Confessin' time

It's December now. One week to go. Last year I was impatient to find out how I'd done in my exam and whether or not I had passed the course. Things couldn't be more different this year folks: I'd like to know but I'm not worrying night and day about it. I guess the change in attitude has lot to do with what's coming up next year and, in reflection, all this seems a minor diversion from my future destiny.

So what am I trying to say? Well, I'm not continuing with my degree plan in 2008. In the last few weeks I have formally withdrawn from the Film & TV history course I was due to start in February. I still want to finish the Arts degreee but I won't be doing it via the O.U. In fact, I won't be doing it in this country. As of Spring next year, I'll be on the other side of the world. Yep, we're emigrating to my wife's adopted homeland- New Zealand. We both need a new start: she's had enough of Rip-Off Britain and I hate my job and want a change of life generally. So that's that plan out the window...for now. There's a uni in NZ called Massey and - yes - you can do correspondance courses towards a degree! It's something we've both talked about for a while but hadn't made a decision on until a month and a half ago. I admit I'm nervous about moving 6,000 miles from my home & place of birth but it's what she wants to do and as I said I need change. I don't know how much more I can take of being broke and not being able to afford the odd little treat now and then. There's not much going for her jobs-wise in the other home nations and I cannot speak a word of another language like French for example. So going to the land of the All Blacks and Mac's Reserve beer is a compromise. I will miss not only the little things (like the Eurovision song contest) but the big ones too (mum, dad, my sis and all our friends). Christmas is going to be very hard on them this year *sighs*

As I said...one week to go...wish me luck.