Well here I am. Landgrabb house, Sim State University. It’s all a bit daunting, going out into the world alone for the first time in my life.
I was really looking forward to it, but now that I’m here…well it’s a different story.



I suppose I should go in. Can’t stand out here all day. I really don’t know what to expect. Neither mum or dad went to college and I don’t know anyone else that’s been either.

I was so excited to be leaving at first. Mum got all teary but not before ‘making my hair all pretty’ and insisting I ‘wear a dress for once’. She’s such a fuss pot.



I hate dresses! She knows I hate dresses. I’m not like her. She’s into style and fashion and I admit, she looks pretty good for her age but I’m so not into that stuff. Give me a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and I’m happy. It drives my mother up the wall.

Well, I suppose I can’t put this off any longer. Time to acquaint myself with my new home.



All I see is green, and not much else, but I do see my drum kit and bass have arrived. A going away gift from Dad. From mum? Hand me downs…a whole closet full. For years she’s been desperately trying to mould me into the girly girl she always wanted.

Not a single person here! It’s a bit creepy.
‘Hello…is anybody here?’
I feel like I’m in a horror movie and some scary dude with a chainsaw is ready to pounce on me from behind the couch. ‘HELLO’



This is really freaking me out! ‘HELLOOOOOOO’
Maybe I’ve come to the wrong place? A place called the twilight zone.
I’m busting to go to the toilet but I don’t want to go in there. Maybe the town was overtaken by zombies and they’re all waiting in there to eat my brains. They usually hide in dank bathrooms don’t they?




Jesus Christ!!
Oh it’s just my phone. Talk about frighten the living daylights out of me!
‘Hello?’
‘Hi honey it’s just me, just checking to see if you’re settling in ok’
‘muuuum I just got here! I only left an hour ago!’
‘oh I know sweetie but I just wanted to know that you arrived safely, is there anything you need? Are your drums and bass there? Do you want me to drive down?’
‘no mum I’m fine, you don’t need to come here, I already told you’
‘well alright then, but call me if you need me and by the way, you need to grab yourself a room before someone else gets it, oh and stick a photo on it’

Someone else? There is no-one else!
Well….i guess this one will do.



There’s people walking by…no outstretched arms, no dragging limbs. That’s a good sign. Maybe it is safe enough to use the loo. I can always put my feet on the seat if someone comes in.

‘Hello young lady’
‘Er who are you?’
‘just a local’
‘Do local old men usually wander into the girls bathroom? Who are you talking to? Hellooo, old person?’



The first person I meet at uni and it’s a weirdo lecturing the toilet seat in the girls bathroom. I think I would have preferred brain eating zombies. At least I’d know what to expect.