Evil laughs abound ... Peace reigns in SketchWeasel Towers tongihy .... I've sent the family and the dog off camping for a week and now it's time for tea, more tea, some more tea oh and a lot of studying.
I'm studying with the OU to get a Certificate in Health and Social Care. Which will hopefully lead me into a Social Work Degree over the next few years.
It's a complete departure to my previous career choices.
When I left school I stated loudly and boldly that there was no way I was going to work in a shop (I did for two very happy years work in a Printers and Stationers, there was no way I was going to work in an office (I did for 10 on and off happy years) then I became a Mum and didn't go to work for 7 years due to ill health.
When I left school I was going to join the army and follow in my Grandad's footsteps and become a Military Police Officer, but my sight decided to pack up at the wrong moment (halfway through the final medical, before entering the service) and my army career disapeared in a puff of smoke. I spent many years regretting it and wondering what my life could have been like had I succeeded in my ambition.
It was at that point in life that I decided that ambition was probably a bad thing for me, as I'm a bit of an underacheiver, I like to go for the slightly warped and twisted route through life, so the job I have now fits me perfectly, and I thoroughly enjoy it too, which is a bonus.
But as I rapidly approach 38, I'm beginning to notice my own and other family members mortality and as I often say 'woken up and smelt the coffee' Some people call it a mid-life crisis but I like to call it a mid-life re-evaluation, this year my daughter is ten and she no longer needs me in the ways she once did, and although it hurts, I'm gradually getting used to the idea that she is growing up and that I can't protect her forever (no matter how much I want to).
So I decided that this year is for me, to read all the books I want to read, study the things that interest me, get on with riding my bike and seeing the things I want to see and catch up with all the friends I've missed seeing because I've been so busy.
