The Back to Uni Buzz!!!

I'm SOOOOOOOOOO excited to be back at uni :) It was my first day today, of scary thirdyearness :) Granted I was only in for one hour... but still.... I'M LOVING IT!!! Gonna kick some academic butt this year- for sho!! I've already got a book out the library and done some further reading from my first lecture!! Check out the geek :D woop woop!!

To add to the just general buzziness and greatness, I have found out that I've got my first choice for my dissertation and quite literally an AMAZING dissertation tutor!!! My dissertation is going to be about religion and crime :) we've not done a single thing on the relationship between religion and crime... but I just know it's going to be sooooooo interesting, and keep me intrigued, and not cause death by boredom!! It's basically going to be focused on whether people being religious stops them from offending- if so why?- is it the belief system or because they feel responsible to a community as such.. they belong somewhere etc.... will also hopefully be able to touch upon how prisoners who are converted to a religion do not reoffend... SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!

Apologies for the geeky post... but boy oh boy, I just can't keep it all bottled inside!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Love love.....

Just 2 things....

1. Nothing brings you closer to the powerful woman within than singing and dancing in the shower to the following......

2. I was the chubbiest and cutest baby ever!!! It's official!!! See...... Rella and Christophe were pretty cutsie too (I guess ;) 

When I grow up....

Since I was little I have never really known what I've wanted to be when I grow up. My mind was always uncertain- I remember my first career choice when I was 10 or so, was to be a hairdresser- and let's just say it's a good job I didn't pursue that, after the misadventure of cutting my fringe..... plus the whole burning my hair off incident circa 2007.....

Then I wanted to be a Primary School teacher....then a childminder like my mummy......then an R.E teacher (still a distant possibility in my mind).... then a psychotherapist like my dad....

Then I decided to study Criminology and Criminal Justice... just out of interest- and boy has it kept me interested!!! I officially LOVE my course.... so this then brought questions of "so what job are you going to do with that?" I found myself making up answers just so I didn't look like a fool, e.g. working with young offenders, or families of victims and offenders. To be honest, I do think these are interesting possibilities...but I just keep thinking it's not for me...would probably be rather depressing....

Now I do have a career I want to pursue (other than that of being a mother- yep had to get that cheese in there ;)... but I always feel a wee bit of a fool telling people- as if they're going to laugh at me and say "as if!!!" But today, I was presented with a survey from uni... it went something like this....

1) Do you know what career you wish to pursue? 
I nervously circled yes... feeling the weight of the questions to come...

2) Please select from the following.. (a huge list of law/crime related jobs-understandable obviously!!)
Right at the bottom was "Other" my friend :D so I circled... but then I had to "specify"... not so friendly... rather intimidating actually... so I quickly scribbled "Fiction writer".... to make myself feel a bit better I also circled "Youth worker/probation officer", writing that I was also interested in this... perhaps trying to prove my sanity...


3) What are you planning to do post graduation? Do you already have a job in line?
Pffftttt.... THE PRESSURE!! I swear I combusted a wee bit inside... so I wrote... kinda a bit embarassed... "Start/continue to write, and submit to publishers." Then again I proved my sanity by following it with "I'm also interested in doing a Masters if the money is there!!" Which isn't a lie- I would LOVE to... but.. yeh... the money is definitely not there!!!!

I then strategically waited to hand it in, so that someone elses would quickly be put on top, so the lady didn't read it and stare at me as if I had just said I wanted to be an astronaut....

So yes.... was a bit of an adventure!! However I do feel that now having said it "outloud" at such, it is like admitting an addiction... so the more I say it, the better things will get....

When I grow up I want to be a writer!!! 

And lets just say... there's a book in the works- very slow works- but still the works :)

Forever is a long long time....

There's a song from a Mormon musical called Star Child... actually lets consult the marvelousness that is youtube.... (toddles off to open new tab...) no luck! Anyways... it talks about when considering the person that you marry, you should remember that forever is a long long time :)

So this song never fails to enter my head when I think of the eternities and having to spend them with not only Davey Babes but my family!! But I'm pretty lucky! My family are quite literally the best people to spend eternity with :) no kidding!!

My ma and pa are up in Leeds visiting for the weekend, and today, we were all sat after a family nap and Rella Roo called (the skin and blister) and we put her on speaker phone and had a good ol' family chat :) We somehow manage to include everyone in everything, even when someone may be miles and miles away!!

As I type type type away... ma and pa are asleep in our bed (most definitely having a chorus of their oh so special snorring song)... I'm in a sleeping bag on the sofa...hubby is playing Black Ops (don't worry I played a couple of games too, and ruled...then got sleepy so came off before sleepiness effected ma skillz)... and Chris has somehow willingly managed to be employed by Dave to mine gold on World of Warcraft.... lets just hope his interest doen't delve any further!!

I LOVE MY FAMILY!!