nik-ed off: Once upon a time

I’m more of a start in the middle kind-a person, getting too excited about what’s actually happening, than someone who starts from the beginning. But every story has to have a beginning, so it goes like this…

Once upon a time a girl named Nikki was excited to be leaving high school to pursue her further education. Choosing a university on the complete other side of Melbourne from where she lived, she knew few people who would also be enrolled.

Nikki was nervous but also excited when her first day came around. It was by chance that she met a girl named Ashleigh on the bus, who happened to be doing the exact same Media and Communications degree, and who was in the exact same peer mentor group on that first day. This group is where Nikki and Ashleigh met Olivia, another girl wanting to break into the media industry.

The three girls laughed and chatted, having so much in common and only having just met. They would have lunch at the café every week at uni, reading magazines and discussing boys and clothes over coffees and chai lattes.

First semester turned into second, second semester into second year. Lunches at uni turned into dinners in the city, and nights out drinking and dancing. Three Media and Communication students turned into three Media and Communication graduates. Three strangers turned into three amazing friends.

Determined to join the workforce, Nikki wanted to secure a job straight out of uni. But dear friends Ashleigh and Olivia convinced her that they should celebrate by taking an extended holiday; one that would take them around the world, to experience different countries and their cultures.

So the three girls worked and worked, saving enough money to commence booking their adventure. They planned and dreamed and saved and sacrificed, until their vision became a reality.

The three girls jet off from Melbourne in three weeks, armed with only their backpacks and as many clothes they can jam into them. This story has many more chapters and tales to be told over the next six months abroad. Princes, fairy godmothers, flying carpets, and pumpkin coaches may be just around the corner.

Yours in story telling, Nikki xxx

(May or may not be the same Nikki as referred to above)