Wow.

So I continued having a crisis about my uni classes not being at times I could do without leaving my daughter all alone but I decided to just keep on next-right-thinging it (and that means study for exams right now) and trust that my HP had something better in mind. I'm getting better and better at doing that

This morning I came across some completely new (and mind-blowing) information in an email I recieved a few weeks ago but hadn't gotten around to reading.

About 3 years ago I enrolled in 6 on-line units for the same course but at a different university, but I never completed them and they were sitting there as a big fat waste of money that I didn't want to think about. I knew I could re-register and finish them online if I wanted to but that didn't solve my immediate issue of wanting and needing to attend live classes plus I really hated the way they were delivered, as just a big long wall of text you read on the computer screen and then went and sat a test after 14 weeks of reading. I don't learn well that way at all. Talk about boring and lonely. So they were just a big hassle and something I was putting off to worry about "one day".

So it turns out that university is now offering students from the "old course structure" (mine) the chance to swap their already paid for online units into new ON CAMPUS classes. During the day. At sensible times. On a campus that is about 5 minutes walk from my current uni. They count towards my degree and I have been told by many people that they are a better institution offering the same degree and that the smaller class sizes mean much more intimate and interesting classes so now I guess I can experience classes there myself and at the end I can decide where I will finish my course. It couldn't be more perfect really; I did all of the paperwork online today- today being the VERY FINAL DATE TO DO THIS; I'm thrilled and I start on Wednesday this week. It'll be crazy because I am still doing exams for the next 2 weeks from the other uni but hey, at least I can't say life is boring!!! Lol. This is a new option they are offering; when I asked last year if there was any way I could complete the units on campus I was told it was absolutely against the rules and I would have to fail the units then pay for them a second time to do them live, which is out of the question.

I will still have to do some early mornings but not as early as I thought; I will have to leave 15 minutes before daughter usually leaves the house (I'm not ready for her to secure the house and pets and take herself to school yet; she forgets things like turning off the stove, locking up etc) so I called her school and found out the library opens early for early-arrivers and told her today she will have to  be at school 15 minutes early 2 days a week and she said "No mum I will just wait at my friend's house until she is ready and catch the bus with her, I do that most mornings anyway". Huh? What friend? The one who lives 2 streets over from us that catches the bus with her every morning......  Not sure why she didn't mention this when I was having a fit about it all....lol. I told her to make a point of inviting that girl over after school and maybe I might be able to arrange for her to go there sometimes if I will be late...

So once again, I didn't get what I wanted and then I ended up getting something better; it seems to be a repeating theme for me!! Like I didn't get all of those places I applied for at the beach and now I am closer to the city and its much, much easier and I'm very glad I didn't stay where I was.... and when I moved in here it took 4 weeks for them to connect my internet and I was really angry and upset but because of the delay I got to take on a new offer that saved me a fortune AND they gave me a 3 months free internet AND mobile to make up for the inconvenience (I saved hundreds of $$$)... and like how I didn't figure out how to "fix" my A and live happily ever after with him and now i love, love, love my independence and wouldn't trade it for the world.... I just went to the lounge and found daughter has fallen asleep on the couch so I put a blanket over her and I can be happy that she's cozy for the night in a warm room and no screaming angry A is going to have a fit about her sleeping on the couch or the fact that she fell asleep and didn't pack up her drawing things (who cares). Yay!!!

Amazing things happen when I stop trying to force things to be the way I think they SHOULD be....

So I'm a happy girl today and excited about starting classes at this new uni where I am told the classes often take place outside in the gardens or cross legged in a circle on the floor, they give away text books for FREE and it's apparently a hippy dream come true LOL.

Perfect. Thanks HP