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| Halfway through 2020 |
Halfway through 2020 You must have been hiding underneath a rock to not know about how absurd 2020 has been so far, most people did not see this mess coming. So, how has these 6 months been for me personally? Back in January I wrote a blog about what I was looking forward to, to keep me going through my (hopefully) final semester in Oslo. Little did I know that my final semester in Oslo would be significantly shortened, already in March I was back to my hometown and only returned briefly to get my stuff from Oslo before I moved out. So, what happened? January and February were both rather normal months, aside from the lurking danger of whatever sickness was allegedly crippling China, and increased focus on washing hands and paying attention to symptoms so that if you had any of them you would not show up at a doctor's office spreading the disease further. As I was living in the capital of Norway, I noticed the increasing change weeks before my family further north. People glaring at anyone who had any symptoms even resembling common cold, especially at institutions such as university, and on public transport such as the tram or metro. I recall there was a lot of joking about it, and some might argue that it has not aged particularly well, and I must admit I do not agree on that but I will not elaborate. It all changed rapidly in March, I was rather lucky given that I did not want to spend a lot of time in Oslo, so I had prior to it all booked flights to my hometown for my birthday, a day or perhaps two before everything closed down. Because everything was closing down, I could finish my final semester of my Bachelor's degree from my hometown, drastically shortening my own suffering in Oslo. So in those regards, the year did not turn for the worse for me. I was a bit disappointed seeing that all the things I had looked forward to was either postponed or cancelled. The concerts I was supposed to attend to this spring and summer are moved to 2021 - and I am not even sure if I believe that they will happen then either. Not to be that guy, but also I am that guy so it is like that, I was, and still am, annoyed that there were no sports. Hopefully July will see the sports I actually care about restarting or, in some cases, actually starting the season. I am well aware football is back, but I do not watch that unless it is something major like world championships. Formula 1 is supposed to start, a very short, season July 5th so hopefully that will happen. NHL, that is hockey, is expected to start the Stanley Cup playoffs sometime in late, LATE, July or August at the earliest. Very disappointing. April and May are pretty much me continuing looking at plants with a friend of mine, buying plants, painting furniture, and attempting to plan for a future which is impossible to predict. While also simultaneously having two term papers to write, and an exam around the end of May. After those it was just waiting some more, did I pass everything? Was I actually going to be done with my degree? I got my final grade Friday June 26th, and as I had passed them all I have 180 ECTS, i.e. a Bachelor's degree, in linguistics. Sometime in June, I believe, I received a message that I had received an offer on a student apartment in the city I intend on studying in this upcoming Autumn. I am thrilled, I will finally have a bedroom! I am very pleased that it costs about 20e more than a significantly smaller prison-like studio apartment I rented in Oslo. Perhaps things are indeed becoming better, at least I have things to look forward to. On a more annoying (in my case) note, my health issues have increased and it annoys me a lot. In addition to some issues I have had for at least four years now, I have gotten some new, worrying symptoms which honestly feeds my mild hypochondria as they are all symptoms on something that is rare - but not unlikely. Hopefully I will figure that out eventually, there is no rush. Thanks for reading! How has your year been so far?  |
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