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Parental Neglect
Posted Jul 20, 2000
Why is it that your parents go off only holiday during some of the most stressful times of your life.
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More stress
Posted Jul 19, 2000
OK, today I got a phone call from Barnardos which is where I've been given a job over the summer as Assistant Playleader. Basically I'll be running a play scheme for a group of disabled children aged 4-7 years. Anyway, they phoned to tell me that I've got to go in to the main office on Monday to be inspected by an inspector. Don't know what he or she is looking for or is interested in but I'm nervous about it. It's now eight days until my play scheme starts running. Loads to do and they want to inspect me. Beam me up somebody. Plus I'm having a bad hair day. Why won't my permed hair curl today? It did it yesterday. Arrgh!
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I'm nervous now
Posted Jul 17, 2000
Arrgh! I need empty washing-up-liquid bottles for 18 children who will be on my play scheme for Barnardos this year and I haven't got anywhere near enough. I wanted on each really but when I went on my final collection today it would seem from my calculations that I'm a few short. Why do people insist on using dish washers instead of doing it the traditional way? I'm not nervous really. Today is Monday, play scheme starts a week tomorrow and I don't have enough washing-up-liquid bottles. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
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My So Called 'University Life'
Posted Dec 2, 1999
I have just moved away from home for the first time to Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk, Lancashire. The University itself is very small (approximately 3,000 students), therefore, everything is on campus. This is advantageous because I only have to walk a little way down the road from the Halls Of Residence to get to the amenities. Subsequently, I can live the luxurious life of a student by crawling out of bed a 8.55am, after a night on the town, and arrive at my 'Early Childhood Studies' lecture just in time for the tutor to place a nice, large tick next to my name in the register to show that I turned up (now there's a first for a Thursday morning).
There is lots to do in and around Ormskirk, day or night, being so close the the cities of Manchester (my home town), Liverpool, and on a smaller scale, Preston. Activities available are usually advertised by the Student Union and range from trips to the big club events, such as Tokeyo Jo's, Preston, to organised 'gigs' by local bands in the Studient Union Bar.
If loud music and alchol does not appeal there is still loads happening, such as, sporting events on Tuesday evenings in our newly built sports complex or 'Switch Island', which offers a multi-screen cinema and ten-pin-bowling, just to name a few things. It's kicking down here!
But, life would be so much easier if I was living at home with my parents. Somebody to do my washing, ironing, cooking and cleaning. Four safe walls where I can seek love, warmth, and protection from three familiar faces, namely, Mum, Dad, and Sister. But then I ask myself, "what is the point of life if I can't live it on my own and be independant?" That is the question I ask the guide!
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Latest reply: Dec 2, 1999
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