I have been away along time. I now know why.

When I joined DA it was a very dark time in my life and I needed a place to express what I was feeling. Since then, things have improved and overall my life has gotten brighter.

There's a saying, "Some people are in your life for a reason, a season or forever." In my case DA was here for a reason and a season and its season has passed. I'd like to thank all the folks who looked at what I'd done and said nice job when even I know the quality of work compared to theirs was very poor. You said things that I needed and wanted to hear and helped me in your own way.

This is not a complete goodbye, merely till next time. Because there's always a next time, isn't there?

Sandam

Hello, i have returned.

I have cleared all the deviations in my messages and only commented a few first. I figured a clean slate would be better than the daunting task of 400+ deviations to read.

Hope it lasts

Andrew ;?

I realise that i've winged and moaned alot in my journal entries and for that I apologise. Right now that thats out of the way.

I have great news - It turns out I am actually getting a degree. WOW is all I can say. I honestly never expected it to happen but somehow I managed it.

I have another apology to make. To all my devs - I am so sorry for basically disappearing for so long. I guess I'm still readjusting to life outside of study. I can now totally sympathise with people who want nothing more than to get home and vegetate in front of the TV.

Anyway, here's is a statement of effort. I shall endevour to read as many deviation that have been piling up in my message box but no promises 'cos I might just decide to start afresh and clear them.

Lata peeps
Andrew

It's funny how just when you think that everything is going to be alright, Life somehow finds a way to kick you in the balls (metaphorically speaking that is). Well I got ,y kick. And it came in the form of failing one exam. I said before that I was finished uni, well that seems to have been a case of counting the chickens before they hatched.

So what do you do, do you lie there in the dust, choking on the pain spreading from your loins, or do you get up, stare Life in the face and knee it right back. Or in my case niether. 'Cos now I'm stuck in England working for minimum wage in a job a moderately trained monkey could do.

I hate not being challenged by my work. Do you know the number of mental processes required to pack stock from a warehouse onto a shelf - zero. I'm so bored I could cry. It doesnt help me sleeping either. I've found that I need to use my brain during the day to even be remotely sleepy, hence I'm sitting here at 2:30am writing this entry.

Ah well, SHIT HAPPENS, and right now its happening to me. Its like Dr. Phil said "You can put the monkey on the rollercoaster but you cant get it to bake you a choclate cake."

Later
Andrew

HAHA I beat it. I finished university and if I can do it, anyone can. Lets this be a lesson children - theres nothing you cant do without a little hardwork and friends who work harder than you do . Anyway, I'm in the UK now and unemployed but hopefully that will change soonish even if its packing shelves in a grocery store. Man I'm glad to be back!

B CN all of U soon
Andrew