Some Things to Note

Hello everyone,

Some of you may remember in my last blog I posted about a number of developments occurring in my life. If I remember correctly, one of those things was my entrance into university. I sent off my applications two weeks ago and have heard back from three universities, Leicester, Chester and Kent.

So far, three conditional offers, meaning they will let me in on the premise that I get the grades they ask for this academic year in my May exams, AAB, BBC and ABB respectively.

I have complained and complained to anyone who will listen that the school has never acknowledged how hard I worked throughout my AS levels but finally they are starting to prick their ears up and pay attention, I'm very excited about this because I finally feel as if my teachers and senior management...people, see me as warranting some more attention. I promise that I'm not trying to boast, if that's what it sounds like, more than anything it pressures me to achieve even better, I have expectations now that were only held in the past by my family and myself.

Secondly, I sold my company the other day. It was a tough business negotiation but in the end my associate and I made a tidy profit. We split the money 50% each and are looking towards another venture in the near future. This was really exciting because now I have the money I needed to go to America on holiday next year with a small sum left over to provide financial support, should I end up at university. This is pretty vital seeing as I can't rely on my parents to help me pay for anything (nor would I want them to) unlike a few of my friends who are being subsidised by their 'rents. I don't really like that attitude, you got to university to find your feet and garner some independence, it's at that point I need to learn how to look after myself even more than I can at the moment.

Lastly, we had a remembrance service today. It was very sombre and this is perhaps the first time I've genuinely been moved by one of these services. There were a lot of accounts from old school students who had attended between 1910 and 1940, thus to hear that some of them had died made my hair stand on end. As you know, I'm not a particular fan of religion any more, so the mass side of things was a little bit tough on me for some reason, I felt uncomfortable when we were asked to pray and offer our thanks to God and say Amen and all that. It seems bizarre to pray to a God who has allowed these conflicts to occur, what do we gives thanks to it for whilst talking about battle? Nevertheless, the choir was amazing, there was a rendition of some Gregorian sounding Latin song which really did get the blood pumping.

It's been an interesting week, I tied up a few loose ends at school and might have secured a regular writing gig too. Three more of those and I'll be earning the equivalent of a job seekers allowance which is quite exciting.

I think, on a whole I'm starting to feel happier about myself, my position and my lot. I hope that everyone who reads can say the same about their own lives. I hope it stays like this for a while to come though, in the past when I've openly spoken about my life improving, Murphy's Law has seen to it that everything goes tits up before long.

Until that time, it's all good.

Thanks for reading. Feel free to post any personal triumphs you've had recently, might as well share the happiness/contentedness. =)

E: Got offered a scholarship today. Suck it bitches.