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Date: 25 March 2008 16:06:37
Sorry I've been absent without leave for so long. I am just taking a five minute break in my frantic cleaning and sorting and mending in order to reassure you that I am still alive. I may be back later, depending on how fed up I get of cleaning, sorting, mending and trying to make my home look more like a home and less like a cross between a building site and a jumble sale.
The good news - I got a good pass mark for my assignments and they have now gone off for moderation. The meditation was deemed acceptable - thanks be to God - and I was almost satisfied with my mark. (All through my academic career, even at school, 70% has been the mark at which I have felt satisfied with my achievements. Now, even though the pass mark is 40%, I feel aggrieved that I am producing what feels like a cracking essay and only getting 65%-69% for it. I am trying to work on my overinflated pride and foster a bit more humility, but it's not easy! And it's even worse because I suspect that what's stopping me getting higher marks is that I am writing in a more academic style which is not what fits the criteria against which the work is being marked - which is my fault because I'm not fitting style to audience/purpose but still makes the pride thing hard to overcome.) But I have passed the first quarter of the work. Only eleven more units to go!
Oh, and the Smudgelet's ankle? Doctor thinks it is unlikely to be a mild cerebral palsy (which hadn't even occured to me) and is referring him to the hospital overseas to have it checked out. He thinks it might be a question of special insoles and physiotherapy. At least the Smudgelet is now remembering to fasten his shoes properly!
Right, what shall I clean next? The kitchen? Kitchen, here I come.........