After much hard thought about it,I resigned my job last week. I will be taking care of dad full-time and getting Carer's Payment, and I'm looking forward to it.

Lately I've been feeling like I'm spread too thin, and I'm looking forward to thinking about just one thing for once.

Also I'm hoping to go to Uni next year (if the hours don't conflict with my payments, I can only do 25 hours per week). I want to do a 'Bachelor of Arts - English, Text, and Writing'. It sounds really interesting, and I can't wait to get back to studying again. If I do do that it won't start until next year, so I will fill up my time until then practising writing, as I will have more spare time now.

It may even lead to a change of careers. I mght be able to get a job with a publisher, perhaps as an editor. Or maybe writing for websites or something.

I'm actually looking forward to the future and I haven't been able to say that in a long time. I know that taking care of Dad will still be hard, but I want to do it. I'm actually happy.