Hellooooooooooooooo Reader’s!!
Excited for Christmas? As of writing this I have done absolutely none of my
Christmas shopping, which I’m starting to worry about. I keep telling myself
it’s because I haven’t had the time, what with the final few weeks of term and
all the coursework that entails...but if I’m really honest, it’s because I have
NO IDEA what to get. I mean, the pressure! I don’t know what it is about
present-buying, but as soon as I try to think of things to get people, my mind
does a runner and all I get left with is the part that thinks other people like
malteasers as much as I do – which I can assure you, no one does. To be fair to
myself, I can think of things they
may like, you know, nick-nacks, gizmo’s etc. But they’re not really presents
are they. I want to get presents that mean something to those they’re for, that
they, or we, have a connection to. I dream big, I know :P Unfortunately, it’s
these things that I can just never think of!
So I think it’s time to admit
defeat and call in the big guns...I’ll just ask my girlfriend :P
Student Finance!! AAAAHH!! We
finally had a breakthrough, only took 3 months! For those of you who aren’t yet
attending University, whether that be this one or any other you decide suits
you better, this is the biggest most important piece of advice I could possibly
give, and I can’t stress it enough. Student Finance is a hassle. Like THE
hassle in terms of getting to uni, worse than writing your UCAS application.
Obviously this is a generalisation, there are those who will breeze through the
process, but in my experience and that of the majority of my peers, it’s a
nightmare. Oh! Something you should all have, while I remember, is the (free?)
number for them, as otherwise you’ll spend a fortune calling them like I did.
So, that number is:
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01412 433 600
Anyway, as I was saying, please
do apply as quickly as you can to Student Finance, the forms are a little
confusing and they seem to take ages to look at them, but do stick with it and
try to get it sorted and in place for when you start your course, otherwise you
might find yourself worrying about having no money, and trust me that’s a
massive distraction from your studies.
