One of the ways I cope - survive as a carer, is through ongoing learning. But have I overdone it this time ? Right now I have a Life Coaching course to complete - the deadline looms, I have also started a demanding 6 week Creative Programming Course - yesterday, half way through, the first assignment was due...plus I am working on the revised version of my Severe ME book. Yesterday was a day of screaming torment, for Linda. As the deadline came and went I was a mess. I could not string together a single line of code. It was an awful place to be - on top of everything else I badly wanted to give up. But Linda was able to perceive that I was coming from a victim , not a true authentic position. Her wisdom, courage and encouragement pushed me on and over that concrete wall I had hit. Incredibly I was able to sit down and write some basic code that graphically, dynamically plays one of my songs with swirling, multicoloured words and interactive mouse movements : I am at