Thursday, January 29, 2009

Things to cheer and fear…

I feel I've been neglected my blog a little bit lately, and there are a few reasons for this, namely because my writing efforts have been going into a book. Watch this space.

So, here's a quick post for you: things to cheer and fear in 2009...

Things to cheer

• My Start Writing Fiction course which will hopefully spur me on to finish my book. There's a novel in me, I just need to extract it


• Patty's hen weekend in Glasgow. Reunited with my old netball team, we'll be clay pigeon shooting and gossiping for a whole three days


• Quad biking for Jonesy's birthday. Any excuse to get dirty


• Playing netball with my new team, a team that actually plays and has fun rather than moans and talks tactics all the time


• Continuing to improve my hitting and blocking in volleyball. I will be someone to fear on court...


• Weddings - Patty and Matty's, my cousin's, a childhood friend's and CK's from work


• A week in Spain (shame about the stinky Euro)


• A week in Dubai


• Lots of preggers friends will be having babies this year and the joy is being able to hand them back when they start crying and puking


• London Book Fair literary masterclass with Rhubarb Ruby in April


• The prospect of finishing my book and sending it off to agents


• All my gym visits and healthy eating paying off and becoming a size zero (this is a joke, btw, just looking buff will do me)

Things to fear

• The credit crunch/recession and constant feeling of guilt everytime I spend money


• The possibility that I'll never get the mystery stains out of my almost white carpet


• The possibility that my contract at work won't be renewed/made permanent and I'll be jobless


• Potential joblessness may mean abandoning my lovely life and lovely apartment in the MK Massive and heading for pastures new


• My 30th birthday (remember, it's only a number, it's only a number)