tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:07:32 +0000LearningLiteratureSocial mediaUniparentingThe ramblings of a mother, wife, student.http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Caz)Blogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2932121116734873677Sun, 06 Mar 2016 05:18:00 +00002016-03-06T15:55:10.777+10:00 I'm not totally sure what the blogger etiquette is for reviving a blog that hasn't been in the land of the living for two years but I'm going to attempt to breathe some life into this old girl and see how I go. I'm still a rambling mature-aged student, wife and mother, so the title and sub-title don't need to be changed. I finished my undergraduate degree - yay!  A Bachelor of http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2016/03/to-resuscitate-or-not-to-resuscitate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-5167449473024386683Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:14:00 +00002014-01-05T13:22:43.797+10:00 The Sydney Opera House With the Christmas/New Year celebrations over, I've begun 2014 the way I do every year - by motivating myself to make some changes.  Hopefully, this is the year I can make it happen.  Not that I want to make enormous changes - just the usual:  to lose weight and get healthy and to make goals towards a fulfilling career with http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2014/01/be-bold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-6478605582124539408Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:02:00 +00002013-12-13T12:03:26.439+10:00 Okay, I know I've been slack - I don't even know how long it's been since my last post.  I'm too embarrassed to find out.  Anyway...if anyone cares, I'm still here; still furiously studying.  But the good news is I'm down to my last two subjects and should be finished in 10 weeks!  Yes, I can hardly believe it myself...but it's not over yet. I have always thought that http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2013/12/still-kicking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-5603987661664286412Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:18:00 +00002012-12-06T15:58:47.024+10:00 With the heat hitting an all time high here in Oz, I've got the excuse of lolling about in the air conditioning, which gives me lots of time to read.  No, not the classics I said I would, but books I don't have to analyse, critique or review.  It feels so good to be able to read a book for the pure pleasure of it. First up was J K Rowling's adult fiction, The Casual Vacancy - I likehttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/12/book-worm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-4539487435968429531Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:23:00 +00002012-11-27T20:49:44.843+10:00 Photograph:  Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images Semester two is officially over - u-huh, oh yeah - (just imagine me doing a happy dance)!  At last, now that I'm no longer doing summer semester, I can do all those things I've been fantasising about for the last three months.  Let's see...there's that enormous list of books I kind of said I'd re-read.  And now&http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/am-i-boring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-7091608913972476940Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:46:00 +00002012-11-22T11:59:42.507+10:00 I love my children, I really do.  But God knows, after almost nineteen years of being a mum my patience is worn thin.  I've taught them everything I know; I've loved them to within an inch of my life; I've supported them in every way I know how and I've gently nudged them towards independence.  So what do you do if they're not interested in leaving the nest? SH No. 1 http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-love-you-but-please-leave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-6219985159288372024Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:41:00 +00002012-11-18T10:56:22.219+10:00Social media This is what a a friend said (well, texted) to me when I told her I was no longer doing the Facebook thing.  I've deactivated my Facebook account after many weeks of internal conflict and I've got to say, it feels quite liberating.  I'm not dissing social media in the least, I just don't think it's quite my thing and much prefer real, live 'face to face' (or voice to voice!) http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-youre-not-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-6930572217640209287Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:01:00 +00002012-10-30T12:30:29.500+10:00 My Fellow Mature-aged Bloggers, How should I say this?  Well, let me see...you know how a couple of posts ago, I told you I was going to take a summer semester course in Intensive Beginners Italian?  Well, I regret to inform you that...I'm so tired and I just don't think I can do it!!!  Despite my lecturer telling me it's a great course; you'll learn a lot; you'll get http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-regret-to-inform-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2367450265403055107Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:16:00 +00002012-10-19T10:23:21.422+10:00LearningLiterature The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King I don't know about you but the longer I stay at university, the dumber I feel and it's given me great insight into the fact that I can't know everything because there's so much to know.  And this is the great testament to the saying 'lifelong learning'. However, having said that, what I have http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/10/dumb-and-dumber.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-5224283781953013399Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:11:00 +00002012-10-13T21:14:27.687+10:00 I don't have any words of wisdom this week.  The semester is nearing an end and I find myself completely unmotivated to complete the last three assignments.  They're all well spaced out and that may be the reason I'm not my usual stressed-to-the-max self - it feels as if I have all the time in the world, not just three weeks. That may be the reason why I've (stupidly?) enrolled http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-must-be-mad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2935380139690334277Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:36:00 +00002012-10-03T18:36:04.863+10:00 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller Well, escaping for a few days, sans technology, worked wonders.  Teenage Daughter had no money for credit, so the phone was out of the question; there was no internet access (well there was but I told them there wasn't!); and the TV didn't go on until 7pm at which time we were all so tired, we were in bed byhttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/10/lifes-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-4092434211618085961Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:01:00 +00002012-09-26T08:14:01.830+10:00 Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb The holidays have finally arrived, (albeit an extremely short one - one week) and I'm so looking forward to sitting back and relaxing.  So much so, that until this morning, I haven't turned my computer on since my last lecture - Wednesday last week.  Nope, not since then have I seen a single http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/09/weapons-of-mass-distraction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-275764043055581096Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:09:00 +00002012-09-15T18:11:26.015+10:00 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin I've gate-crashed my son and hubby's boys weekend.  Having had another stressful week with assignments and family, I made a spontaneous decision to join them on a weekend up the Coast.  They don't mind - at least they made out like they didn't! I haven't intruded on theirhttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/09/have-breather.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-3040655861644432783Sun, 09 Sep 2012 04:48:00 +00002012-09-15T18:14:09.936+10:00 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' Marianne Williamson Yes, people, I'm still alive and well in the bloggerverse.  The truth is, for the last couple of weeks I feel as if I've been living in Crazy Town.  The lull of the first few weeks of semester 2 was brutally broken by the sudden crash of http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/09/crazy-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-8430091958856106357Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:03:00 +00002012-08-11T15:03:46.531+10:00 Yes, I'm back.  I've been in hibernation for the last couple of months - didn't really have much to say.  I actually deleted my blog altogether which was rather scarey for a while there.  But I figured, I've been keeping a record of 'my life as a mature age student' for  so long, I have to continue.  At least until I've graduated and I'm no longer a student.  http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-bitch-is-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2884531137794825690Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:49:00 +00002012-04-07T03:04:15.808+10:00Yay, mid-semester break and a chance to take a breather for a week.  I was so close to chucking it all in about two weeks ago.  However, amid tears and tantrums there was SH No. 1, egging me on and encouraging me I could do it.  After two weeks of incessant reading, researching and finishing three 2,ooo word essays, I've come out the other end, jubulant and so proud of myself for http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/04/good-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-6570454894984204372Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:35:00 +00002012-04-02T16:22:51.164+10:00It's 3.00pm.  It 's almost the end of an absolutely beautiful weekend, which I've once again missed - sitting at my laptop, frantically trying to spew out another assignement and I've only JUST realised it's April Fool's day!  I feel quite sad that I've managed to miss another whole day, not having any idea of what's going on around me.  Last weekend was equally as beautiful and I http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/04/april-fool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2314003804840571936Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:27:00 +00002012-03-04T19:39:53.453+10:00 http://www.easyvectors.com/ After my near nervous breakdown last week, I have finally come back to my senses.  I refuse to quit uni just because I've had a stressful week and I realise there are more important things to be worrying about. My last exam on Friday night went better than the one on Wednesday - I still think I could've done better but because it was a literature subject I felthttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/03/week-that-was.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-518211436968279009Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:55:00 +00002012-03-01T20:20:56.345+10:00 This is how I feel! I'm 99.9% sure I failed my Gender exam last night.  I spent the whole day before studying and the whole day of the exam trying to be calm and not worry.  However, as is usual of my uni life over the last 3 years, there's always something that gets thrown at me just when I have something important to do and it invariably involves my family.  While waiting http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-should-i-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-3352960451729366678Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:20:00 +00002012-02-19T16:32:00.583+10:00Well, you'll all be pleased to know I didn't pull any eyes out of sockets or hair out of scalps.  Instead I've been panicking about starting back at uni tomorrow.  I can't believe it. While I've been slaving away with summer semester, it does feel as if I haven't really left but I'm so nervous about walking back into that lecture hall.  I feel as I did two and a half http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/02/yikes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-7934205041250708253Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:45:00 +00002012-02-14T20:45:28.107+10:00You know, sometimes I absolutely love having daughters.  Growing up in a household with three brothers, I yearned for a sister and swore I would have two little girls when I had babies.  As it turned out I did have two little girls, 21 months apart and it was heaven (well not all the time but most of the time).  Now that they're older, sometimes I feel so connected to http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/02/mean-girls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-9021160249285780073Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:38:00 +00002012-02-08T16:08:06.957+10:00 I have a horn and I'm not afraid to use it Okay, I'll admit it...I'm a honker.  While I consider myself to be a very considerate driver, if you break the rules and cause harm to everyone else, I'll give you a honk! The school drop off is the worst.  Parking on the very corner of the street, blocking all other traffic because you can't be bothered parking further away and your http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/02/honkers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-8112370400376443104Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:44:00 +00002012-02-01T09:48:00.057+10:00Having scrubbed the house from top to bottom this morning, I am absolutely exhausted and utterly over being a 'domestic goddess'.  My hands smell of bleach and any thoughts I had earlier about getting it all done and then sitting in front of my books have gone out the window - my motivation is zero.  I've been doing house work for almost twenty years and I don't want to do it anyhttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/02/slavery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-2290343918580665986Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:01:00 +00002012-01-25T10:10:26.608+10:00UniDon't worry, I'm not going to regale you with my never-ending parenting wisdom (and lack thereof!) - God, how utterly boring I've been!  My summer semester is almost over and now the kids are back at school (oops, there they are again - sorry folks!), I have the whole day to myself to catch up on reading, writing and posting.  I have enjoyed my Gender, History and Culture course http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/01/alls-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299768793587838880.post-4474828806700964872Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:41:00 +00002012-01-14T12:04:14.071+10:00parentingToday my eldest is 18 - an adult!  Instead of being known as TD No. 1, she'll now be AD No. 1!  She can now drive (technically she's been able to do this since she was 17 but still won't get her licence!), vote, drink (legally!) and get herself to work!!  She's also just been accepted into university.  It's hard to believe I have a child who is an adult and it's&nbsphttp://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/2012/01/today-my-eldest-is-18-adult-instead-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caz)4