Being home.

So it's been a full week since I posted anything on this blog, and that's not necessarily out of choice. Basically, the last few days I've been back in Tamworth for my Christmas holidays and wanted to spend as much time as I possibly could just relaxing or seeing friends/family and not spending it on my computer all the time.That lasted a grand total of five days, and boredom has driven me into doing this post, because I think I could still keep this running.

I came home on Saturday, and since then I've enjoyed my home comforts. I do really miss Stoke-on-Trent and it's strange, because I was looking forward to get away from a few things there, but coming home makes me realise that my life is now over there and the ups and downs come with it too. That's not to say that I believe Tamworth is somewhere I just drop in and out of...despite what my mom moans at me about!!

Our Christmassy living room!

The most amazing thing about being home is seeing friends and family. On Saturday, it was my uncle's 40th birthday party, which was a good laugh. He'd hired out a UB40 Tribute Act and they were amazing, and sounded like the real thing. My mom and dad are massive fans of UB40 and this has resorted into me loving some of their music, so I'll admit that I got up and had a bit of a dance too. My nan and grandad then came round on Sunday for Sunday dinner, so it was lovely to see them, then on Tuesday night I went to my uncles once more to continue his 40th celebrations.

As for friends, I got some really good news over the last week. My friend, Bex, who I've spoken about over here before, gave birth to little baby Jacob, and on Monday I went to see them both with Nat. He was the cutest little thing and I was genuinely really happy for Bex as she seems to be enjoying her role as a mum and also coping really well. Then yesterday, we had loads of snow dumped on us, which resorted in myself going sledging with two of my good friends over here, Lauren and Alex, before going to see Harry Potter. It was a great day out and we had lots to talk about after not seeing each other for around 3 months, so it was totally worth the mile trek in the snow to see them!

But despite all this, I'm still struggling to feel completely at home. I'm missing my housemates, especially Sam who I went to see on Tuesday in Birmingham, so I really appreciate the fact that he's not very far away. I also feel like I've lost a lot of independence by being in my house, and today hasn't been a brilliant day.

However, I really appreciate being here, and it's such a nice break away from university. After all the hard work in semester one, it's just good to see a lot of people and chill out when I can in a lovely warm house. And with a night out on the cards tonight and Christmas only two days away, things can only get better.