Nobody Said It Was Easy

I watched in awe as The Teenager sat amongst her study cards jotting down notes whilst ferreting through her books. Although it looked like hard work I think she actually enjoys it..........."Nobody said A 'Levels were easy Mum" she said to me as I continued to watch her, "You should try it.....A course or something" she whispered......"ME" I screamed "AS IF"............................................

Her words stuck in my head for days, I am ashamed to admit that school for me was just one big stage and if the day was fun and I made people laugh then I was happy and considered my education had gone well that particular day. I left school with  5 CSE's and 1 O' Level (I have no idea how I managed it but I did, albeit with very low grades but passes never the less).

I once wrote a blog about my English teacher who had told me that I would never amount to much unless it involved mimicking famous people or making a general fool out of myself. She laughed in my face when I told her I wanted to be a writer and almost fell off her chair when I expressed a need to write for a newspaper................................................................Need less to say she wasn't my favourite teacher.

Anyway, I have digressed......... With The Teens words fresh in my mind I did something rather amazing...........................................I signed up for a home learning course.........................I know right............................GET ME.

There were hundreds of courses available but I settled on something that has become a bit of a passion of mine and something I'm not bad at.........I am studying to get a Diploma (A DIPLOMA.......ME......WITH A DIPLOMA) in Web Design. I am sure most of us have all designed, struggled and clapped in delight at our own Blog Pages and I have even sometimes wondered how on earth I have managed to do something. A friend recently asked me how I had done something on my Face book Page and I had to be completely honest and tell her I had no clue and that it had just kind of happened.

So, there we go..................................I am officially studying.................................Just like The Teenager I find myself surrounded by study cards, books (really thick ones), folders, 2 laptops open on different sites and many resources. I am not going to lie and say that I am finding it easy because I am not and it is far more involved than I ever imagined. I have struggled to get a schedule in place and even found myself last week drinking too much coffee, eating too many biscuits and finding it hard to concentrate thus resulting in making an assault course for the dog using my text books and folders.

Not The Real One....I Promise.

The Teen has mocked me up a time table and is finding it hysterical that I am studying alongside her. But.....................................................I am loving it..........................Every blooming minute of it............................................I feel like my brain is loving it too and for the first time in ages I am sleeping properly.



Will I ever be the worlds best Web Designer???.............................I doubt it. But, I can tell you something.............................I am going to have a bloody good go at proving that English teacher wrong......................................................

Lots of Love
Me
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