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Lets see ... a small update is in order i feel, so here goes

I phoned the university so check up on the application, as they hadnt got back to me, Stephen said i didnt get accepted onto the course, because there werent anymore spaces left, but advised me to re-apply next year or in february for the three year long programme.

After a morning of extreme moodyness caused by this news and the lack of reply in the first place (it seems like it would have been quite easy to have emailed me this response a week ago) i figured mopeing wasnt getting me anywhere and decided to do something more productive. An hour or so of trawling through graduate job vacancies made me adament that if there is anything i really dont want to do it is any of these graduate jobs, which by the looks of things have absolutely no purpose to them. What i really want to do is the darn course i applied for, and the jobs that result from that, but i cant get any of the jobs because i dont have the qualification or experience, oh what a tangled web we weave. So i gave up and started looking at how i could claim benefits instead (defeatest attitude i know) and stumbled across volunteering in the health/social care field, which at first seemed a little implausible because id still need an income to survive on but with further research the advantages to it keep on unravelling, full time volunteering for 12 months - that would take me up to next year when hopefully i would have a place on the course, it would give me the experience to ensure that i was one of the top people chosen for the course in the first place, they place you in a setting away from home but somewhere else in the UK - i love my family but im at the point in life (like many other graduates) where i cant live at home anymore, im past that point, i can fend for myself and i really like doing it, however of course i dont have the money to afford to live away from my mums house, not only rent but electricity, gas, water, TV license, internet, food bills, telephone bills, council tax, its a lot of things to consider, which brings me to my next plus - free room and board - they put you up somewhere close to where you are volunteering and pay for the essentials (now how inclusive that is im not completely sure but the basis behind it is pretty solid), they give you a weekly allowance (which is more than the £0 i am getting at the moment) AND most importantly, i feel, i would actually be doing something that i felt was of some use to somebody, that made the slightest bit of difference to somebodies life and hopefully that i didnt have to struggle to get out of bed in the morning to convince myself to do everyday. I really cant stand the thought of living each day for a pay cheque, trundling off to work because thats what i have to do to survive, sure there is truth in the saying 'work to live dont live to work' but when so much of your life is spent at work are you really enjoying life if you dont enjoy your job?

Yesterday they phoned me and asked me to an interview on Tuesday, i dont think ive ever been excited about a potential job before, but im really excited about this opportunity, that seems like a good sign to me.

Ill keep y'all informed