Officially moved in

I am officially living by myself as of last Saturday. My dad drove me back down to Aachen with the rest of my stuff. Which, by the way, was a shitload of random things - mostly books and DVDs and paperwork and photo albums. My arms actually still ache from carrying it all up to the third story but I’m glad I finally have all my things with me now. It didn’t feel right before.

It’s Monday morning now and school in Germany starts again today. The weather isn’t as summery anymore, it’s in fact almost a little cold here in the apartment. My best friend N starts her studies as a trainee today, I’m going to call her tonight to see how it went although I still haven’t changed my cell phone plan and so it’ll cost me a fortune.

My big adventure for today is to go grocery shopping because my fridge is totally empty. Before I leave, though, I’m gonna take a shower. I figured, I should take this in small steps. If I cramp everything into just one day, I’ll be bored the rest of the month. I’ll probably go back home again around the 21st, just to check in with everybody before university starts, and until then I’m gonna have to keep myself occupied.

My grandmother decided spontaneously to accompany us to Aachen on Saturday. My dad said that this was one of the only chances because next time he’d drive down here my mom and my brother would probably come as well and they would spend the night and so it wouldn’t work out for my grandmother to come, too.

I was surprised and at the same time, it kinda felt like, PHEW I’M GLAD I PUT THIS BEHIND ME ALREADY. She tends to be a little exhausting but I’m also glad that she got to see where I live now. We actually made a stop in Maastricht on our way here and so she also got to see the city where I’ll be studying.

I found it a bit annoying that my dad had to play sightseeing guide in his typical manner. It’s exhausting, too - especially since I’d of course already seen it all.

Pretty much right after they left, my mom called to check in on me which wasn’t even neccessary - I also didn’t call them yesterday - because I feel okay. I truly feel okay now being here by myself. Then again, it’s only been two full days and I have at least nine more days to cover until I see them again and then nine more until university really starts.

We’ll see how it goes. At least my new television set appears to be working. I originally brought my grandmother’s old set from when they first started making television and it couldn’t properly translate my DVD players sound signals. Then, when I hooked up the tiny new television I bought last week with my mom, it wouldn’t work at first either so I figured something is wrong with the SCART cable which typically connects the DVD player to the television screen. I planned to buy a new one today but then, when I tried to watch Gilmore Girls last night, it magically worked all of a sudden.

So I don’t know. A new one would probably get rid of the obvious loose connection but I’ll wait and see if maybe it decided to work full-time now since I can’t afford to spend money left and right.

Anyway, I’m off to buy groceries now. I’ll shower when I get back. Gosh, I hate the shower here. It’ll take some getting used to.