Back to Leeds!

Hi guys!

Just a bit of chatty catch up for you all!

Yesterday, after 3 weeks off, I finally went back to Leeds for uni! Its about a 3 hour/3 and half hour journey back to Leeds, so it's the perfect excuse to create a 'Road Trip' playlist with songs that you know all the words to!

I never really realise how much stuff I've brought back with me until I have to pack it all back up and then pack the car up! I'm never really sure how one girl can own so much stuff...

(And this wasn't even half of it)

Long journey's are really good for thinking, looking out the window dramatically when a Beyonce or Drake song comes on (everyone does it) and car games! My dad even made his own up, where he rated male and female drivers he saw on the road and graded them for their driving... his conclusion was, interesting, I'll leave it there, I don't even drive so what do I know?!

So, my final semester of my first year is here. It's literally flown by. I remember my moving in day, the fear of making new friends, moving to a much a bigger (and scarier) city, and being so far away from my home comforts. But I can honestly say that I've loved every second of it. Before university, the idea of living in such a big city terrified me. But it's made me realise how much I love it! I'm even considering maybe living in London one day now, even though I'd always said I wanted to live up-north - but baby steps.

I've met some amazing people, and I can't wait for the journey to continue and to move in to my house next year with my soon-to-be housemates, Liv and Chloe!

The excitement is real, but thats all from me for now, I'm off to get ready to go out tonight!

Lydia xo

First Blog Post... scary

Well, this is a little bit scary. I'd said to myself that I was going to start a blog a while ago - but it never happened. The reason I'd been putting off creating a blog for so long, is quite simply, the fear of judgement. No one likes or wants to be judged. But my friend Siobhan convinced me yesterday to just man up and do it, "create a blog!" she said, so here I am.

I'm Lydia Black, I was born on the 31st of May, 1996 - making me 18 (nearly 19, yay!) I'm a student, and I study Media at Leeds Trinity University, although I am originally from Coventry in the West Midlands. I found the move of 199 miles from my home city somewhat daunting. But I love the independence and student life now! (Well most aspects of student life, I could do with more money...) Freshers week nearly killed me of - quite literally. But despite my somewhat interesting introduction to Leeds, I now love it.

I'm going into my final semester of my first year, and student life really has been everything I'd hoped it'd be and more. I've met some amazing people in my time in Leeds and I can't wait to see what the future holds for me.

Finally, I know this is usually the bit where some might say what they're going to include on their blog - a possible theme or structure? But I honestly have no idea. I intend to just go with the flow, write about whatever I fancy! I may do something really light one day, then something really serious the next! I don't even know if I'm going to get any readers other than my mum at this point, so we'll just see where it goes for now!

So yeah, that's it from me, first blog post done - scary.

Lydia xo