think sums up everything. I'm going to shut up now and just let the music speak for itself...turn it up loud, I insist ;-)
