Hello ,
I know it’s been a while but life has been on official whirlwind mode .
At the end of summer i enquired on a course , a course that i realised i’d shown an interest in for the last two years with news clippings saved in my very large ‘paper stash’ but obviously work commitments and baby rearing took presidence.
The course is a NCTJ in Journalism at a local college , Highbury and in partnership with the local daily paper also , The Portsmouth News.
After a brave email to the tutor i received a phone call from him whilst having a cuppa with a friend ( ladies who do lunch type a thingy !! )
As i’m being all ‘serious and interested’ she was making funny hand gestures and body language which had me starting to giggle so i explained to him that my friend was making me laugh like he knew who my friend was and where i was and what i was doing !!
After gaining composure in the verbal sense i was invited for an interview for the course.
The interview went well and the course sounded really great ; something right up my street and definitely a step in the right direction.
I got an email later that day that i had been offered a place , how exciting a new phase for me , something positive , something to aim towards and thus put me in a better position in the job market and ultimately doing something i WANT to do.
On starting the course there were two older types of students on the course but due to circumstances the other lady left , so it is official i am the oldest on my course.
I am proud of my age and all the experience the years have given me , i am young at heart and love the atmosphere and learning surrounded by the young ones , some the same age as my oldest son. ( or some that act it aka G-E-O-R-G-E !!!)
I buzz to get to college , for a long time i haven’t had this kind of feeling – completely feeling happy and at ease knowing that i have made a RIGHT decision for a change and love love love learning lot’s of new things ( even shorthand Pauline !! ) .
I am also looking forward to what the future holds , i love writing i always have and seeing it published is quite an exciting thing when just a year ago my future looked so bleak ( or at least the way i viewed it was )
One thing i’ve always known :’Todays News Is Tomorrows Fish N Chip Paper’
welcome back to ‘me’
keep reading !!!
Sophia xxx
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