So yes I have gone missing again and this time it was due to having too many things on my plate that needed to be done. The biggest thing that I started was an online course on Technical Writing and Editing which I thought I was going to enjoy. The course started on October 31st and by November 3rd I was frustrated and no happy at all with the course content or the instructors.
I understand that with me having a Certificate in Instructing Adults I sometimes get a little frustrated with seminar instructors but I didn't think I would get that upset with a university online instructor but I did.. The course material was missing exercises and we only had 6 six weeks to complete everything, the weekly chat didn't work probably and assignments took way too long to get marked and getting replies to emails took 4-5 days. I have taken other online courses from colleges and never had so many problems within a week and a half. After feeling extremely rotten on Wednesday I knew I had to do something about this course and on Thursday I did. I phoned the university, explained my feelings about the course and requested a full refund as I wanted out of the course. The good news is on Friday morning I logged into the university site and saw that I had NO courses showing. Yes, I am getting my refund and now I am getting my life back in some order.
So that is the main reason why I haven't been writing or crafting in the last couple of weeks. I lost my passion for doing anything during the time of trying to figure out this course but this weekend I picked up my needles again and started to smile. Yes making the decision to walk away from the course was a little difficult but boy am I happy I did it.
Now life can get back to normal, or at least as normal as it is for me.
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