I'm done, it only took 7 years

I’m done, it only took 7 years.

March 13, 2018

I just finished attending the last course in a program that I had been wanting to do for years. I had initially tried to attend these courses back in 2011 but was denied at the time from the HR manager. There wasn’t any clear reason of why I had been denied just that I wasn’t allowed to go.

At the time there had been some tension between her and my boss so everyone in our department was guilty by association and all of our privileges were pretty much taken away from us and attending classes was one of them. I remember at the time thinking this was so unfair and that I would try again later.

Well…later has come, 7 years later. It’s a 6 course program and it’s over an 8 month period. Something that hadn’t been approved before and we thought that we would see just how far we could push the boundaries before the same HR lady denied us again.

Looking back I was an idiot for not applying earlier on…you know when I didn’t have a set of twins under 2 years old. Did I mention that I had one twin who got a new tooth or two every month which usually came with a 40 degree fever. Yes, every month…I can’t wait until this child has all his teeth.

Regardless I attended ALL 6 courses and have just finished the last one today. I am over the moon ecstatic about this as I AM DONE! This is a huge relief off of my shoulders and I feel so accomplished. I have one more assignment to hand in for this course but other than that I am done, I am done done done!

Looking back on it, I would definitely recommend to anyone who wanted to take this program to take it before you have kids. There is a lot of work involved with it and I wasn’t sure about how much work would be involved with it. In the end I’m glad that I had to do the work and the assignments as I was graded on it and I can transfer these courses should I want to move on.

Anyhow, I’ve completed 6 courses in 8 months with twins who were sick at least once a month.

Yay me! I feel like that is a really big accomplishment. Now to move on to finishing my degree.