I'm almost dangerously relaxed! I finished the first draft of my book review! YES, that book review. It's not quite the last minute: it's due at the end of the week, so I can look at it again and fix it up, but for now it is out of my hands! Yee ( Read more... )

I've got this new pair of swimming goggles and they're great because they're prescription! Which means I can swim AND see at the same time. I'm really very short-sighted indeed, to the point of not really being functional at all without contacts (which I usually wear) or glasses, which I wear to give my eyes a rest. Swimming therefore is always a ( Read more... )

I'm sure this has been said before, but is there anything more terrifying as a blank page? Or more exciting, depending on your mood. Possibility! It scares me! My writing muscles feel a bit flabby, as well, but then, it's another day with grey overcastness and that kind of blankets my creativity. I want pouring rain, or shiny sun, or something ( Read more... )

Okay, as promised, I am posting about five delightful things today ( Read more... )

Today I bought a new swimsuit. UGH. Trying on swimsuits until you find one that you don't look hideous in is quite the vanity-deflator. In the end I got a speedo brand black one piece. It's quite stylish and wasn't hideously expensive and looked all right. I'm not a glamorous swimsuit model, and it irks me that (while having no particular issues ( Read more... )

1. Things that are blue. The hot summer sky, in particular, the way it looks after you've been staring for long hours at the sun reflected off the sea, and then look up ( Read more... )

Today I was feeling all wintry and kind of hibernational, so I went swimming! In a public pool rather than in the sea or anything, because it's all of about 4 degrees outside. I'm totally out of swimming shape, so I did some lengths and then sat in the sauna for a while, and now I feel completely awesome. I'm back home now and I feel all tired and ( Read more... )