Why?

I shouldn't be online at this time of day but I wanted to say one more thing. I've started writing here in this way because I've long admired bloggers like Flea and Petite Anglaise. The blogger who actually got me started was Cass. I was fussing about whether or not my PhD had been worth the money. He compared my time at university to an adventure by saying:

I didn't go to university but in the days before it was done by the many, roughed it in the North Sahara and lived as a peasant in the Pyrenees. Same thing as you - just a different school.

That got me thinking and I saw that my whole life has been an adventure of some kind or another. I've often lost perspective and failed to count my blessings but when I look back I see I've had a lot of good times. I've been very lucky. Losing my mother is the only bad thing that's happened to me but I now accept that everyone loses loved ones so I shouldn't feel victimised. So thank you Cass. :)