A whole new world

Hi all! I have been MIA from here for a while and it is set to continue. You see at  47, minus one alcoholic husband (divorced), I was sick of struggling. I have been struggling for nearly 20years and when I look at where I am it's not where I expected to be at this age. I expected to be settled (white picket fence, house, blah blah blah, thinking about easing off a bit work wise) sending my kids off to Uni or work, etc etc. But the reality is, I live in government housing (a nice little house in a nice little town), money is very tight despite running a small business and I seem to be taking one step forward and two steps back. I decided I needed to work smarter, not harder, so I bit the bullet and have returned to Uni to study for three years so I can become a midwife! I was planning to start next year but when I rang the Uni to talk about enrolling, they told me that applications for this year were still open! So I applied right there and then....then spent the rest of the day having, 'omigodomigodomigod!' moments! By the time I got my acceptance I was two weeks behind in anatomy so I had to catch up that as well as do the current lectures!

The cake decorating will now play second fiddle to my studies but I will never lose the urge to create and be all artistic. In fact I have been planning the cake I am going to make for us when we graduate! There is only 20 midwifery students at the small campus in Coffs Harbour a far cry from the 500 nursing students we had when I first studied to become a nurse, admittedly at a larger campus! This campus is only a half hour drive from my home and I have one week of block study where it's back to back lectures and tutorials all day, then two weeks where it's 'only' anatomy (very handy brush up for future cakes. LOL) and so far so good. I've passed two anatomy exams (yay) and still managed to complete four cakes in the past week! BUT I won't be doing that again as it was too much to try and study AND make cakes as well.

So, although I am sure I'll be back and forth from this site, it will be with longer pauses than normal. Thank you to all of you who have been so kind and supportive in the past few years with all the dramas that have gone on, as well as the wonderful feedback on my cakes, and the great advice. xoxo