My last chapter felt kinda cliffhangery so here's an update about all the stuff I last spoke about!
Last time I talked about applying for universities in London, and, well, I got in haha. I've finished my first year studying illustration in London! How crazy is that?
In the span of two years, I've gotten into a long term relationship, university, and I've moved to freaking London. 2020 Kaitlin would die lmao
It's funny to think that there was ever a time that just leaving my house to go to school used to make me so anxious. I used to come home and sleep the entire afternoon because I just didn't have the energy for anything else. It's funny to think that I believed my life was ending in 2019 when I was at my worst
In middle school I used to message my best friend every day before school to make sure she was going because I was too scared to be there alone. Grocery shopping was scary. I could never imagine public transportation alone
Now I've lived in an accommodation in London doing everything by myself, traveling around London and doing stuff on my own, traveling down to my boyfriend on weekends, and even before that I was traveling to and from England while living in Norway to see him. I don't think 2019 me would recognize myself haha
But yeah, university has been great. I was terrified of not making any friends because I've just always been very awkward and not great with people, but I have a little friend group and we even hang out outside of uni :) Studying illustration has rekindled my love for art (when I've been on a bit of an art hiatus for the past 2 ish years) and literally just this month I got back into consistent posting on my art accounts so I can grow online as well
It's nice having people I know nearby as well haha. My boyfriend lives around 2 hours away so his family helped me move in last September and he met my mom for the first time :) They helped me move out back in May and all my stuff is crammed in my bf's room haha, and they'll be helping me move into my new accommodation in September, so it's definitely really nice to have help nearby
Plus I get to travel to his place on the weekends and do my laundry, get actually balanced meals and have company and it's really nice 🥰
His family is like my second family haha. I came along for the family vacation last summer, and I've been invited to the family vacation next year to Florida as well! I've been on a girls trip with his mom, aunt and grandma, I've been cocktail tasting with his mom and aunt (and got to see them drunk ahaha), they even put in so much effort for my birthday and had decorated the house for me and baked me tons of stuff 🥹 And my birthday gift was plane tickets for me and my bf to go to Tenerife! That's an insane gift to receive from anyone! 😭❤️
So yeah, I finished my first year back in the beginning of May, me and my bf had a two week vacation in Tenerife end of May / beginning of June, we went back to his place in England for a week, and then he came with me back home to Norway for the first time :)
He got to meet my family and friends for the first time! (Though he had already met my mom haha)
Everyone loved him and keeps asking when he'll be back haha. We even met up with my friends to play bowling and laser tag, and my friends told me later that the only bad thing they could say about him was that he's too good at bowling ahaha
So yeah, life's been going quite well lately :) I'll be home for the summer, I can't wait to hang out with my friends more again 🥰 I'll be working on my art and social media, I'll head back and stay with my bf mid to late August and move into my new accommodation in September and start my second year of uni in London!
