It's been several weeks since I started this adventure. I'm really enjoying the study but was struggling to get much work done once the school holidays began.

I've found a new way (well, new for me!) to study which has helped me so much, I wanted to share it. Apologies if this is really obvious but until this month, I'd failed to appreciate the value of the printable versions of the units.

But a couple of weeks ago, I took my laptop to my parents house and took advantage of their lovely fast printer to print out the units I hadn't studied yet. Prior to this, I was dependant upon being at the PC in order to study but now, I can study anyway, even whilst my son is playing in the bath!!

I understand that this wouldn't work for everyone but I've gotten very good at working with sound around me so the noise isn't a problem. God is being very, very good because as a kid, I was hopeless at working in anything less than absolute silence!

I really should be working on the third unit of this first module but instead I got distracted by Facebook. Note to self: turn off email when studying. I had a whole two hours after house group and now it's gone and I feel so cross because I will never get that time back.

Time is a precious commodity, especially in our house with our three little ones under foot. They're lovely but 'me' time and 'God' time have to be carved out as precious. This is not time to be wasted - hence my crossness with myself. And now, having told myself off, what am I doing writing this when I should be studying?!

OK, point taken ...