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WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'..... WON BY MIDWIVES2BE!!

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  1. Josie Director of SMNET

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    For all of you who are waiting to hear and are slowly going crazzzyyyyyyy...... we thought it would be fun to have a competition where you can focus all your 'going crazy while waiting to hear' energy into a few paragraphs of poetry, prose, lyrics, whatever you like!

    We think it will be fun to do and even more fun to read and will help keep all of your spirits up!

    So, to be in it to win it - post your 'Ode to waiting to hear' below and the SMNET competition team will pick a winner in a months time!

    The winner will recieve the SMNET hoodie of their choice :)

    So, whose going to kick our competition off?
    Josie, Mar 6, 2010
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  2. Stellify New Member

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    Every time the phone rings my heart skips a beat,
    When I see my postman I chase him down the street,
    Whenever I log on to track my stomach spins so fast
    I really hope they don’t keep me waiting until the last
    <o>:p> </o>:p>
    It’s always been my wish you see
    To become involved in midwifery
    So when I lost my job in the bank
    It was my boss who I did thank
    <o>:p> </o>:p>
    For now I can follow my dream
    But it’s not as easy as it may seem
    I work so hard at college doing my studies
    But when I’m feeling down down I talk to my SMNET buddies
    <o>:p> </o>:p>
    Two out of three interviews I did get
    But getting a place on the course I wouldn’t place a bet
    The competition is so great
    But along the way I have made many great mates
    <o>:p> </o>:p>
    So here I am waiting patiently
    For a place to study midwifery
    One day my dream will come true
    And I honestly hope yours do too


    Hardly Rabbie Burns but it was worth a go lol!!

    <o>:p> </o>:p>
    Stellify, Mar 6, 2010
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  3. pandi New Member

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    Ok here's my attempt!!!

    Sent my daughter to school last Saturday
    Still dressed in her night gown
    As I kissed her goodbye in the playground
    I never did see her frown.

    Got home and made a cup of gravy
    With two sugars to sweeten me more,
    Then remembered I'd left the baby
    With the milk bottles outside the front door.

    Logged on to my daily obsession
    To say hi to my smnet pals
    I curse loudy at at all the new offers
    Bestowed on a few lucky gals

    I then take up my usual position
    Sat on the stair beside the front door
    Waiting for the enemy postman,
    To bring me unsuccessfuls galore.

    The baby crawls past in his nappy
    With a jam jar and a spoon made of wood
    He's becoming independant
    Surely that's got to be good?

    The police arrive to return the first born
    And come inside for a little chat
    They ask about how I'm coping
    I reply "fine, with the help of the cat"

    "we think you may have a problem
    Something that's causing your confusion"
    "it's an ailment that's easily cured,
    It's called UCAS delusion"!!

    So now I've got my own label,
    Another wanna be going crazy.
    Who's waiting for just one offer
    To make me the happiest lady!

    I'm told the madness is worth it
    A small price for my goal to achieve.
    To become a new student midwife
    My dream, my goal, my belief!!



    via SMNET Mobile
    pandi, Mar 6, 2010
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  4. Dancing_Queen New Member

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    Just have to say I love both of those - very talented well done ladies :D
    Dancing_Queen, Mar 6, 2010
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  5. Josie Director of SMNET

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    These are great!! hahhahaha @ chasing the postie down the street hahahha!! Do you think we need signs - its not beware of the dog anymore - its beware of the midwife wanabe!!

    The wooden spoon and him being indendent made me laugh - I imagine him fashioning his own!! Great tongue in cheek look at 'UCAS delusion' lol

    Really good stuff :)

    Keep em coming!
    Josie, Mar 6, 2010
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    Yes really good girls good on ya:clap:
    melly718, Mar 6, 2010
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  7. Josie Director of SMNET

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    I pick up my laptop and log in
    Looking to see whose online
    Wondering who is celebrating
    And cracking open the wine

    There is a pattern you see
    Ive been doing this a while
    The rollercoaster of applying
    Sometimes tears, sometimes a smile

    I feel like a mother hen
    Clucking all over the site
    Fingers crossed for everyone
    Morning, noon and night

    What seems like forever
    Will be gone in a flash
    As you start life as a student midwife
    Living on beans and mash

    Then before you know you it
    You'll be like The Wife and Ollybolly
    You'll have joined us as a fledgling
    Then woosh! Youre cracking out the NQM stolly!

    This wait is just a teeny bit
    Of your long terms plans
    Enjoy the time that you have
    Before youre emptying out bed pans

    Dust and clean your house
    Tidy all around
    Your new life is on its way
    Your feet wont hit the ground

    There will be no time
    For domestic bliss
    As you get up in the night
    For the homebirth you dont want to miss

    Worry not my darlings
    This wait will be short
    Keep reading your books
    As soon you will be taught

    You will have done your best
    Noone can ask more
    If it all goes wrong
    We wont show you the door

    We will keep you going
    If you dont get a place
    We'll then get ya shipshape
    In time for next years race

    Im no good at poems
    But Im having a go
    To encourage you to join in
    It will only take a mo

    Here ends my ode
    To the crazyness of the wait
    The only way to keep sane
    Is to think of it as fate
    Josie, Mar 6, 2010
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  8. pandi New Member

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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    I think the winning hoodie should be a one off crazy midwife one!!!
    pandi, Mar 6, 2010
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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    Wow, love all of these - are you sure you ladies shouldn't be poet laureates instead of midwives?! I'm torn between a really awful Haiku and an even worse limerick...will return with the (rotten) fruits soon :)
    LucyW, Mar 6, 2010
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    Re: WIN :: SMNET Hoodie 'An ode to waiting to hear'.....

    Right heres mine....

    My mind is hazy, I need to take a seat,
    UCAS is open and my reference isn't complete.
    Time is ticking I've been waiting for ages,
    The SMNET countdown thread is over 100 pages.

    Sent for consideration, my palms begin to sweat
    I thank God I can turn to my friends on SMNET.
    What if I have done it wrong - negative thoughts fill my head,
    Midwifery is all I can think about, I lay awake in bed.

    The postman's here, the letters fall through the door,
    I run down the stairs like a madwoman and pick them up off the floor.
    A University stamp, my stomach is churning,
    I open it frantically, it's what I've been yearning.
    My first interview invite has arrived for December,
    Preparation is key - that's what I need to remember.

    I walk out of the interview room smiling with glee,
    I did the best I could, I just hope they liked me.
    As the week's pass by I begin to lose hope,
    3 months before I find out, how ever will I cope?

    Two more choices left to go,
    Track updates a big fat no.
    Was my personal statement really that bad?
    Not even an interview, boy do I feel sad.
    So many applicants, maybe I'm not good enough,
    Why does this waiting have to be so tough?

    My final Uni responds with an invite,
    I'm beaming with joy this feels so right.
    Reading current issues is now my life,
    I need to do all I can with competition so rife.

    I scroll through posts on SMNET to keep me sane,
    Responding to threads takes away the pain.
    The pain of waiting to know what my future holds,
    D-Day is looming for decisions to unfold.
    midwifegonnabe, Mar 6, 2010
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