Excitement in abundance!

So I got my much anticipated welcome pack this morning and at first I felt a little bit disappointed because I was expecting a lot more information than 'Be here Thursday 25th March at 11am room number blah blah' but once my disappointment dispersed i decided to read on and see what else the 3 sheets of paper had in store. A few paragraphs in and my student number, username and password were revealed as well as instructions on how to enrol online! "Now that's more like it" was all I was thinking until the dreaded 'upload picture' popped up for my student card, the pressure of trying to get a nice picture that doesn't look crap or overly posed is so difficult! By the end of it my arm was killing as well as my cheeks and neck (note to self. Don't use an iPad to try and capture an image that is bound to take some time!)

Anyways, I am now an official student and I couldn't be happier. Plus there's the added bonus that in a few days time it'll be less than a month until I start uni. Yeyyy!

Catch up with you later,
Nikki :)

P.s. If this thing works then below is the picture... Best I could do and even though I don't hate it I'm sure I will once its been with me for the duration of the course :/

Quite a productive day...

The title of this blog says it all really, so I'll end it there. Only kidding :)

It was productive for many reasons but the main being that I eventually pulled my socks up and sent my bursary evidence off. I was putting it off mostly due to laziness haha! Long story short, I had everything I needed bar my birth certificate and my tenancy agreement and to get them I would have to travel to TWO towns (South Shields and Jarrow) which are ten minutes away in both directions. See lazy!

Well today I decided that it had to be done and so I did it but instead of that great feeling you normally get when you tick off things on your to do list, all I feel is ripped off! My birth certificate was £16 and although my tenancy agreement was free of charge I still had to fork out £12 to send it all off. However, now it's all done so I have nothing else to do really other than pray I have filled out/sent the right documentation. In my opinion I think that as soon as you have confirmed your place at a university you should get the first part of your student loan/bursary as the costs so far have been quite steep. For example, it cost £15 to have my doctors fill out a health questionnaire, postage to send off documents to them, travel costs for occupational health appointment (not everyone has to attend one of those) sending bursary evidence off including return postage! I'm not even going to begin to talk about childcare so I can get most of the stuff done needed and then there's the stuff you need to prepare for university, like books, stationary etc.

Well no one said it was going to be an easy ride lol RANT OVER! :)

How's everyone doing?
Nikki x

VERY annoyed...

So this isn't my first blog, I DID have one and never deleted it. Yet for some reason it has went and deleted itself! I have lost all the blogs I have subscribed to and all my experiences so far... On the plus side of it though, I hadn't posted a lot and I also don't start university until next month so not a great deal has been lost. Just a blooming inconvenience!!

Anyways, rant over guys lol
If you haven't read the intro on my profile I'll do it now:

My name is Nikki, I'm 24 and I start University next month (March 25th) to study adult nursing. I really wanted to make my own blog to record my highs and lows of being a student nurse and also I think after three years of blogging it will be nice to see how I progress both personally and academically.

I have a 3 year old son and I am engaged to my boyfriend of 9-years! So everything is going great at the moment in my life and I can't wait to start university next month.

That's it for now guys!
Love me :)