How Was Your Day? Numero Four-o

[di marco]

do you start your freshers week that week or are you just allowed to move in earlier? thats what i was like when i first moved down, didnt know what would be in my room, how much space i would have etc. luckily i was given one of the biggest rooms in my house which was good cos i have a load of crap lol (im sure they only gave me that room cos i was the only girl and they assumed girls need more space!). but i had to go back home the weekend after so just picked up the rest of my stuff. things like i wasnt sure if there would be a mirror in my room or whether id need to bring my own, would i have enough room for all my clothes. im sure since ive been at uni, more and more of my stuff has gradually moved itself out of my room at home and down to uni instead!

Freshers' week starts on Saturday for Stoke campus (where I am) and Sunday for Stafford until the following Sunday. I start the course on the 22nd Sept.

I haven't got that much personal stuff to take. My mum has bought loads of kitchen things (even a George Foreman grill) and stuff for my en suite bathroom which is gonna take up way more room in the car than my things. I'll fit all my things into three boxes plus a suitcase for my clothes and my laptop bag.

How long did it take you you to set up your internet connection in halls?

my uni normally starts the same week as youre starting (my freshers week started on 16th sept i think it was) but this year it seems theyve decided to start a week later which is annoying as we then finish a week later for xmas and i dont get to have my bday off!

lol my mum was like that, she bought me a george foreman in the middle of this year cos they were in a sale and were really cheap and she bought one for at home and thought i might like one too, ive not used it much, same as the toastie maker i bought when i started! i didnt have an ensuite when i lived on campus cos those rooms were over £1000 more expensive than the other rooms, but the house we lived in last year and this year all have ensuites and after having one i dont think i could go back to sharing lol!

erm obviously it might be different for different unis but i think it only took about 1hr to set up my internet. once the uni had made sure id paid for the internet they gave me a connection lead to connect the internet to my laptop and a disc to install it onto my laptop and it was pretty straightforward. the bits that took the time was that they had to run a full system scan to check for viruses and i had to set up a user area on my laptop cos it wouldnt let you connect til your computer had a password to get onto it. some of my housemates had a problem with theirs but mine was quite quick. i think uni internet connections are gonna be as straightforward as possible