And yet more college

well i managed to pass my skills assessment for the advanced cert in counselling, how im not sure but its all good. So i've now finished that one and on thurs i am due to start the Advanced Diploma in counselling. I have yet to secure a placement although there is some more places i can try. I'm looking forward to this course and its a step towards being qualified. Technically after this course i can practice as a counsellor, however for me to be able to practice when the regulations for counsellors are introduced in 2010 i will need a higher level of qualification. Unfortunately i'm not in a position to do that course just yet, i can't afford it and i don't want to risk being too fussy at work as they have been quite accommodating so far and i don't want to push it. I also need the money especially with dave not having a job and not recieving anything from the govenrment.
Least i can come back to it fairly easily as many on my course are older than me (some by atleast 10 years and some more than that) and they are looking to use it to have a change of career.

Aside from college work is ticking over nicely, with an average amount of overtime up until easter atleast and im doing the college development plan slowly in order to get a pay rise (only about 20p and hour) but it all helps.

I'm still playing far too much WoW but thats as usual, recently dave and i have hit the grind from level 73 to 80, boy its taking forever to level. As relief from that i am leveling my solo chars (mainly my shaman (lvl 51 altho give me an hour and it'll be 52) and hunter (lvl 45).

I've been buying csi boxsets of ebay and have now got the first 3 series of las vegas so yays, i was chuffed with series one as i got it all for £8.99 with free postage, so thats my bargain of the month. Should keep me and dave happy til i can afford some more which will prob be about april given things at the mo but you never know.

thats enough waffle for now, time to go play WoW for about an hour or so before bed, early start 2m, i do love morning shifts even if i have to get up at 7 for them, i can't believe i used to do it daily for weeks on end. oh well

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snow

Well we've had about 4in of snow and i had to ring work to say i couldn't get in. I doubt the buses are running as tehy stopped yesterday when we only had an inch of snow so what are the chances. I'm not the only one who can't get to work either, mum and dad are off and the assistant manager where i work wasn't in either.

So dave and i will be taking a walk in a little bit as dave has never been here when its snowed properly before and the tramroad is a pretty sight when its been snowing, saying that the whole valley is pretty, even the pylon.

Aside from snow not much of note has occurred, i'm still plodding along with my job. I'm at the end of my advanced certificate in counselling, ive passed 2 out of three of the skills assessment, last one on thursday, i've sat the exam and am hoping for the best. After that i get 2 weeks of before starting the diploma course for which i need a placement, still not found one but will be asking a few places this week.

Daves still jobless although he keeps trying, the jobcentre did finally give him some money but he can't spend it as its paying off some of his overdraft. We're managing ok though as im geting a decent amount of overtime, i'm just worried about what will happen when the hours go back to normal. But one step at a time.

On teh plus side i managed to get a new graphics card for christmas, which then needed a new power supply (thanks to mum,,dad and rich) and i got some ram so now my pc runs nice and smooth and my graphics in WoW are shiny and im getting a decent frame rate.

Thats all for now, i'm off to finish my cup of tea and get frozen cold outside before a bit of WoW playage. Its so weird not going to work.

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