On the Upswing

Just a quick post this time, to say I'm feeling much better. Over half term I was down in the dumps a lot. I didn't write anywhere near as much as I had planned to, and really just frittered most of the week away doing bugger all.

The end of half term was when the upswing started for me. I went to see some friends perform in a production of Godspell. I hadn't seen the show before and wasn't entirely sure what to expect. The singing was great, but I have to admit that I'm still not entirely sure what the heck it was all about. The whole thing is in parable and it made me feel slightly uncomfortable as I got the distinct impression I should be having a religious conversion. However, the after-show curry was a great laugh with my FFBOS mates and a few glasses of vino, and I shall never forget the spectacle of my friends down on their hands and knees pretending to be sheep!



Since then, things have continued to make me feel better. Things are moving towards (hopefully) some kind of resolution at work, and I discovered that the part of the dominatrix in Forum is still up for grabs. After much deliberation, I have decided I might as well have a go at the audition for it - at the very least, no one can ever accuse me of not trying!

My birthday was a nice day where the kids treated me well, my colleagues gave me some lovely gifts and I had a nice Chinese meal and a singsong in the evening, with another few glasses of vino (seeing the pattern here?).

I'm writing again with a degree of passion, despite the continuing uninspiring comments and marks in the Whittaker competition, and have done a flurry of submitting which I hope will bring in a few new rounds of publication in the near future.

In fact, the only thing leaving me cold at the moment is the world cup. Twenty-two men kicking a bag of wind around a field does nothing for me, and I am most grateful that Himself feels the same away about it. Unfortunately the rest of the world, including Mr and Mrs Noisy McStomp upstairs from us DO care, and are determined to make sure we can't miss that fact. Ugh. Wake me up when it's over!



P.S. Keep an eye out on the right for the addition of the link to my story Pieces on Every Day Fiction towards the end of this month, and my poem, The Last Sleepless Night on Ink, Sweat & Tears in the near future!