Moving Away

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Date: 27 March 2006 14:27:00

I've just found out, this morning, that my next 7 week placement will be 'away'. The placements office is being annoying at the moment, and not telling us where exactly, but with an educated guess I can narrow it down to two places.

I've got mixed feelings about this news. I know it won't be easy, moving away from my life in Swansea, my friends, my house, etc. I will have to move myself there using public transport, so I won't be able to have lots of personal belongings away with me. Working shifts is often hard enough, but when you come back from work and there aren't friends around - or at least people who don't mind me ranting about my day - then it's harder.

But, on the other hand, I'm determined to survive. With any luck, the weather should be slightly better by then, and I can have some fun exploring the local scenary. I will almost certainly request to work long days (either 12 or 14 hour shifts), so that I only have to work 3 days a week. That will mean that if I've got more than a couple of days off in a row, I will come back to Swansea. I am hoping that I will have access to a phone (either a signal or a landline within the B&B) and I might even have internet access. And of course, He'll be there.

I have to look at this positively, because otherwise I'd collapse in a heap even before I'd got there! Other people on my course have been away more than I have in the past, so I kind of felt it was only fair that I was one of the 5 or 6 people who were sent away this time. I've got just over a month before I go. Wish me luck!