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Pia
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It’s the week before Christmas. Saturday morning and mum’s gone out shopping to the Co-op. I’m still in my PJs sitting in front of my screen. It’s sunny outside, so I’ve pulled down the blinds. I can hear the wind howling through the trees outside. It’s nice to be home, warm and cosy and having someone else cook and being able to slob around the house. I think mum can tell that I’m pretty exhausted after my first term away. Well, I am! And the journey back didn’t help. I had too much stuff to bring back and what with those two military-sized bags and my back-pack filled with more books than I will read over the vacation for sure, and shitty weather and changing trains in London and the crowds on the tube and the bus, well, let’s say it was a journey from hell. Next time I will travel light. It really is a pain sometimes living here in the boondocks. OK, it’s home and it’s nice when I’m here, and the tree looks pretty and all, but, well, I think... oh, it doesn’t matter. I’m home and I’m going to relax for a bit and see my friends. We’re going to the pub in town tonight, The George. It’s where we like to meet up. One bar’s for stuffy old folks who want a traditional meal or whatever, but the bar that used to be the snug, they’ve done that pretty nice. Well, we like it. So I’ll be going down there to meet up with Kate and Charlotte and Romy and the others and we’ll swap our first term adventures I guess. Everyone’s at different unis. Kate’s at Exeter and Charlotte’s at Bristol and...Romy... I think she went to Warwick...I think so. Anyway, it’ll be fun to catch up. I may not tell them everything about my first term though. I probably won’t. I think that we’ll all probably have some secrets that we won’t share, don’t you? I mean, that’s normal isn’t it? But you’re all my friends, so I’ll tell you if you like. Alright?