Holidays!

The fourth of July may have a more historical meaning in the States, but for me, it signals the end of the term and of first semester at school. The past ten weeks have been the most emotional, heart-wrenching, soul-destroying weeks of my teaching career and have most definitely made me adamant about leaving the teaching profession. I swear, I have received more support from my Twitter buddies during this time than from any of my colleagues, so from the bottom of my heart...THANK YOU! You know who you are.

Writing

My health has been on and off this week (probably a severe case of 'end-of-termitis'), so I plan to switch my writing nights for this week. Tonight is for fanfic, mostly because it is sitting on the edge of my brain demanding release. Tomorrow (after a decadent, child-free lie in) I will summon the energy I need to tackle my own novel.

Holiday plans

These holidays do not come with any grand plans apart from recovering from hell term and indulging my writing. There is also the important fact that I'm trying to save for my trip to the UK in October, so spending now needs to kept to an absolute minimum. That said, I daresay I'll splurge on a few lattes if only to partake in some admiration of the cute barista at the local coffee shop. Weather permitting, I will even make the effort of walking to said cafe. Caffeine, exercise and eye-candy...what more does a girl need? (You don't need to answer that.)

Reading

I'm continuing on my journey through the complete works of the most awesome and talented Millionstar who kindly agreed to me linking her page here. If you have a taste for the type of fanfics that I write, you will most certainly enjoy what this lady can do with words! Go forth and give her some much-deserved love.

Photography

As promised in my last post, I went out on the weekend to play with my camera. Here is a sample of my shots. Luckily for me, my daughter is far more photogenic than I could ever hope to be and really enjoys hamming things up for my camera.

Well, that's all for this week. Just a quickie. Plus I'm really keen to write. So goodnight all. Back this time next Friday. x