Posted by alexandra_k on July 22, 2014, at 19:30:40
In reply to Re: yay..., posted by Partlycloudy on July 22, 2014, at 18:23:22
> I liked that. "Law was like coming home."
> Oh, to be a fly on the wall where you are, and vicariously enjoy a formal education.
> Envy.Why don't you enroll in something? Is there a uni close? Canadian Literature, or something.
Online... Really isn't the same.
It IS hard, with all the kids... But it is... Stimulating. It keeps me sane. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it...
When I tried to quit drugs... I couldn't quite manage it. Went off to rehab and that didn't work out. Then I decided stuff focusing on trying to stay clean... Enrolled back at University. Just part time. 2 courses... It gave me a reason to stay clean. Working on assignments... Gave me something (actually fairly interesting) to be doing in the evenings. In front of the TV. I'm back to that, haha.
My Dad's marriage was a lot like how you describe yours. I think my stepmother wanted more... More intimacy. But my Dad actually seemed to be happy. He liked to have charge of the TV remote and evenings were about watching TV. Not even talking during the commercials... I remember when I used to visit... I'd take work with me to help with the boredom...
And my friends who I stayed with in Wellington... We didn't have a TV because Jo didn't want it to be like the above... So everyone had their internet device and there we were doing our own thing...
I guess one issue is what you do with your time (e.g., I potter away like that by myself to unwind). Another issue is degree of intimacy. And how much conversation is a part of that. Some guys... Really aren't chatty...
Anyway... I'm actually serious about the college thing. Why the hell not? JUst one class....
The biggest and best thing about being a student is: 'opportunity'. That's what you catch from the young un's. A feeling of an exciting and interesting future. Of things being on the up. Of how things are only going to get better. Of possibilities... Being a doctor or lawyer or English Professor or whatever.... The idea(l) of these things...
It helps.
And you are verbal and creative and stuff. I think... You would really love it.
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