It’s been a
lovely weekend here at home. Saturday
was Beth’s 19th birthday which made me feel very old as I was 19
when I had her. I could be a grandma
now!!! That is a very scary thought!!
We had a
little party for her on Friday evening as is customary, and she had her (also
customary) black forest gateaux (which didn’t get dropped on the floor, one
custom I am quite happy not to continue!!).
She seemed really pleased with it and wasn’t too disappointed that her
presents hadn’t arrived in time.
Hopefully they will turn up sometime this week as I ordered them back at
the beginning of the month. I did get
her an e-voucher for Nintendo which was in her card so she has something, and
then she has to wait until August for the fourth item as it isn’t released
until then.
On Saturday
afternoon I had a quick run into town with Ellie and Sophie, partly to get
Millie’s birthday presents and partly to try and cheer Ellie up a bit as she
had some devastating news in the week and was very upset on Saturday
morning. A wander round the shops and a
hot chocolate and cake in Costa seemed to help a little.
Sunday was a
lovely lazy day. The weather has been
appalling recently so I stocked up on firewood on Friday and we’ve had the fire
burning most of the weekend. We didn’t
bother to get dressed today and just chilled out for the day and ate hot cross
buns.
Tomorrow it’s
going to be Millie’s birthday tea after school.
Her birthday is actually on Tuesday but she’ll be at her dad’s on
Tuesday evening so she’s having her birthday here a day early. After a lot of whinging I let her have her
presents this evening and she was delighted with them. It now gives me the dilemma – do I give her
the ones I still have hidden away or not bother???? Actually, it doesn’t really, I can’t wait to
see her little face when I get them out for her tomorrow as she now thinks she’s
had everything she’s getting….. J
I said in my
last post that lots of things has happened since my previous post way back in
September. Well, one really big thing is
I have started a degree with the Open University. For the purposes of transitional fees
(because I started studying before the fees went up I am eligible for my fees
for the next 6 year to stay at the current rate and not have to pay the
increased fees) I have had to declare exactly what degree I am doing. Hopefully I’m not going to change my mind,
but I am doing – fanfare please – a BA (Hon) History degree!!
I signed up
in August last year to do an Openings module which is aimed at people like me
who have not studied for a long time and who need an introduction to University
level study, particularly with the OU. I
was slightly nervous, years of being made to feel like I’m stupid and having my
confidence eroded had left me thinking there was no way I could do something
like this. I can’t remember what it was
now that prompted me to do it but whatever it was, I decided to get myself
signed up before I could talk my way out of it again.
I did Y180
Making Sense of the Arts and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a lot easier than I expected, not
nearly as scary as I thought it would be and was fantastic for my
self-confidence. The main thing it
taught me was that yes, I bloody well can do it and no, I’m not stupid at all.
I’m
currently doing a level one module (equivalent to the first year of a degree)
and have just registered for my next module, a level two based on the rather
wide period of 1400-1900 which I’m really looking forward to starting in
September.
If someone
had told me a year ago that in 12 months time I’d have signed up for a degree
and would be part way through my second module I would never have believed
them! What a difference a year makes!! J
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