Hot Weather

Yep. Hot, HOT weather. It's verging on painful having to study right now, but I'm trying my best to savour these last perfect days until I head back to reliable grey skies. It's true that no matter how cloudy the forecast there's nothing like going home, but right now I'm trying to concentrate on what's left of now.

The last time I went home for a long time was half way through The Erasmus Dream, and though I tried the only word I could find to describe it was 'indescribable' (yes, a royal cop out it may be, but I still don't think I could do a better job at summing up that first half). Now I'm approaching the end once again, and this time it's for good. I've been wondering if I could do a better job at summing up the whole thing. For all the people I met, friends that I'll keep for as long as I can wherever in the world they might be, everything we did, whatever I learnt from them and about myself, the places I got to see, and the times that weren't so good, I can say that this year has basically been an inspiration. To be honest you'd be hard pressed to not let 'inspirational' crop up when describing Granada. It's no wonder that in this little city (with it's snow topped mountain views, flowering hills and a heavenly palace) you'll find artists sketching on every other corner and flamenco being sung through your window at odd hours.

Though it didn't always feel it, looking back on the year it seems a bit dream like now. Of course you've got to wake up some time and in a few months I'll be back to Selly Oak (that's keeping it real I tell ya!) to finish off my degree and life will go on like it did before, but we won't be the same. This little interval in my studies has served as little kick start. You can go wherever you like, do whatever want and be whoever you want to. Have an interesting life, because you only get one. It might be a naive notion and maybe a little worn out, but it's one worth having tucked away somewhere all the same. Definitely something to remember when you find yourself in luck. You wouldn't want to waste that.