I suppose that this should be on my personal blog but I'd have to write this in raw HTML, open an old FTP connection which I may, or may not, remember the credentials for, or use the cPanel which I remember hating. I'll do that at some point; for now I want an easy announce.

I'm dumping this year's courses. Yup, not doing any more, not sitting the exams. Which means that I won't get the named degree that I wanted. I've, in effect, bought a lot of very expensive set of books this year. 

The beauty of the OU is that this isn't terminal; I still have 320 points [380 if you include the web apps.] of eight-year-valid courses. I can take a couple of years off and still get some degree. I failed in what I wanted to do but I can excuse myself because the game changed.

I feel; what do I feel? I know that I've made the right decision but it involves a whole lot of people-related explanation-rubbish that I'd rather have avoided if poss.. Others, get involved, and have kudos points, in my education. That's their problem.

I'm just tired and want to snooze for a while. Snoozing would involve playing chess/solitaire making lego-stuff watching the world of insects.

I'll come back to computers and having a bit of paper; for now I just want to look.