September 15, 2020

Plan B is a-go!

Thank you to everyone who read and commented (on Facebook) on my previous post, about not knowing what to do next with my life after Plan A and Plan B not working out. Well, I have an update: Plan B is now going ahead, I have a place on the college course! Yaaaaaaaay!

I had just finished writing, but hadn't yet sent, a complaint email to the college yesterday morning when I got a phone call from them. The lady said she didn't know why nobody had dealt with my application but that it still wasn't too late to get a place and start, so she would resend it to the course team and chase them for a decision hopefully by the end of the day. She phoned me back just a little while ago to say that they're happy to give me a place on the course, and she's going to send me over the enrolment and finance forms, timetable, and other information I need.

I'm so relieved. And excited and nervous! The thought of returning to full-time education is a bit weird, and I'm nervous about it because my experience of college the first time around wasn't very good. But, that was more than 10 years ago now and I've grown a lot since then, I'm not the same person. I know myself better and am more confident. I have my autism diagnosis and can make sure I get help with things I need help with. The course is all assessment-based, rather than 100% exam-based as my A-Levels were, which suits me much better. And although of course I want to make friends, that doesn't hold quite so much importance for me, it doesn't feel as urgent as it did 12 years ago, I'll be more comfortable and less self-conscious being by myself. But at the same time I think I'll be okay, I know that I will make friends. (Even if most of my peers are 10 or more years my junior!) I have a good feeling this college experience will be much more positive than the first.

Yay!

I don't know yet when I start, I imagine they'll give me a date once I've sent the enrolment forms back, but I'll ask when they email them over. I expect it'll be next week.

I'm buzzing with excited-nervous energy now, need to put my iPod on and dance around or something to dissipate it, haha. ...Hmm, I'll do that while making some cake!

Here's to spending much of the next two years outdoors in all weathers, haha.

Here's to a brand new challenge and chapter in my life! :D

To finish, here's a cute picture of a cute cat I made friends with on a walk a couple of weeks ago - walking off down a boardwalk in a nature reserve, enjoying the outdoors, living in the present, and just being nothing but itself :) 



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