The hardest decision to make....

Yesterday, I, to use a colloqiual term, bit the bullet and went to see the bank about my student account. It was less scary than I thought it would be and they were in fact very helpful, which proves I had been tying myself in knots for nothing!

This is all to do with my somewhat troubled academic career....I started a university degree three years ago, but found it wasn't the right subject for me, so I transfered to a different university and started a degree in History of Art and Museum Studies. Earlier this year, due to a period of extended illness - I got everything that was going starting with a chest infection that landed me in hospital, a sprained ankle days before Xmas - preventing me from travelling to my parents who at this point haven't seen me in 2 years, and another chest infection which just wouldn't go away. This culminated in my department, with the best intentions, turning round and saying "You are on the verge of failing the semester. Take a year out to get better and repeat this semester next year or we'll have to fail you on your degree." In other words, they have basically forced me to take a non research sabbatical due to ill health.
Well, This kinda made my whole world fall apart. I had put everything I had into getting into University and trying to get a good enough degree to do Postgraduate studies (I hope to get a PhD some day) and it was like having the floor pulled out from under me.
I decided to take the time to get better, though for quite a while I wasn't sure I would go back, but I realised that I WANT to finish my degree, but I kinda HAD to make a decision before talking to the bank. It will mean stress and potentially being short of money and there will be other factors but it does mean that I get to finish my degree.

I may use some of the 6 months before going back to study the books so I have less stress on me when I do, as that was part of the problem.

Anyway, the short version of the trip to the bank is that the financial side of it is now sorted out.I pay off the third year overdraft extension and they will reset it for me back to the second year level.which means I still have a student account. They have also opened me a current account to use so I can just pay off the other one, and if I manage to get the assistant managers job I've applied for I hope to open a savings account as well - after I've done things like get new glasses.