Funny story about that. When I was in a sleep deprived state one night, up late (or early, depending on whether you're a night owl or an early bird), I found myself scrolling through the OU website. I just happened to remember my login details (unused for the better part of four years, that's worthy of a few credits in and of itself).
I managed to make my way to the list of degrees and modules, then fell into a wormhole reading about credit transfer. Somewhere in the back of my brain an idea sparked about doing another degree, and I fired off a quick message to the Student Support Team about transferring credits.
The thing was, I'd gotten involved in a local community group that instead of making me feel like I was putting my Maternity Leave time to good use volunteering, was making me feel miserable and angry and like I was wasting my precious time with my son. As happy as being with my son made me, there were still (at that time) large stretches of the day when he was feeding, or sleeping, and I wasn't really doing much.
Don't get me wrong. I loved stroking his hair and taking him all in, but I wanted for my brain to be working on something as well. I can multitask and drink in my baby whilst doing something with my hands.
And when I got a reply from the Student Support Team just a few days later, I threw caution to the wind and signed myself up.
So now I'm not only busy with a baby who I'm pretty certain will be a toddler before I know it, I'm also working on a new degree as well. It's okay though, I'll be finished by the time he's starting school, all being well.
It technically doesn't start for another week, but I've been cracking on with what I can so that I have a bit of a buffer for going back to work (pushed back now until the start of November). I've completed everything I can of Week 1 and I'm plugging away at Week 2 (which I should actually be doing right now but, well, I'm not because I'm writing this blog post, I should get back to that).
I'm loving it. And tonight I've been reading about the delightfully named Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers who sounds like he should be an address in Surrey!
Better get back to it.
Sleep deprived state? 'Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteWell, it seemed like a good idea that the time... ;-)
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