Today I submitted my final assignment for my Advanced Creative Writing course, through the Open University. That means that my next course (Children's Literature, starting in October) will be my final course.
This time next year, I'll be submitting my last ever assignment as an undergraduate, and will graduate at last - after starting my degree when I was 18. I just turned 24.
Over the last six years (seven, by the time I graduate) I have -
- Studied two years of Psychology at Bangor University
- Spent two years on a 'gap year', turning my life upside down
- Studied two years of Creative Writing through the Open University
- Eloped to Canada, got married, and been separated
- Gained a sister, and a lot of cousins
- Made new friends, and had to question old ones
- Worked as a waitress, a cleaner, a shop assistant, a bar-tender, a complaints handler, a camp counsellor, a photography gallery manager, and an assistant house parent
- Been on Job Seekers Allowance twice
- Moved out (and in again) six times - including once to the USA
- Visited twelve states in the USA
It's been one heck of a ride over the past few years, and I'll be glad when it's finally over. I'm sad to no longer be a Creative Writing student, though. I've made a lot of great friends over the last two courses, and wish you all the best with your future (and best-selling, I'm sure) writing. Hope to see someone you on the Children's Literature course!
As I'm now so close to the end of a (very) long chapter, I feel this is a moment that can only truly be described through song. Ahem.
I know exactly where I'm going
Getting closer and closer every day
And I'm almost there, I'm almost therePeople down here think I'm crazy, but I don't careTrials and tribulations, I’ve had my share
There ain't nothing gonna stop me now ‘cause I'm almost there
- Tiana, Disney's Princess and the Frog
Best wishes!
Charli
