https://www.smilingclare.co.uk Living Life, Within the Limits of Chronic Illness Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:39:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-icon2-32x32.jpg https://www.smilingclare.co.uk 32 32 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/12/15/merry-christmas/ https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/12/15/merry-christmas/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:30:00 +0000 Well once again it has been a while since my last post. Things have either been busy or I’ve been feeling awful; almost boom and bust cycle-like since finishing my degree. I managed to have two graduation celebrations, one with close friends and the other with my entire family. The latter of which absolutely floored […]

The post Merry Christmas! first appeared on Smiling Clare.]]> https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/12/15/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/08/14/7-years-hard-work-and-now-i-have-a-degree/ https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/08/14/7-years-hard-work-and-now-i-have-a-degree/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:57:00 +0000 This post has been a while in the making, although I posted it on my study blog a few weeks ago, I failed to copy it across to here, so here’s an updated version. Seven years ago I embarked on what I knew would be a challenge, perhaps if I’d known just how tough a […]

The post 7 Years Hard Work and Now I Have A Degree!! first appeared on Smiling Clare.]]> https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/08/14/7-years-hard-work-and-now-i-have-a-degree/feed/ 0 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/07/24/the-end-of-an-era/ https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/07/24/the-end-of-an-era/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:17:00 +0000 Seven years ago I embarked on what I knew would be a challenge, perhaps if I’d known just how tough a challenge it was going to turn into I wouldn’t have taken those first steps, but I did. In 2010 I signed up to do a degree in Computing and Information Technology with The Open […]

The post The End of an Era first appeared on Smiling Clare.]]> https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/07/24/the-end-of-an-era/feed/ 0 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/07/10/the-end-of-b301-and-the-wait-for-results/ https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2017/07/10/the-end-of-b301-and-the-wait-for-results/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:45:00 +0000 How so many months have flown past! I’ve been busy finishing B301, writing assignments, revising for and sitting my (hopefully) final exam, and am now (im)patiently waiting for the results to see if (a) I’ve passed and (b) what class of degree I have achieved! Post exam I’ve been a little unwell and feeling rather […]

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