Finishing university for me was a steady series of finals. Finally submitting my dissertation. Attending the final lecture and seminar for each of my modules. A final (slightly sleep-deprived) deadline cluster. Slowly saying goodbye to staff and friends over a number of weeks as events in which we would see each other trickled away. Gradually going into the department less and less as fewer of my friends were working there, or I had fewer books to return to the library. It was lovely to have the time to explore Manchester in a way I had not been able to before, but there was a sense of melancholy in many of these experiences as I was unsure when I would next be back in this city or seeing these people. I had a wonderful time at home enjoying the sun of late June whilst waiting for my final degree marks. Once these came in I was also (finally) able to set into the motion of starting to York as the submission of my transcript changed my offer from conditional to that magical status of u