So we have finally had The Talk.

And, no, not the "Where do babies come from?" Talk, or the "I'm pregnant/married/gay" Talk, or even the "Yes, I do like you as more than a friend, and yes, those annymous calls you've been getting every day ARE all from me" Talk.

No, it's WAY more important than that.

It is instead the "Who are you going to live with?" Talk; in other words, THE most important conversation any student will ever have in their....well, lives is a bit extreme, but seriously...it's big.

And it's decided: not all of our hall, but some of our hall, are going to stick together. There are 11 of us here, with one kitchen + one general living/dining area, plus a bedroom and bathroom each, and of that, six of us (five girls, one boy) are staying together, with potentially one other boy whom none of us know yet, joining us.
Apparently, he is an amazing and enthusiastic cook, and that is all I need to know about him for the present.

My friend did show...lets say surprise, when she found out I was in: she said she thought I'd be with some of my "englishy friends", and in a way, I agree with her because I HAD sort of assumed I would live with people on my course at one point.

But honestly? I'm not sure it would work. It SOUNDS good....but, as another friend shrewdly pointed out, we would be living together, working together, travelling, studying together...and do we really want that?
And I see her point because honestly? I get bored with most things, and people, after long enough.
I know my flatmates. I know I can live with them. They don't irritate me; we have stuff to talk about, and we've been out together a lot since coming here, so it's safe to say that we'd be able to make sharing a flat work.
Wheras my course friends? I know them....but I don't. Because you never really know someone until you live with them, and I'd hate to get a flat together...and then to realise that they are horribly messy. Or no fun to get ready for a night out with. Or....I don't know, just annoying. (I'm sure that isn't true of any of them. But let's not risk things.)

So....on to stage 2: the house hunting! Lets hope we find somewhere pretty =)