“You’re not nineteen forever, pull yourself together. I know it seems strange but things, they change.”
-The Courteeners.
I’ve just been struck by a most peculiar feeling and
realised that my room seems very quiet and oddly tidy. The reason for this is
that I am completely alone in here, for the first time in five days. This
weekend I celebrated my twentieth birthday and to mark the occasion my best
friend flew over from England to join in the revelries... and clutter my room
with some cracking sartorial choices. Therefore, I obviously spent the weekend being
outrageous: getting my fill of Gavin & Stacey quotes, talking in ridiculous
voices with words and phrases that only make sense to the two of us and giving
a full Roman tour- complete with basic history and personal anecdotes, such as ‘My
friend once vommed there’.
As the daughter of teachers I get a real satisfaction simply from learning. I like finding out what things are, and as a little swot I like already knowing so that
I can show off! For this reason, amongst many, Rome is probably ideal for me-
it’s saturated with history and almost every piazza has something worth finding
out about, or at least taking note of. Furthermore, who can help but be a
little awestruck at sights such as the Colosseum, the Vittoriano or the Trevi
Fountain? It doesn’t matter that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen
them- to quote John Keats,
‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’
Following all my big resolutions and my determination to not
let these new beginnings go to waste I am doing much better at saying ‘yes’ and
I think my brain is already getting the message; less bed and more dancing.
This week I heard ‘Not Nineteen Forever’, by The Courteeners, for the first time in ages and didn’t pay attention as I considered the refrain. Things do change, often for the better. Fingers crossed that’s mostly the case here as I embrace this pretence of adulthood.
...I’m going to get some squash now.
(In case you're not familiar with the song.)
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