I'm back!



Exams are over! I did my last one, History, this morning. They didn't seem as difficult as I had anticipated, and it feels wonderful not to have to go home and study all night. This means, of course, that I can return to full-time writing in my spare time (until next year, but we won't worry about that yet). Unfortunately, my school have decided to keep us imprisoned until mid-July - "to help us get ahead on next year's course", apparently - but we shouldn't be doing anything too heavy, so I'm good to go again. Deux Claret has now been updated, and although my novel now takes priority over my fanfiction, I think I should be able to get updates back to a fortnightly basis, if not weekly. Thanks for being so patient in my absence.

Of course, the entire "end-of-exam" vibe was completely thrown within a few hours - as soon as I got home, I was told my 71-year-old grandmother had been mugged by two women and had £700 stolen from her. The scary thing was that they tracked her all the way from the bank to the café, all round the shops and all the way home. They pretended to be in need of help, and given the fact that my grandmother is a very diligent and giving woman, she was all too happy to help them. Of course, whilst she's giving directions to the hospital to one of them, the other one's pickpocketing. It's absolutely pathetic, that people pick on the elderly to get some money . . . *disgusted expression*

Anyway, I'll move on before I explode with indignation over that. Hmm, summer . . . Well, my summer isn't exactly going to be brimming over with fun and games this year, as I'm going to be at work four out of seven days per week (as a receptionist and nursery assistant at a health club), and I'm getting down to writing my novel very seriously now. I'm hoping to get it at least halfway done by the time the holidays are over, so it could be finished next year. Fingers crossed. I guess the work I'm doing will be quite fun - it's just running around outside, playing baseball with the kids and so on - and I want to get my fitness levels up again through swimming. Looks like the next school year will be fun, too, as we're learning about the Russian Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte, which is a good deal more interesting than what we learnt about this year (British Empire 1856-1902, bleh).

In other news, I went to see Nickelback live recently, and OMG, they were amazing. If you get a chance to see them, go! I've been to a lot of concerts, but they were the best act I've ever seen.

Also, turns out the UK get Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on the 19th June, before the US. Hehe. Well, come on, the US get every other movie first, right . . . ? I promise not to give spoilets, though. *seals lips*



I might do some more artwork during the summer, if I have time - I've owed Strawberrytop007 her Starscream/Erin fanart for far too long, and that will be done soon - and I now have a Bamboo tablet and figure mannequin, so I should improve a little. Hope to see lots more art and fanfiction updates from everyone soon!

Things to Do: June/July

[x] Send bereavement card to friend
[x] Call Grandma to berate her for walking around with £700
[] Finish Part One of Aurora
[x] Finish and post Chapter 13 of When We Dared the Dawn
[x] ArtTrade for Strawberrytop007
[] Set up a PayPal account
[x] Review When Time is Free
[x] Review A Hearty Lyric
[x] Review Illusions of Love
[x] Review Chapters 18-22 of The Heroes Amongst the Stars
[] Review Air Force One
[x] Send new employment contract to the Club
[] Attempt some Aurora character sketches for practice
[] Decide between Media and Spanish for next year
[] Other stuff to be added later . . .


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