Becomming more and more restless.

Hey, sorry it's been a while, I have just been really lazy and not had much to write about if I am totally honest.

I move to Nottingham in around 50 days, September the 19Th, to go university there. I am going to be studying Social Work and Social policy for three years. I cannot explain how much I am looking forward to it. The only problem is, I am not sure if its the whole concept of moving away, or the concept of studying the degree that I am looking forward to. I am having second thoughts about my course, I think. I even think that perhaps I picked the wrong university?

I guess it's just one those things that when I get there and start I will know for sure.

Due to the fact that I have obviously finished 6Th form now and finished all of my exams I am having trouble finding things to do during my days. I work weekends so that is not a problem but Monday - to Friday is becoming a blurr of actions that usually consists of me sleeping, facebook-ing and sleeping again. All this spare time has given me an opportunity to think about lots of different things and its starting to make me more and more restless.

I want to travel, no sorry, I need to travel. There are so many places and cultures that I want to see and explore. Traveling is something that I have always wanted to do, the only problem at the moment is that I am itching to do it on such a level that it is starting to make me think that perhaps university can wait. I could travel for a year, or a couple of years then go to uni later? However perhaps it would be a better idea to get uni out of the way and then focus on enjoying me life, at least then when the travelling is over I can go straight into work, rather then having to start a whole new process.I have been spending lots of time looking at things like gap years, and working abroad programmes, and I have come to the conclusion that seeing as I have to have at least 2 years post qualifying experience before I can go into my chosen career, that it would be suitable to spend two years travelling after uni, but whilst travelling taking part in lots of projects that would count towards the experience.I really want to do some travelling around south east Asia; India, Thailand and Cambodia. In fact I have been becoming more and more interested in Cambodia, and have been looking into opportunities that would enable me to settle there permanently. I know Cambodia has got a deep past to it, and is not thought of by most as a nice place to live, but I'm growing a passion for it.

My friend asked me, a few days ago, where I see myself in ten years time. At first I started to write about being in third world country, giving out aid, or working as an ambassador, or doing something to benefit others, but then I deleted it all. When I look around me I see many people with ambitions and dreams, plans and ideas yet there are mostly all stuck in the same situation. I see two types of situation, one is where people are choosing to finish school as early as possible and going of to work, they almost always end up in a job, that they may or may not be happy with, and are happily plodding along with that same routine. The other is people who have chosen to go to university or some type of further education, or have worked their way up in a company are earning a good wage and living a good life. Either way though its all the same, they do there day to day tasks, and are just happy to do that and have a holiday every now and again. What happened to their dreams, their plans and ideas? Why is it that it seems we all have this plans and ideas yet we give up on them?

I hear people all of the time, talking about all of things that wanted to do , and all the reason why they didn't do them , and to me it's all a load of excuses. Society has become lazy. We make these plans and have these dreams, and are to too lazy to put the effort in to make them happen and then we complain about the fact that they have not happened. In this life you have to be awfully hard working, and bloody lucky to get anywhere. To me it seems that things are becoming mundane and nobody is really trying to break free from what seems to be the general consensus of society and do something adventurous and new.

Surely there has to be more to life then a 9 - 5 and the weekend boozers...

Oh, there has to be more to life then this, surely...

Bingo Virgin!!!!

Okay, hey again!

I had a really busy day yesterday and totally forgot that I even had a blog, and therefor didn't do my second entry; slack I know.!

Last night me and my mother had arranged to go to bingo, she is a regular and it was my first time. I spent the whole day looking forward to it and was not disappointed.! I know this probably sounds really sad; a 18 year old girl looking forward to a bingo session with her mum, but I highly recommend. Past all the myths and rumours that it would be full of old ladies and their husbands in a slow and boring atmosphere it was the complete opposite.

Okay so I will admit there were plenty of older people plodding along, but there were also young people, mothers and daughters, groups of friends, and even a cute guy and what I HOPE was his mother. They had a bar and food service in the major bingo playing hall, and all in all the atmosphere was really good.

I got into it and we won some good money at the end of it, about £70, so not bad!

I had trouble sleeping that night though, and no not because of all the excitement of Bingo. I am worried about going into work on Saturday. The previous weekend at work I did not attend, due to a swollen and very painful foot, but somewhere along the line the communication between myself and my employers broke down and they were not informed that I was not going to be there. I am therefor expecting trouble when I go in next.

I am meant to be going out tonight for a joint birthday party with me and a work mate Sian. If I'm totally honestly I had forgotten about it, and I'm not too keen on going, but I'm still undecided. So I shall let you know tomorrow how it all goes.

x

My first blog!!!!!!!!

Okay, hey everyone :):)

This is my first, but hopefully not my last, blog post.

My names is Jasmine, and I'm an 18 year old student about to start my first year at Nottingham university, studying social work and social policy. The plan for now is to enjoy what I have left of the summer, before taking the huge leap into Independence.

The reason I've decided to jump on the band wagon and start doing blogs, because I thought it would be fun, whilst at uni to do a blog every day or so, and see at the end off all the crazy stuff I have got up to. I also thought it would be fun for other people to look at to see what uni students and teenagers really get up to and think about life :)

I'm a generally friendly person and stuff, so any questions, comments or thoughts just let me know :)

I'm not sure what else to say really, but I look forward to blogging again :)

( BTW that's me and my friend Sarah. I'm in the yellow)