EPTAnother year came along and my Birthday is here once again. I am 22 now, and I am getting nearer the middle twenties.
And how am I celebrating my birthday you may ask, what crazy party did I throw or wild things have done?
None. I am at home alone, sipping 4pack of lager and playing poker. How did this happen you may ask.
You should first be familliar with my situation. Two and a half years ago I went from Czech Republic to Scotland to study College (something between school and 'college/university' in non-uk terms), and this September I moved to the capital, Edinburgh to go straight to second year of a University.
I found a flat with 3 french students, and assumed I'd have a marvelous time with them. But although living is ok, we take care of the flat etc. but aside that I don't really get much conversation with them because they just became comfortable using french at all times and have only another french friends coming over. So no celebration is in order with my flatmates really.
Another massive hit in my confidence was the financial crisis. You can imagine my expenditure when I moved to a big city after two years from a small town college. Parties Parties and more Parties. Why not? I have been workign before and with 2 solid 30hrs per week baker experience and my HND Diploma in Administration and IT I knew I could get a job whenever I wanted. Wrong.
Since my finance started to dry up around mid-december, I sent about 40 jpba apllications and I had 1 (One) Interview. Apparently nobody likes part-time students anymore.
The only job I got two weeks ago is house to house distribution and collection of home improvement crap catalogues (which is actually quite useful for someone but I'd never buy anything). This job had about $16 return for around 9 hours of work. Not much really.
So I got hit hard by money shortgage. I have a fund in Czech currency that covers approximately my rent and bills, and then about $130 per month for everything else.
So I had to cut on socialising almost completely, was 120 days without contact lenses which I wore day by day for 5 years prior to that and even my food is the lowest value with some weeks consisting of chinese instant noodles and pasta with spice only. And I even couldn't afford to travel to my local sport, floorball which I used to play on Top level before coming to the UK.
Luckily enough, I still got my amazing Girlfriend which I got from my glorious first months, and who once saved my neck with borrowing me money for rent. But unluckily for today she found herself a simmilar job, just three times better paid and easier (she doesn't collect catalogues back and doesn't deliver crappy bathroom stuff back after the orders, if there are any)
So this is why I am alone on my birthday, sipping beer and posting a blog which would in previous years usually come with my massive headache, puke in the bed and some random junkie next to me the day after.
But don't get me wrong, I am not feeling down or anything. I got a lot of time for studying and reading (which makes me a star and by far the major contributor to all my classes), I am in a serious relationship for the first time in my life and I enjoy it, I got some moneyz sent over for my birthday which will help a lot now, and also I got poker, which somewhat replaced starcraft for now when I need to suckout all the theory before adding time for THE GAME again, and of course two bestest sites in the world and the great people in them, TL and LP.
Thanks for reading.
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