Work and College

Yesterday I went to the library to study and was there for just under 5 hours. I was hoping I would study biology first and then move onto psychology but I just didn’t have the time. My head was fried. Seriously. I kept getting confused over the chemical structure of two molecules and I thought at the end I cracked it. Then as I was walking home I managed to confuse myself again!! A little bit often is the key I think. They say for every hour you have a biology lecture, you should do an hours study in your own time. I’m surprisingly finding Chemistry easier than biology at the moment – it’s the modules. Once I get my head around it I’ll be fine. If I get my head around it!!

I’m starting to worry over these exams in January already, which probably sounds really daft,  but I need good grades. I’m totally putting myself into this course because I want to get to uni and do the course I want to do.

Anyway I’m still trying to find work. I didn’t hear back from a homecare agency I had an interview with, which disheartened me a bit. I have decent qualifications relevant, have been on training courses to do with the job and have had great experience. I’m thinking the hours I put down on the application form worked against my favour. I put down a few hours here, a few hours there (to work around college) but homecare agencies want persistance, so that you can have the same clients the same time, every day. I’ve applied for an auxiliary nursing position at a hospital and I’ve got two more application forms for day centre sorta places. I would happily take anything at the moment!

Tags: college, jobs/careers, thoughts

Soooo….. Update!!

Rightio I know I haven’t been updating much but I will do so from now on! I has a new puppy! Not so new now, though, we’ve had him for about 5 weeks or so. (Surely it’s not that long since I updated?) He is 5 months old.

Here’s a photo of him driving my car. He’s a terrier cross, that’s all the info we were given from the RSPCA. Although when I was in the pet shop last week they said he looks like a jack russel/corgi, it makes sense too. The RSPCA named him Pepe and we changed it to Toby. But after noticing how he LOVES his football I’m thinking we made a mistake in changing it! (Pepe is the name of a footballer, goalkeeper, I think).

When we first got him we wondered how on earth we would cope but he has settled down a lot, thankfully. By watching his body language sometimes though we think he used to get hit by his previous owners, for example when you lift your hand up – not to hit him, I’d never hit him – like when you’re reaching for something he runs off and he absolutely hates dads stick which he uses to walk with. I don’t understand how people can hurt animals, makes me sad just thinking about it. He’s settled down very well now though and is a happy dog, everyone comments on how lovely he is. He can be very stubborn when he wants to though. I guess that’s the jack russell in him.

I’ve started college now, studying Biology, Chemistry, Psychology A Levels. I’m finding the sciences pretty difficult but I’m keeping on top of it. The psychology is going ok, I’ve studied a lot of it already when I did my AS Level in in 3 years ago, but I couldn’t carry it on this year for some reason so had to start the 2 years again.

I used to work fulltime in the sheltered housing complex but then I had to cut back my hours to just 7 a week when I started college. I’ve been looking for flexible work to go around my college hours and it would be a weight off my mind if I get a job.

Jim and I are going well. Seen a lot of him over the summer and it’s been great. We’ve done so much – went camping, climbed a mountain (photos here), been to Liverpool, London, Brecon, went to Go Ape for a friends birthday (will show them pics another time), saw Les miserables in the West End, row a boat (another story for another time! ha) Really enjoyed it. This weekend I’m at Jims, why am I sitting at the laptop writing a loooong blog entry, you ask? It’s because he’s watching his beloved Liverpool playing against West Ham (I think, it says ‘W Ham’, anyway!!) I don’t suppose I mind, as long as I get to watch The X Factor. =D

Tags: life, people, thoughts

Oh My Gawd!

Ok I know I haven’t been around to update my blog but first off I really need to vent.

A while ago I found out that my dads girlfriend worked up a phone bill of roughly £600, he didn’t seem bothered about it because he was convinced she’d end up paying – and she never. Now he’s left it be and the bill has reached £700 with additional charges. On the same day I find out about the increase of this bill I find out that he, himself, worked up a bill of over £800 with a catalogue company and to make things worse – he used my name!! So that’s about £1500 that needs to be paid and now I’m not in full time work how the HECK am I to pay it? Let him pay? Sure, I would – except he gets very little income and the money I recieve goes into the house.

When I cut down hours I was really hoping I’d be able to fall back on his account, and maybe we’d get through until I found another job but there’s no chance of that now. Any money he gets will be going towards these damn debts. Why the hell didn’t he tell me before it got to this stage?? Did he think it would just go away?? He used to ignore phonecalls, I stupidly didn’t think much of it – thought it was hoax callers or silent calls or whatever but now I know why. We’re now getting these phone calls where they hangup before you answer and I checked the number online, and it’s the debt collection service for the company he’s in debt with. Apparently they “harrass” clients who owe money until they pay up – how true that is I don’t know, just found it on the Internet but it would make sense.

Everytime I mention the money he gets into a rage and tells me to stop going on about it. I have the right to be angry. I have the right to be concerned. I have the right to talk and try and settle this because he doesn’t seem to be doing a damn thing about it! It’s my name that’s going to get the stinking red mark next to it if it’s not paid up. It’s going to fall on my head and if they’re not paid the bills will get higher.

I’ve got him now to call the catalogue company tomorrow to try and sort something out. Anything. Just get things going and communicate and come to some sort of arrangement. I can’t believe he would be so daft as to let these two debts slip – what was he thinking?? He knew I was going to cut down hours in work, he’s known for a long time. If I didn’t open that letter one day by mistake I wouldn’t know to this day! Yes, I’m angry. Sorry, needed to vent and tried to contain my language while I was at it.

I’ll update with what’s been going on lately tomorrow. Explain why I’ve cut my hours down and my new start in college.