The Writing and Photography Blog of Kevin J Sabo

Sometimes I succeed in surprising myself.

After nearly a week of nail-biting, I received the marks back for my Psychology as a natural science course. I’ll be honest, that course was so tough, I was going to be happy with a pass; I ended up with a score of 86 per cent, which was good enough for an A-.

With that weight off, and that course in my rearview, I got in touch with the university to chat with a program advisor today just to make sure that I am where I need to be; the conversation was enlightening.

Long story short, where I thought I had to wait for the credits before applying for the communications program I want to be in, I actually don’t. Based on my experience and coursework so far, I’m eligible to move to that program as a pre-admission candidate.

Apparently moving into the program under pre-admission will streamline the process for me later on, and also mean I don’t have to be taking courses focused on the English major that I won’t end up needing anyway.

I started the process for the switch today and was told that things should be finalized by Tuesday after the long weekend. I was told to log in and check my account on Tuesday, and to give enrollment a call if things hadn’t changed over.

On another note, I can claim to officially hold by Canadian basic drone pilot’s certification. I took the course Monday and Tuesday, writing the final exam yesterday afternoon.

With the certification, I am now legal to fly small drones that are bigger than my Mavic Mini. I have some thoughts in mind for what I want to get, but it will be a bit before I pull the trigger on one.

In the meantime, with winter rapidly fading I am going to try and get out with both my camera and drone and work on getting new content for my site as I can. It’s all going to depend on how work goes.

As far as work goes, today was busy with having not been in the office to start the week.

Tomorrow looks like it will be another busy-ish day before things slow down for the weekend. In April, I hit the ground running again, with a bunch of meetings and community events going on in the first two weeks.

Mentally, aside from stressing over that psychology final I am feeling good. I feel like things are falling into place the way they are supposed to. I’m loving work, school is going well, and I am… functioning.

Actually, I’m more than functioning. I’m thriving.

Considering I never thought I would hit 40, I feel like every day is a blessing and I am doing everything I can to make the most of it.

I’m proof positive that where you are today does not indicate where you will be tomorrow!

Life can be a struggle, but it can also get better. It just takes time, patience, and effort.

If I gave up when I wanted to, I would not be where I am now and I won’t be where I want to be five years from now.

Keeping going, even when you don’t want to, matters.

Your story isn’t over yet; I know, mine isnt’t.

Kevin