Considering the fact that I am lazy, this will most likely be my final updated journal of the year. I'm sure you'll live.
So, the past two months or so have been interesting - awesome, but interesting. I started uni in September, and I'm loving it, even if there is a mass of books to read for my Narrative, Fiction and the Novel module. Everyone in my house is amazing, I wouldn't trade them for the world. Not one. It's really nice experiencing how different people act - at home we were all fairly similar, in our ways. But here... It's extreme.
The last week alone has been troubling. On Wednesday night I was in hospital (A&E) with one of my housemates; Laura. It turned out she had a form of infection, but doubling over in such extreme pain that you can't walk, and passing out on the stairs isn't good. Not good times. Then Sunday morning (07:15) I was awoken by a phonecall from Laura again. We then went to A&E again, after she had had to call her own ambulance, having been locked in a room by the guys that drugged her at a house party. We got there at 7:30am, and didn't leave until 9 hours later. That was BAD times. Not 'not good times', BAD times. It turns out they gave her either ecstacy and ketamine, or something similar. They never did conclusively decide upon one. Albeit amusing to watch your friend accuse the curtain of being people swaying, it is not fun when they cry uncontrollably because they can't tell if you are real.
The thing that scared me the most, was hearing her say: "I don't know if anything is real, the only thing I know is your face... And it doesn't say very nice things...", as she cried. :'( I was so worried for her.
They put her on an IV, and cleared her system of the alcohol she'd drunk too that night, and let her calm down a lot. She slept most of the time we were there. She decided though, that our housemates were just playing 'Doctors and Nurses' with her, and that everyone with an accent like one of theirs, was them.
It was scary, to be honest.
But anyway, because of this, I started on my essay that's due in today, last night (I've had no internet before then, and been extremely busy). Luckily I did it mostly this morning. Pretty epicly, I might say. ;D
But moving on; I've entered Secret Santa on Elftown, so join if ya feel like it. The final sign-up date is something like the 20th I think. I can't really remember. See you all around Christmas, I'd imagine.
Enjoy the holidays!

~Duke-Devlin