Well, in my infinite wisdom I thought maybe I could use this time I have 'off' to take a university course (I need 3 full university courses to work towards my Honours Specialist in English, like I haven't done enough university??). So at the beginning of September I started scrambling to find myself one. U of T wanted me to apply to the school, as if I was some 18 year old newbie, but Ryerson will take anyone...so here I come Ryerson.
Then I panicked... I would have to miss a bedtime every week, starting the very next week. Have I mentioned that we do not give Sebastien a bottle - my boy drinks straight from the breast! Anyhow, I realized on sooo many levels that I was so not ready to go out into the world (unless of course it involves walking to Starbucks & with another mom and baby of course, going to 'music' classes for infants, going to baby and mommy yoga, or the grocery store). So where does that land me? Taking an online course in Popular Literature. Fantastic, right? Oh no, Edgar Allan Poe is the first author we read from. I reread those damn stories 3 million times, had a cyring meltdown, and asked Kaashif to 'translate' it for me! It is tough to be an english student again...but I have found my groove and am right back into the art of analysing literature to death (and enjoying it). Not to mention, we are now done with Poe...onto Persepolis, The Shining, Watchmen, and yes, Star Wars!
My point of this whole story though was to tell you about the first day taking the course. I was attached to the computer like it was my right hand. I put Sebastien in the exersaucer ... then went to the computer...I put him in the jolly jumper...then sat beside him and read...I put him on the floor with a toy ....then went to the computer. It was ridiculous, I felt like a bad mom. There is a huge amount of work and I have only now started to find balance between my course and Sebastien. I wonder if he would like me to read The Shining to him as a bedtime story?
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