It has been a while since I made my last post so I thought i'd do an update.
Things have actually been going smoothly, for the most part anyways. I told a couple of my flatmates about the whole situation and after 9 months my mum finally told my brother about it as well (family politics nightmare).
As of now, two of my flatmates are aware of everything the others, as nice as they are, don't need to know, but I…
So basically on Thursday I finally told my tutor about everything that's been going on with my mum. I don't think he was expecting to hear that my mum was dying. Academically, I'm going to be monitored until my January exams, if things go bad in January I can either defer the exams until august next year or take the year out. Not exactly a great selection of choice.
He also told me about the counselling service…
Thanks everyone for your comments and kind words I really do appreciate it. Life has become very topsy-turvy recently particularly since I've left home.
I also want to thank everyone for their ideas, I really was struggling to think how any good could come from being away from home and what to do next but I have a better understanding of how to approach the problem now and for that im very grateful.
I've had a long…
I remember the joys of last years fresher's week very well, everything was so exciting, meeting all these new people, going out and having a good time and generally having too much to drink as a result. This time round I don't think I have ever felt so miserable.
Leaving my mum with terminal cancer last Saturday was excruciatingly difficult. She was diagnosed in February whilst I was at university she decided …
