March...

...not in order of importance:

still plucking last year's carrots from the garden

still nudging Sam to get down to some revision for his GCSEs

Sam's been accepted onto a 2 year BTEC National Diploma in Construction/Civil Engineering at Mid Kent College, subject to passing one more GCSE (English. Because he already has statistics and core science at grade C)

tutoring has picked up a little at last...money for the Florida pot (if only we would stop dipping into it for the occasional takeaway and to fund the kids' weekends out and about with friends!)

Katie's parents evening - what a star! Predicted an A* in art for GCSE already! No pressure then! Good all-rounder, especially in all things arty and the humanities.

Sam's trip to Poland with school history group....has it spurred him into some history revision?! Time will tell.

Hub has finally got a secondment onto day shifts for 6 months. Hallelujah!! I have a husband and not a grumpy zombie! ;-)

New car! Audi went...we hardly used it. Got a nice little shiny black Volkswagon Polo now...with an iPod accessory instead of 6 CD interchanger...woooOO!

ebaying like a nutter to clear the clutter and get more Disney funds together! Conservatory currently in a state of disarray with boxes of stuff that I've listed. Would be nice to see the floor again soon!

No longer studying with the OU. Time for a break!

BSc(Hons)Open(Open), Cert WTC (Open)...don'tcha know. Moving on.

There we go...two more pieces of paper for all that hard work, now wasn't that worth all that hard work! I need another two frames now and if I hang them on the wall I'll mess up my nice diagonal row of existing certificates. Tut.



That's probably it now. The enthusiasm has totally vanished into thin air and I am on the verge of cancelling my Masters course. I've lost my drive..I don't need the Masters, I've plenty of other stuff keeping me on my toes so perhaps I'll bow out gracefully instead of constantly beating myself up for not making time for studying.

I've enjoyed my studies with the OU and thought I'd always have my nose in a course book but the time feels right to move on now. Life has so much more to offer.