Change

A famous man called John A. Simone, Sr. once said...

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.

Now I've spent at least 5 minutes searching Google and Wikipedia to find out who the hell this man is or why he is famous enough to have a memorable quote widely published on the Internet. I sense he is someone widely respected for his knowledge though, (its weird how sometimes you can sense something from two lines) as he has summed up my feelings right now in those two sentences above.

Looking back to the summer holidays that only ended less than a month ago, I can most definitely say that my situation was a good one. The greatest mates surrounding me, an amazing and stunning girlfriend round the corner from me and my family living by the seaside of Cleethorpes that I call home. So if you read the second sentence of Mr Simone's quote you can probably tell where this blog is going. That's right, to the situation described in the first sentence.

Now I don't want to sound bleak about university for one second while writing this, but it is the reason for such a big change in my life. My friends are now all scattered across the country in different towns attending different universities. My girlfriend will soon be not a short drive away but quite a considerable train journey away. All because Lincoln is now where I call home, (if you go by the principal of home is where your DVD collection is) for the next 3 years at least.

Yet all my thoughts have been positive so far regardless of these changes. I couldn't wish for better roommates than I have sharing an apartment with me, and I'm excited at the ever more seemingly likely prospect that I may learn something useful and interesting from my Journalism course (sure college was great, but I will only use a minority of it in life).

It's funny how a sick family pet (or maybe just the alcohol I've consumed tonight) can make you realise what you've left behind. Yet that is exactly what it has done to me today. So after much searching today through the jumbled mess that is my brain (and at the bottom of a few pint glasses) I am proud to come up with a conclusion.

My conclusion that there is a third possibility. A "good but just got a lot harder to enjoy" situation. By the wonders of social networking I am sure I will always stay in touch with my friends and nothing and I mean nothing will ever stop me from seeing my girlfriend. Yet now I get to know, love and hear from them as well as the lovely people of my course, my appartment and just general Lincoln.

So I guess good must come from all change, and I'd like to think that the start of this blog is part of the good that has come from the recent change in my life. (Also, if it pleases my course tutors too then well that's an advantage too!) I guess I must learn to stop fighting change and start enjoying it, and I know the most important things around me will never change as I can never let them. As they are my favorite people in the world, and what is the point of getting an education to get a good job and a big house and a fancy car if I don't have those people to share it with?

Ah who knew that writing could cheer you up and untangle your brain so much :).