My New Life

Well, this is it. Tomorrow I move into the Senior Boarding House at my school. It’s really weird, I have been at the school 6 years now as a dayboy, living two streets away from campus. Now I am moving two streets closer and living on campus. Weird, huh?

Anyway, to tell you the truth, I am really excited, but a little anxious as well. This move was made so I could study and in the BH (Boarding House) you do three hours a night!! There are strict routines in place so hopefully these will rub off on me for the future, but it seems really scary. This is my routine:

7:20am - Get up. I like this time, it is later than I get up at home and means that I can get more sleep. Hooray!

8:00am - Breakfast. Wow! Breakfast after a shower? A weird concept to me, having lived a life of my own routine before this day. But this means I have 40minutes to get up and have a shower, not bad…except that the showers are timed!!! That’s right, my school times the showers for its boarders because of the amount of water that was being wasted in previous years. My normal 15min showers are long gone. I think the time limit is 3min. Three freaking minutes!!! How do I wash my hair in three minutes and wake up of a morning?

Anyway, breakfast. I have heard from boarder friends that the food isn’t the best. Gulp. I have grown up eating some decent food, but not over the top. I really hope the stuff isn’t absolutely horrible. From the dinners I have attended at the school, the food isn’t bad but they tend to overcook it. Anyway, after I survive breakfast, I have to clean my teeth in the school bathrooms (Hygiene much?) and then the school day starts.

8:35am - School (Need I say more?) But during the day I have recess and lunch given to me by the school. This isn’t bad because it saves time in the morning, but again the standard of food quality isn’t overly high as they are cooking for a large group. Just wait until next year, when I get the teachers food WITH SALAD BAR! CLASSY!!!

3:30pm - School ends; Finally. This means I have to go back to the BH and change into casuals. Now, the funny thing about this is, whenever I see a current boarder they are wearing trackpants and a rugby top. I don’t own a single rugby top, or rugby shorts. I only have my jeans and shorts.

Thankfully, I have free time now until dinner which means I can do what I want. I can walk into town, or go to the gym (lol) or swim, or play rugby (more lol). Maybe I will just stay in my room and read a book, but my parents have said this is too anti-social and I should make an effort to get to know the others. Ha ha.

5pm - Quiet time. I think the school expects me to read, or look at the news or something, because this isn’t study, but I have to be quiet. Meh, I have lots of books to catch up on and saw another nice one today.

6pm - Dinner. More food, hopefully not too sub-par.

6:30pm - Study. That’s right, it’s time to study. I have to stay in my room and work, or do something without distracting others. And…the teachers come around to my room 6 times a night to grade my performance. Seriously! They grade your study performance.

8:10pm - Break. Apparently we get supper at this time, a novel concept I have not experienced before. Having just spent 1.5 hours studying I think I deserve a break.

8:30pm - Study. More study, fun! I definitely do not study this late at home so this will be very different. Again, I get graded on my performance, once every 30 minutes according to my caculations.

10pm - Free time. FINALLY! Study is over for the night and I can relax. I normally am asleep by 10 so hopefully I can stay awake. Now is the time to shower, clean teeth can get into bed.

10:30pm - Lights out. Sleep time! Need I say more?

Overall, the routine looks decent enough, and having visited the BH last week, I have to say that it is quite nice. The floors are heated and it is very warm, and the rooms are a decent size. I have to share my room with another student so I really hope he doesn’t snore, or do anything annoying.

Anyway, this is enough for my first blog post. I will hopefully update of my experiences every day (ha ha, not likely) and tell you more about what life is like for dayboy turned boarder!