It’s been 11
days since I last wrote, and I have done all the reading I am meant to do and
now it’s time to start writing.
I have been
writing my story and also just putting what I have done in my commentary reference.
I am so glad we have the extra 10% because I think I will need it.
My short
story is beginning to be a bit like a novel, and I am only allowed 2000 words
and 10% making it 2200 words, but each scene is about 300-500. I am writing the
major points of my story, but it is going to be so hard getting it down. I have
decided that I am going to write the whole story regardless of the words then I
am going to edit it because that way I will be able to see what does not need
to be there and just concentrate on what the story is about and the theme of
the story. I am enjoying it, but it is hard and I am enjoying writing it and I
like that I have a deadline because it makes me want to be better, I have got
so many ideas about how to write a story or a book that when I have just about
4 months of not studying I don’t want to lose what I have learned in this
module, I am glad that I have the material books because that means that I get
to reread things from the module again, and I although it has already been
done, I get to practice essay writing in the 4 months so I can get so much
better. I have seen that other people have other degrees and I think I may do
another degree after, maybe I want to get this one done because this is not
about getting a job, although I would love to be a writer and make a living on
it I am not that daft that it will happen, but I will be writing in the 4
months that I am not studying so I can get better at touch typing and I already
get up at 4:00 am get my computer ready, go downstairs put the kettle on, go
into the garden have a cigarette then make a cup of tea bring that up to my
room and start writing at 4:30 am. I know it says that you should start writing
the moment you wake up but with my hands the way they are I can’t do that. My
hands are so puffy in the morning I can’t type or write so I have to wait for the
swelling to go down which takes half an hour most days sometimes a bit longer,
but I can usually type when the swelling has mostly gone.
This is why I
like working only part-time because I can’t work full-time and study at the
same time and if I have to leave my degree, I will have to start all over again
and I don’t want to do that as I cannot study 120-credits a year that is
way to hard for me so I will stick to 60-credits a year.
I tell you
what I can’t believe is that I have been working at the OU for a year on the 25th
of this month, I can’t believe that it has gone so fast, I have studied this
module for a year and I stuck to it and it was hard to stick to it because I had
to keep to a schedule and I must say that I didn’t do all that well with
keeping to a schedule even though I wrote everything down but I still wasn’t
all that good however, in the 4 months that I am going to change, I am going to
do things different so that I can keep up with my studies and not fall behind,
also I am going to start reading the module website and books early so I can be
ahead of time and then when I work on my TMA I will have a few more weeks, I
will start early when I do my studying and do things very different, I am also
going to go the GP and get a letter from them to say how my disability affects
me so I can get DSA, also I do think that they should be able to do that, I
also want a referral for ASD & ADHD because I feel that I have all the systems
for that because I cannot go on the way I am.
When I was a medical
secretary at the GP surgery in Bedford when I would read the symptoms for ASD
and ADHD they all sounded like me, what I do, and how I feel so I think I have
that but of course, I need a referral for that which is going to take a few
years I know but at least I will get it sorted, also I need to have an assessment
for dyslexia and I will have to pay for it private because I need one to say
that I have it when I know I do but don’t have the proof for it so that is
something I am going to have to look into.
Well, that is
it for me, I do have a lot of things that I need to get going medically, and I
will get my degree and I will walk across that stage, even if I have my stick
with me and even if I am losing my mind and I am diagnosed with vascular dementia
I will get my degree. That is my goal.
Wednesday 03/05/2023
Hello,
It’s been 11 days since I last wrote, and I have done all the reading I am meant to do and now it’s time to start writing.
I have been writing my story and also just putting what I have done in my commentary reference. I am so glad we have the extra 10% because I think I will need it.
My short story is beginning to be a bit like a novel, and I am only allowed 2000 words and 10% making it 2200 words, but each scene is about 300-500. I am writing the major points of my story, but it is going to be so hard getting it down. I have decided that I am going to write the whole story regardless of the words then I am going to edit it because that way I will be able to see what does not need to be there and just concentrate on what the story is about and the theme of the story. I am enjoying it, but it is hard and I am enjoying writing it and I like that I have a deadline because it makes me want to be better, I have got so many ideas about how to write a story or a book that when I have just about 4 months of not studying I don’t want to lose what I have learned in this module, I am glad that I have the material books because that means that I get to reread things from the module again, and I although it has already been done, I get to practice essay writing in the 4 months so I can get so much better. I have seen that other people have other degrees and I think I may do another degree after, maybe I want to get this one done because this is not about getting a job, although I would love to be a writer and make a living on it I am not that daft that it will happen, but I will be writing in the 4 months that I am not studying so I can get better at touch typing and I already get up at 4:00 am get my computer ready, go downstairs put the kettle on, go into the garden have a cigarette then make a cup of tea bring that up to my room and start writing at 4:30 am. I know it says that you should start writing the moment you wake up but with my hands the way they are I can’t do that. My hands are so puffy in the morning I can’t type or write so I have to wait for the swelling to go down which takes half an hour most days sometimes a bit longer, but I can usually type when the swelling has mostly gone.
This is why I like working only part-time because I can’t work full-time and study at the same time and if I have to leave my degree, I will have to start all over again and I don’t want to do that as I cannot study 120-credits a year that is way to hard for me so I will stick to 60-credits a year.
I tell you what I can’t believe is that I have been working at the OU for a year on the 25th of this month, I can’t believe that it has gone so fast, I have studied this module for a year and I stuck to it and it was hard to stick to it because I had to keep to a schedule and I must say that I didn’t do all that well with keeping to a schedule even though I wrote everything down but I still wasn’t all that good however, in the 4 months that I am going to change, I am going to do things different so that I can keep up with my studies and not fall behind, also I am going to start reading the module website and books early so I can be ahead of time and then when I work on my TMA I will have a few more weeks, I will start early when I do my studying and do things very different, I am also going to go the GP and get a letter from them to say how my disability affects me so I can get DSA, also I do think that they should be able to do that, I also want a referral for ASD & ADHD because I feel that I have all the systems for that because I cannot go on the way I am.
When I was a medical secretary at the GP surgery in Bedford when I would read the symptoms for ASD and ADHD they all sounded like me, what I do, and how I feel so I think I have that but of course, I need a referral for that which is going to take a few years I know but at least I will get it sorted, also I need to have an assessment for dyslexia and I will have to pay for it private because I need one to say that I have it when I know I do but don’t have the proof for it so that is something I am going to have to look into.
Well, that is it for me, I do have a lot of things that I need to get going medically, and I will get my degree and I will walk across that stage, even if I have my stick with me and even if I am losing my mind and I am diagnosed with vascular dementia I will get my degree. That is my goal.