Primrose Hill
I've never been a big believer in New Year's Eve. Aside from last year which I spent drunk and eating garlic bread at my best friend's uni house, they've all been a fairly huge disappointment.
But I enjoyed this year.
After spending one of the worst days of last year on top of Primrose Hill, this New Year's Eve, I staggered up to the top of it to watch the fireworks over Westminster. I was armed with the dregs of a bottle of Pinot and shoes that were in no-way appropriate for London after a week of rain.
Last year was by no means a complete turd heap: I qualified for my Masters, wrote a banging dissertation AND started it with a pun, graduated, started getting paid for my writing, pretended that I helped to run a newspaper that won lots of awards, spent a fun day in A&E after losing a fight with a broken socket box, chased Stephen Fry around the UEA library, finally learned how to write a decent feature, almost made it through my grad ball without crying, had a front page on #tomorrowspaperstoday, learned how to make three espresso martinis in under a minute, made it all the way through Pimp My Barrow without losing the barrow, made it all the way to Inverness with no cash and no plan in 36 hours for charity, climbed Arthur's Seat, moved to London, got my first non-fiction credit, made friends, defeated the mouse family that had taken up residence in my wardrobe with the help of a brave friend and a lunchbox, and blagged my way through 50 words a minute shorthand.
I drank lots of triple shot cocktails as friends landed incredible jobs, moved in with boyfriends, and celebrated making it to the end of Wednesday.
I sort of learned how to manage that entirely unexpected mental health diagnosis at the same time as dealing with an ugly breakup and trying to negotiate with people that can only be described as the housemates from hell.
It was bittersweet to see the back of 2017. I regret that the good bits have been so tarnished by a handful of shit experiences; I'm sad to say goodbye to a year when I achieved so much; but proud to have seen it out in the city that is actually starting to feel like home.
Happy New Year.
But I enjoyed this year.
After spending one of the worst days of last year on top of Primrose Hill, this New Year's Eve, I staggered up to the top of it to watch the fireworks over Westminster. I was armed with the dregs of a bottle of Pinot and shoes that were in no-way appropriate for London after a week of rain.
Last year was by no means a complete turd heap: I qualified for my Masters, wrote a banging dissertation AND started it with a pun, graduated, started getting paid for my writing, pretended that I helped to run a newspaper that won lots of awards, spent a fun day in A&E after losing a fight with a broken socket box, chased Stephen Fry around the UEA library, finally learned how to write a decent feature, almost made it through my grad ball without crying, had a front page on #tomorrowspaperstoday, learned how to make three espresso martinis in under a minute, made it all the way through Pimp My Barrow without losing the barrow, made it all the way to Inverness with no cash and no plan in 36 hours for charity, climbed Arthur's Seat, moved to London, got my first non-fiction credit, made friends, defeated the mouse family that had taken up residence in my wardrobe with the help of a brave friend and a lunchbox, and blagged my way through 50 words a minute shorthand.
I drank lots of triple shot cocktails as friends landed incredible jobs, moved in with boyfriends, and celebrated making it to the end of Wednesday.
I sort of learned how to manage that entirely unexpected mental health diagnosis at the same time as dealing with an ugly breakup and trying to negotiate with people that can only be described as the housemates from hell.
It was bittersweet to see the back of 2017. I regret that the good bits have been so tarnished by a handful of shit experiences; I'm sad to say goodbye to a year when I achieved so much; but proud to have seen it out in the city that is actually starting to feel like home.
Happy New Year.
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