Well a couple of weeks ago I got accepted into the hospital I’d applied for as a first preference for next year. In that respect (and in many others, too) I’ve been quite lucky. I always get placed where I want to go. But this one is for 2 years, and it’s not on the Gold Coast where I’ve lived most of my life.
Granted, it’s not very far away from the Gold Coast, at least geographically. However, if I’m to use the dirty word ’socioeconomic,’ we’re talkin’ about a whole new world.
Since the placement is for 2 years, and involves every weekday, I’ve decided to move there. Everyone has strongly advised me against the move, but since most of these chirpers have never even been to the place, I’m ignoring them. I actually studied there for a year previously, and found the place refreshingly un-pretentious. I think I’ll like it there.
It’s exciting times, since it involves a life renovation – new hospital, new house (and it will be a house, not an apartment), new roommates, not to mention the prospect of a dog and a whole new social arena that will bring the new interactions that I’m craving. Of course, the shadow of my failed exam and the unpredictability of the real estate market (selling our house) stretches across the prospect of this large change.
If I fail the supplementary exam that the school has offered me – which I won’t – then my life remains pretty much as is, except that I’ll have to find somewhere else to live on the Gold Coast. Still, the idea of failing this exam positively stinks of stagnancy – repeating a year of uni and staying on the Gold Coast. Passing the exam brings fresh opportunity that I’m really looking forward to.
I’m talking in circles, here. Maybe I should focus this loopy, repetitious stream of thought into a mantra, of sorts…
The times, they are changing for the better.
(oh, and like girls get a new haircut when they want to change their lives / themselves, I’ve given my blog banner a revamp. It’s a scene that – in real life – has always inspired me and given me a sense of empowerment.)
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