sometimes i amaze myself...

so you know i've been a little pre-occupied of late right? and i guess that has meant a rather huge dint in my previously seemingly endless 'free time' which consequently has drastically reduced my study time...

now this is something i'm not proud of - i love the course i am studying and usually have no problems finding 3 hours here and there to do the readings and until now, have not had any issue with spending the 2 or 3 weekends immediately prior to an assignment being due, researching the topic and then writing something akin (at least in my humble opinion) to a masterpiece (which is something of a hangover from my childhood where i was operating under some misapprehension that anything less than perfect was simply not good enough)...

so you can imagine my surprise when i get home lastnight and find my 2nd assignment in the mail (the educators mark them and then post them to us)...i hesitated before opening it, fearing the worst, meaning a credit...i have NO idea what i will do if i ever just scrape in with a pass...which used to be something i used to pride myself on whilst studying my undergrad degree...which admittedly was accounting so why anyone would want to exert any energy getting more than 51% is beyond me - was then, and is now!

so i open it and quickly jump to the bottom right hand side of the page (old habits die hard!) and to my absolute delight i see 38/50 and the word Distinction???

how can that be possible? seriously, how can it? i wrote this assignment in less than a day...admittedly it was a journal and self reflection so no time required to research (well not in the usually detailed way) and even better, no bloody need to do the reference list...is it me, or does EVERYONE hate doing the referencing???

anyway, not only did i get a great (and unexpected) mark for this paper, here's what my educator wrote:

'Miss Sarah I would like to read your 1st published novel, you are an engaging writer. This is good, honest, beautifully written, very human and linked to theories and models'

seriously, i amaze myself...