Well again I'm not too sure where the last three weeks have gone. This time though I haven't been doing much exciting because Uni finishes on June 8th and I have had assignments to work on (and looks like that's all I'll be doing for the next two weeks too). I've had to write and submit another short story which I'm super happy I got another High Distinction for, and am hoping my final story due next Friday also ends up with a good grade. It's so nice to be able to write and I guess I'm not too bad at it after all which is nice. Next step is to try and get published somewhere I guess!
The long bus trips mean I still have time to read and I recently borrowed and finished a couple of books from the library. I recently read Three Dollars by Elliot Perlman which I really enjoyed, and Play Abandoned by Garry Disher which, although well written, I didn't think was that great. I think I just find it difficult to get into a story when there isn't a single character I like.
Glen and I are also frantically trying to use up some free movie tickets we got for Christmas which expire on June 30 so we've recently been to see The Avengers (which I LOVED) and Dark Shadows, which was better than I thought it would be.
And my free time is very limited at the moment which is killing me because Diablo 3 has finally been released and I have only been able to play a little bit of it! Looking forward to the end of semester so I can sink many, many hours into it lol.
Hmm I think that's pretty much been it aside from a quiet Mother's Day with the family, not that it matters as I think my readership has dried up!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Non-stop madness
Wow it has been a busy 3 weeks since my last update! A quick run down of what's been going on follows.
First off my sister and her family visited for 5 days at the end of April. It was so fantastic to see them all! My niece and nephew were, ofcourse, gorgeous, and I absolutely loved all the hugs I got from them and getting the chance to play with them again. They had quite a few people they wanted to catch up with though, so I only really got to spend Friday and Monday with them, and before we knew it Wednesday morning had rolled around and they were headed back to Tasmania. In that time though I got to take them to the park, have a 'party' with them, read to them, paint their nails and play a whole lot. And, as I mentioned, get awesome hugs! Was so fantastic to see them :) Glen and I will be going over to visit them on Jun 28th for a few days so I'm looking forward to that already.
Since they left my studies have gotten crazy busy again since the end of semester is only 4 weeks away (eek!) so not much free time at the moment. Glen and I went to see a couple of live podcast recordings both of which were fantastic and hilarious! Kevin Smith came to town and seeing as I love his movies and have been listening to lots of his podcasts for a while now I didn't want to miss him coming to Adelaide for once. So the night started off with him and Scott Mosier doing Smodcast, and then him and Jason Mewes doing Jay and Silent Bob Get Old. Loved, loved, loved the night!
The other thing that's been happening is we've had my aunt and uncle from QLD staying with us since 3rd of May and they leave this afternoon. They were here for my Grandma's 86th birthday so Gran was very happy to see them and we went out to lunch as a family to celebrate (well, all except Dad but that's another story).
I think that's been about it really! At the moment work is crazy busy so that makes the days fly, and at nights I'm trying to get my homework done. At the moment I'm in the midst of writing my next short story. I was heaps happy because my first one, the fairytale adaptation, earned me a High Distinction so I hope I do well in this next story too :)
First off my sister and her family visited for 5 days at the end of April. It was so fantastic to see them all! My niece and nephew were, ofcourse, gorgeous, and I absolutely loved all the hugs I got from them and getting the chance to play with them again. They had quite a few people they wanted to catch up with though, so I only really got to spend Friday and Monday with them, and before we knew it Wednesday morning had rolled around and they were headed back to Tasmania. In that time though I got to take them to the park, have a 'party' with them, read to them, paint their nails and play a whole lot. And, as I mentioned, get awesome hugs! Was so fantastic to see them :) Glen and I will be going over to visit them on Jun 28th for a few days so I'm looking forward to that already.
Since they left my studies have gotten crazy busy again since the end of semester is only 4 weeks away (eek!) so not much free time at the moment. Glen and I went to see a couple of live podcast recordings both of which were fantastic and hilarious! Kevin Smith came to town and seeing as I love his movies and have been listening to lots of his podcasts for a while now I didn't want to miss him coming to Adelaide for once. So the night started off with him and Scott Mosier doing Smodcast, and then him and Jason Mewes doing Jay and Silent Bob Get Old. Loved, loved, loved the night!
The other thing that's been happening is we've had my aunt and uncle from QLD staying with us since 3rd of May and they leave this afternoon. They were here for my Grandma's 86th birthday so Gran was very happy to see them and we went out to lunch as a family to celebrate (well, all except Dad but that's another story).
I think that's been about it really! At the moment work is crazy busy so that makes the days fly, and at nights I'm trying to get my homework done. At the moment I'm in the midst of writing my next short story. I was heaps happy because my first one, the fairytale adaptation, earned me a High Distinction so I hope I do well in this next story too :)
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