UTS

*cough cough* excuse me.

Yesterday I took the train up to Sydney to go to the University of Technology open day. For a few years now I've had a dream to go back to uni and do another degree- this time in Midwifery. The only place they offer this degree in NSW (ie, a Bachelor of Midwifery, as opposed to a Bachelor of Nursing) is at UTS. I had been hoping that I would be able to apply this year and, if I got in, to start next year. It was an interesting day. I attended an information session and also spoke to a current student in the course and picked up some information about applying and the course requirements. At the end of the day I came home with the reluctant decision to not apply this year at all, but to wait until the end of 2009 and apply for 2010. It is only an extra year, and if I was accepted next year it would be extremely difficult logistically to organise the kids around my uni commitments. At least the year after all 3 will be at the same school and I would be able to get them into before and after school care. There is also the guilt of going back to study before Ruby starts primary school. I had always said I would stay at home until each child was in school, so it seems slack to do that for the boys and not for Ruby. Still, I feel disappointed, because the course sounds fantastic and exactly what I want to do. All that said, I actually have to be accepted into the course- they only take 50 students a year, so there is certainly no guarantee that I'd even get in.