Una McKevitt

So I wasn't the oldest lady in the class, but you're still like old.

Yeah.

Which is so funny when we think about it now, like 28.

It is so strange.

Like you feel like you've burnt out and you're on your last, last chance.

And you're 28.

I mean, I don't know what school does to us, but it makes us feel like, I think, you know, if you haven't got all worked out at 18, forget it.

You're done.

Oh, fuck no.

Nothing.

Jesus.

Certainly not like still on that journey.

Well, at the time I was like, I was working on the switchboard in Diageo, I think.

So I had all this time, which is not a hard job because, well, at the time, I don't know if it's, maybe it is difficult, but I mean, you're mostly just patching through calls.

So I had time to sort of, you know, fill out forms, which is like the bane of my life is filling out forms.

So I was able to knuckle down and do it.

So I kind of was like, I've nothing to lose.

And fortunately, because I hadn't finished my first degree, I was eligible for a mature student grant.

So, you know, it didn't cost anything to go back to college.

I don't know how that works anymore.