Dinnertime

The other night, I went to dinner with some of my friends from University. We had been meaning to do this sort of thing for a while and it felt really nice to finally get around to it. We went to The Black Bird in Toll Cross which is a modernised Pub with awful and frankly rude staff. As students, we were not picky or demanding and in fact we didn't expect excellent fine dining but what we got was outrageous. And not in a good way. But in spite of 'Kelly' and her interesting take on customer service, Helen, Becky, Nathan and I managed to have a really nice night where we could finally relax and laugh about everything and anything.

Ever since I was a little girl, I always pictured myself as a student going out for dinners, reading intellectually challenging books and living a cultured lifestyle. It's almost a little hard to acknowledge that this is what my life has become. Of course, being a grown up in real life is very different to what you imagine when you are younger. Things don't come as easily and success is not accomplished over night. In the last two years I have learnt so much about how to approach life in a positive and productive way. It's already paying off! I'm achieving decent grades at University and I've met like minded people who I am comfortable being myself around. There is such a difference between the conversations that I have now to the ones that I used to have in the playground. It is because of this that we were able to look past the waitress's disrespectful attitude and enjoy the fairly pleasant food. I'll never know how I managed to have a starter, main and a dessert! Each of us had hefty food babies!

We finished up for the Christmas holidays this week and we will be going our separate ways. We will all be working longer hours and spending more time with our families and on top of that Becky is preparing to study abroad next term. I love the holidays, especially Christmas, but I have really enjoyed getting to know everyone a little bit better this year and I will miss that interaction over the break. But hopefully this will be one of many meals out together as sophisticated adults in the near future!