A Little Space for Me

So last week I posted my 13 things I loved about boarding school, and I thought I’d better take off the sugar coating for this week and reveal the things I didn’t like so much…

1. Being away from my parents was hard. VERY hard. I’ve always been so close to my mum so being away from her was very difficult for me.
2. The cafeteria food… ICK!!!
3. Having to get letters from my parents AND a friend’s parent for the Housemistress if I wanted to stay at said friend’s house.
4. Couldn’t just go out in the evenings for a drink once I was 18. Fair enough when I was underage, but I mean come on, I wasn’t even allowed out to celebrate my 18th birthday with any friends because it was a frickin school night! [They did have a lil party for me and even bought in some cheap champagne so I really shouldn't complain, but it just wasn't what I wanted to do at the time!]
5. Being forced to go to church every week even though I have never been remotely religious.
6. Sometimes there was just too much going on at once for my liking!
7. Packed lunches (can I get a EWWWWW!)
8. Racing for a shower in the morning. (4 showers between 22 girls = not fun!)
9. Having to live with someone who was a thief among other things. Not fun when I had to deal with her being the head of house in my last year!
10. There were a lot of cliques in the first school I went to because they’d all been together since they were about 11 years old. That was pretty difficult to break into, and I was only just starting to when they announced the school’s impending closure (just 3 months before it was to happen).
11. I never got used to taking care of myself or helping out around the house when I was away - everything was done for us. That was kinda difficult… going to uni having no idea how to cook any proper meals etc, how to use a washing machine. It sounds so stupid but I didn’t have a clue!
12. Having to watch what I said ALL the time in case the younger ones overheard.
13. Not having any real privacy.