Thursday 31 May 2007

Happy Days

Yesterday I had an impromptu meeting with my poor PhD supervisor. She is wonderful. She sits and listens to me while I snivel on and on about how hard it all is, and then nods in appreciation. "It is, it is," she says. She passes me hankies at appropriate moments, and doesn't try to fix anything. She just listens, and sometimes, all you need is a good listen. I told her the Joyce story. She liked that. I tried not to swear too much - I'm going to have to start telling people I've got Tourette's!

Today I wrote 500 words, and didn't give myself a hard time over them either. I wanted to write more, but it wouldn't come, but you know what... it's okay.

I went to aqua aerobics too, and then took miss 7 year old swimming - and she learned to swim! Hurrah! It wasn't me who helped of course, but my friend's kids, but hell, what joy!

And when I got home, I have an invite from Caroline to her launch for In Search of Adam, and it's in the evening, so I can actually make it! How fab is that!

And all the marking is done. And I feel... so relieved... and free...

All in all, happy days!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy days indeed. Glad you are feeling better.

hesitant scribe said...

anon - thank you for our kind words! am such a whinge... must be my creative side!

hesitant scribe said...

*your kind words, i meant :)

Caroline said...

Praise be to evening launches.

x

hesitant scribe said...

oh yes! iffing and whenning I have mine, it'll be in the evening!

xxx