Well, I've done a complete U-turn since my last post. Writing it made me look more into the university options again, and i have to admit, i was completely horrified and heartbroken about what i found. There were two unis that piqued my interest - they looked like good homey universities, offered the course I wanted, i had heard good things about them. They aren't the best uni's in England, and they were both at about the same standing in the league tables - for what they are worth. Both round about the 70 mark. And now, due to a change in the law, from next year, they are both charging £9000 per year. That's the same as Oxford and Cambridge. Nine thousand pounds a year. Wow. Well, there's pretty much no way I can go to uni then. Every one says you get tuition fee loans so it makes no difference. I don't want to spend the next 30 years of my life trying to pay back £50,000 worth of debt that i will never pay off because you have to earn a ridiculous amount to actually pay it back. You get all that debt, and you get a degree, but that degree doesn't guarantee you a job, and unless the job is one that you definitely have to have a degree for, it doesn't put you any closer to winning that job than anyone else (in my opinion anyway). I work in an office, doing data entry, and two of my team, who earn the same as me have degrees. It hasn't got them any further at present, and yes it may be a better foundation for a job in the future, but by the time you get there all the debt is written off, leaving our country in even more of a detrimental financial position that we are already in.
So, now, I am going to develop myself to possibly, at some point in the future, turn a hobby into a career when the climate is a bit better. It means I wont have a degree with a fancy piece of paper, but i also wont have all the debt hanging around my shoulders. I have new plans. I'm going to carry on working as I am now, learn to drive, buy a car, and buy a horse. I'm 99% certain that the reward of having a horse will offset the worse things about money. My first driving lesson in a few years in tomorrow. Straight from work. I've not driven for about 3 and a half years, and only had a few lessons then so I'm basically starting from scratch. I'm excited, though I'm getting more nervous as the day progresses. I've got a theory app on my phone and have been practising on that daily. Every time i take the mock test i pass, but i cant help but feel it cant be that easy.
If I want to start riding again (which i do, as soon as I can drive I'm starting lessons while i look for a suitable mount to buy) i want to lose some weight. So i need to start on my diet and stick to it. That's the hardest part. All i need to do is procure a huge amount of willpower and a printer. I need a printer to stick pictures of skinny jodphur models around the house to try and inspire me and stop me going off the rails. Maybe instead of a printer I could just cut them out of some of my horse magazine?
So I have the plans...I'm just not very good at patience. I want what I want, and i want it now. Of course, the main problem is money. You have to wait to be able to buy things and that's boring. I'm looking forward to it, and of course i have started doing everything i can to make it seem more real. Getting insurance quotes on cars for sale just to see how much its likely to cost me, then trying to tot up all the costs involved. Its expensive, but I'm determined and so will get it.
I've come in a complete different direction from my last post, i know. I have picked up a few new hobbies that I want to develop and really get stuck into...except most of them require money to start out. I need a free hobby to keep me going!
I've recently sent a few links to my sister of Tim Minchin videos on YouTube. I absolutely adore him and have listened to nearly all of his songs to the extent that i know them word for word. I told her to watch them because I would be questioning her to make sure she did. I wonder if she has?
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