It's been a while

I've just checked the date of my last blog and it was the 6th January, how is that possible? This year seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye. A lot has happened since that post, Zak has turned 5 (he had a awesome Marvel themed birthday party with all his friends) he's completed his reception year at school and has gone back again for year 1. We've celebrated Theo's second birthday and he's moved up a class at nursery to the toddler room aka Tigers. I've studied and sat my land law exam for my Cilex qualification, I've received my results and I passed with 83% and a distinction - WAHOO. We've grown the Brake family with the addition of another cat - a kitten named Arlo. Oh and we overhauled our garden during the summer - I've realised I'm actually quite green fingered.

So all in all we've been pretty busy.

Future plans?
1. Study and sit my conveyancing exam in January - nb must remember to book my exam
2. Stop the kitten from ruining all my house plants and try to get the older cat to at least like him a little bit


That's all I have room for in my brain at the moment, did I mention I turn 30 in February. Jesus Christ.

Zakary and Captain America at his 5th Birthday

Theo loves his trampoline - his present for his 2nd Birthday

The boys have loved having daddy at home for a few weeks - this was a Sealife in Weymouth

The Brakes

Starting Again! My Cilex Journey

I've been talking about it for ages, mulling it over, asking opinions, delaying, thinking a bit more, looking online, talking it over again, delaying a bit more. But....I've decided finally, enough is enough. I've taken the plunge and signed up for another year of Cilex studying. For those of you that don't know, Cilex stands for The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. In short i'm studying to (hopefully) and eventually become a Chartered Legal Executive aka Lawyer.

I started almost 3 years but for many reasons I only completed my first year before taking time out for maternity leave. I wish now that I'd just got on with it and completed the last 5 units I need to do in order to finish the first half of the qualification, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. And saying that, I really don't know if I could have managed it with a newborn and a 3 year old running around. Guess I'll never know. Now they're both a little older I'm hoping I'll have more time to dedicate - no sorry - "magic out of thin air" for studying.

God knows how I'm going to manage this, seriously, I think I've lost the plot but it needs to be done. I'm a perfectionist by nature and I'm completely self critical, I want everything done now and I hate having to wait. Accepting I'm in this for the long haul is the hardest thing, and trying to convince myself anything but a fail is acceptable, when we all know really I'll only be happy with a distinction at the least.

So bring it on, Land Law and Conveyanacing are calling my name - they sound riveting I KNOW, it's going to be a long hard road but hopefully I'll get there.

"Even a tiny step is one step closer to where you are going" - Ron Kaufman