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I am a good cook. I can make a mean lasagne and can bake to rival Mary Berry. However, my diet over first year was awful. I started with good intentions: cooking myself a lovely dinner every night - but that soon stopped. My diet turned into one consisting of pub lunches, alcohol and packets of biscuits.
Oh and energy drinks, a lot of energy drinks.
No longer a fresher, I have no reasons for the “fresher's 15” I have been carrying around and its about time I started eating healthily. Energy drinks are banned for me this year. Although they help me get through alcohol-free nights out and essay writing, they are terrible for my skin and mean that I can never sleep. I’ve been stocking up on recipe cards from my local Sainsbury’s and plan to expand my cooking horizons, in a health conscious way.
Thou Shalt Limit Nights Out
I love going out. In fact, me and my bessies make a whole day of it sometimes. We get up early and hit the shops, stopping for a break at Starbucks, then from 6pm onwards we get ready and once dressed and made-up its time for pre-drinks and banter. Then it is time to hit up whichever bar is doing trebles for singles. Last year I could do this up to four times a week. Needless to say, this cannot go on. My degree and bank account will not allow it. So after Freshers' Fortnight I vow to go out a maximum of twice a week.
However, I am not willing to sacrifice Wednesday night Ziggy’s. Not ever!
Thou Shalt do Some Work
For about a week I had a serious work ethic. That did not last long and my degree work consisted of me just about turning up to every lecture and seminar and doing essays a week before hand-in day. Overall, in first year I managed to scrape a 2.1, quite surprisingly really.
This year, however, I need to work. Maybe even do a bit of the required reading. Possibly even pop into the library. After all, we do come to university for one main reason, the degree. And I would very, very much like mine to be a first.
Thou Shalt Get Your Deposit Back
Last year we didn’t have to worry about our accommodation. The worst thing that happened was getting a letter from the cleaner, begging us to take out all the recycling. This year, however, if my house gets into a state there will be no cleaner to tidy up and worst case scenario, I could lose my deposit. That is £400 down the drain.
So, this year I promise to tidy my house as I go along, thus not allowing it to get into a terrible state. I will also clean once a week. Yes, I will get down on my hands and knees and scrub the floor with a toothbrush – well not quite, but you know what I’m getting at. I will also be more careful than ever as a slight scratch on the wall could lead to me losing my deposit. I guess the parties will just have to be held elsewhere.
Thou Shalt Have Fun
I am a third of the way through the best three years of my life. In two years I will have to grow up. This includes wearing trouser suits and paying my own phone bills. I have a mere two years left and I am going to make the most of it. I promise to have fun. I promise to enjoy everything I do and make the most of the amazing time I have left at the University of York.
So despite these resolutions I will try to do whatever I want, because this is the only time in life I will get the chance to do that. I suggest you all do the same, whether you have five years left or a mere one.
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