What a crazy year. I'm getting ready to do a marathon test-correcting session, as I did NOTHING on schoolwork this break and tomorrow class is in session. I swiped the following survey from Buggy
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Awww! I iss you too hon! Talking of bad debts, I'm going to be paying my mortgage off until I'm 90 at the rate things are going. I was hoping to clear some debts with a view of getting a few quid towards a trip to Canada late November/December, but forgot about a couple of small things called early settlement fees and interest rates :(. But never mind, we'll soldier on regardless.
Now m'dear. *WRITE*!! I want an invite when you win your first publishers award and beat J.K Rowling hands down in sales! As for the rest, what was the problem? Thyroid? High Blood Pressure? I dropped 25 lbs after an increase in my BP meds, both satisfyting, yet a little worrying. Mind you, after this last week of consuming mince pies, pate, cheezes and too many salty snacks and choccy sweets, I have a feeling I'm gonna have to run a little faster anyway. Perhaps I might take up swimming again. But then again a daily 20 minute hike around Penzance's hills would probably do just as well.
Anyway, have a good 'un and don't be afraid to use your Mantrid patronus on any errant studens *eg*!
Buggy, I feel for you. I figured out that, because I switched careers midstream and my previous employer had no pension plan, I will have to work into dotage. Unless I get a second job in retail again, which isn't likely. (Michigan has been in what is called the "one-state recesssion" and over 30,000 people have left just this past year.)
But I can highly recommend being a tourist in one's own country. I have seen such interesting things and met wonderful people just in traveling my state this past year, and I didn't even scratch the surface. I'm planning a number of daytrips "on the cheap" - the most expensive one will be a train trip to Chicago for a weekend, and that's still cheaper than driving and parking my car.
The writing, the writing... Actually, that writer's workshop is somewhat to blame for my lack of progress. You see, I started writing the backstories of my characters and, as a result, I have to change the story quite a bit. It's remarkable, though, that some things about my characters were staring me in the face, but I didn't pay attention or I censored myself. Just to give you an example, there's a character that's a witch. I'd been resisting defining her that way because it's so un-PC to call someone that; people might say I'm anti-Wiccan or something. And an old-fashioned child-eating tooth-gnashing witch is scary. But I started writing the scene and it was so much fun and so refreshing. I feel like I was wearing a drab dress and suddenly discovered that if I altered it a bit and added accessories, it's SHMEXY! (As the kids say.)
Buggy, if I beat J.K. Rowling in sales, I will BUY your house and rent it to you for tuppence a year. (Because I have heard that if one is a renter, one can demand new appliances, wool carpetting, and extravagent renovations of the landlady. Or is that only in Scotland?)
The underlying problem is cystic ovarian disease, which led to constant tiredness, overproduction of DHEA, etc. Especially etcetera. I was getting really frustrated by the weight gain, since I was working out regularly and watching what I ate.
When you write of the hills of Penzance, are you talking about inside the city proper or are their some undeveloped areas for walking? There's a state park and a path through a wildlife preserve around here, but first I'd have to get in enough shape to walk there. (It seems rather silly to drive to a walking place.) I've considered walking to and from work, although I'd want to do it before and after the schoolchildren are about. Adults riding bikes everywhere is acceptable, but a walking adult means someone has a broken car or has lost their license due to dtrunk driving. I don't want the rumourmill to start. :)
Now m'dear. *WRITE*!! I want an invite when you win your first publishers award and beat J.K Rowling hands down in sales! As for the rest, what was the problem? Thyroid? High Blood Pressure? I dropped 25 lbs after an increase in my BP meds, both satisfyting, yet a little worrying. Mind you, after this last week of consuming mince pies, pate, cheezes and too many salty snacks and choccy sweets, I have a feeling I'm gonna have to run a little faster anyway. Perhaps I might take up swimming again. But then again a daily 20 minute hike around Penzance's hills would probably do just as well.
Anyway, have a good 'un and don't be afraid to use your Mantrid patronus on any errant studens *eg*!
*Huggles*
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But I can highly recommend being a tourist in one's own country. I have seen such interesting things and met wonderful people just in traveling my state this past year, and I didn't even scratch the surface. I'm planning a number of daytrips "on the cheap" - the most expensive one will be a train trip to Chicago for a weekend, and that's still cheaper than driving and parking my car.
The writing, the writing... Actually, that writer's workshop is somewhat to blame for my lack of progress. You see, I started writing the backstories of my characters and, as a result, I have to change the story quite a bit. It's remarkable, though, that some things about my characters were staring me in the face, but I didn't pay attention or I censored myself. Just to give you an example, there's a character that's a witch. I'd been resisting defining her that way because it's so un-PC to call someone that; people might say I'm anti-Wiccan or something. And an old-fashioned child-eating tooth-gnashing witch is scary. But I started writing the scene and it was so much fun and so refreshing. I feel like I was wearing a drab dress and suddenly discovered that if I altered it a bit and added accessories, it's SHMEXY! (As the kids say.)
Buggy, if I beat J.K. Rowling in sales, I will BUY your house and rent it to you for tuppence a year. (Because I have heard that if one is a renter, one can demand new appliances, wool carpetting, and extravagent renovations of the landlady. Or is that only in Scotland?)
The underlying problem is cystic ovarian disease, which led to constant tiredness, overproduction of DHEA, etc. Especially etcetera. I was getting really frustrated by the weight gain, since I was working out regularly and watching what I ate.
When you write of the hills of Penzance, are you talking about inside the city proper or are their some undeveloped areas for walking? There's a state park and a path through a wildlife preserve around here, but first I'd have to get in enough shape to walk there. (It seems rather silly to drive to a walking place.) I've considered walking to and from work, although I'd want to do it before and after the schoolchildren are about. Adults riding bikes everywhere is acceptable, but a walking adult means someone has a broken car or has lost their license due to dtrunk driving. I don't want the rumourmill to start. :)
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