I'm into my third week of university now. I didn't feel like blogging until I'd got far enough in to gain some perspective. Mainly because the first week was one huge panic attack.
It was rather awful. For the past year I have been a SAHM, wandering around, doing my own thing, spending most of my time with mama-friends twice my age. I would say I've matured and gained more confidence in the past year than ever before.
Then, bam! Suddenly I'm thrown back into the company of my peers. In fact, kids who were a year or two younger, fresh out of A Levels. I regressed a little. Arrghh, pretty blonde scene girls, please don't ping my bra straps! Cue hyperventilation.
However, it was Fresher's Week. It seems solely to be the preserve of the 18 year olds living in halls. Now that soem time has elapsed, the mature students and those who are not interested in non stop partying, are starting to show their faces.
And I *love* it. Ok, I'm not doing the whole 360 student experience. At first this worried me. How will I manage to make friends and get involved when I am, first and foremost, a mummy?
Then..I don't know....I just sort of realised...this is a university. Despite what media and advertising would have you believe, the point is to,well, get a degree. Sometimes, with all the hype, that can be forgotten.
Anyway, I have met quite a few really lovely girls, plus one or two old schoolfriends, and it looks like there will always be someone to call up for a coffee, and possibly the odd pub expedition. Socially, that's all I really want.
My hours are good too, I'm only in 2/3 days a week (depending if I want to go in for Tuesday's anthropology lecture,which is only an hour then home) DD is minded by my mum 1/2 days a week, and her dad takes her a day too. I was riddled with guilt, but she is absolutely fine.
So, it is all working out well. Plus I *love* my course. I am finding it so interesting, and most of the lecturers are brilliant.
So far, so good. Onwards and upwards
5 comments:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am so glad you're enjoying it.
And wow, the campus looks lovely :-)
wondering how you were getting along! How wonderful! What course are you taking?
Claire
so pleased to hear that you are enjoying uni...been looking out for a post from you...I think you are just amazing combining being a mummy with other stuff..well done, knew you would find some other like minded people soon. xx
I'm doing English, and I'm sort of sitting there in tutorials going "thank you, thank you, I have been waiting all my life for this =]"
It's great. Thanks for the support everybody =] you've all been so good at listening to me whinge in the past haha
So glad you are having a lovely time :)
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