Its been some day......Thursday 21/8/2014

After yet another sleepless night (this is getting to be a problem) I was up early and set about getting a load of chores done and ticked off a list.  Had a very productive morning without setting foot outside the house or spending a cent :) Always a good sign.  However after lunch the day got a little frantic.  My student came home and was very upset as she has been unable to get a job or find alternative accommodation.  She came to me yesterday asking me to let her stay longer and she would pay me directly.  I have another student coming on Sunday for 9 months and do not have another spare bedroom unfortunately.  However we agreed she would stay for another 4 weeks and I would turn my (unused) back room into a bedroom. Great, or so we thought, as she had been in tears and thinking of leaving and going back to Brazil.  Felt so sorry for her and happy to help her out, or so I thought.  Next thing I get a call from the College where she is studying and is paying them for her accommodation (some of which feeds through to me from them).  They are not happy that she is negotiating with me and advised that this should not be happening.  I do not want to lose their custom as I am using the student fee to pay  my college fees for 2015-2016 and need to keep getting students from them.

This has placed me in a very difficult situation here in the house and she is not happy having to pay their rates but due to the cost of accommodation here in Dublin rising all the time, and with the new University terms starting in September prices are at a premium if you can find somewhere to rent.  Wish I had half a dozen more rooms to spare.  Will have to call the college in the am as she is not happy and I am stuck in the middle of it all.  Lesson learned, I will never get involved directly with a student, it is not worth it.

On the up side my dd2 has decided to take the Animal Science course offered her in UCD and do a year of that degree course and apply to university in Hungary to do Veterinary Medicine. So excited for her, and her boyfriend is also going to UCD to do archaeology & history, the degree that I have just finished.  Wish I was 18 again and starting off in life.  They are so lucky.  The boyfriend has also been accepted into the Naval reserves so thats exciting for him too, although it means he will be away some weekends every month but thats life.  When she goes to Hungary she will be away, but thats a year away, anything can happen in that time. Although they have been together just three years, since they were 15 and 16 years old respectively.  Ah young love.

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Image of Szent Istvan University campus.  It was established in the 18th century. Looks fab.

Namaste
Marie.