In less than 3 weeks time, the last module will have been handed in and (hopefully) a degree will be forthcoming.  It has been hard work juggling the commitments of a degree in 3 years with a full-time job, family and social life.  Did I say social life?  How silly.  Anyway, the events of the past 3 years have become blurred and whilst lying awake last night/this morning, I treid to think back over things that have happened in my life during those 3 years - losing a good friend to cancer, suffering the loss of both a father-in-law and then mother-in-law, having my only sister undergo a stem cell transplant, watching my son graduate, seeing my daughter fly high with her GCSEs, seeing a nephew and niece get married (and my daughter being a beautiful bridesmaid for the first time), having my job transformed as part of the remodelling process.... I could go on and on.  The point I'm trying to make is that as mature students we've probably had much more to deal with than your average 18 year old student whose major worries are tring to withdraw from an already overdrawn bank account and deciding whether or not to leave it another week before they dump their washing on their mum (I'm speaking from experience here).  Well, I could have done that at 18 but chose not to, so no complaints.  Wonder if I'll get withdrawal symptoms after 22/05?