Autumn take two...

Ok, here I am again writing for the benefit of my battle with the elements this year.

As you well know the other day I tried to revert back to my childhood days and ended up falling on my front and being injured...cos apparently my world is not allowed to revolve around my childhood. Nope I have been brought back this world with a bump and I shall try to live my life as an adult!

On my way to the cash point yesterday there is a short cut that goes over some grass, because shortcuts are the ways adults get through life, no one takes the long road unless it's necessary! I decided to take said diversion...not realising the amount of rain that had saturated the soil below my feet. The further I ventured through the ever increasing bog, the more I realised, sometimes, short cuts are a stupid idea. Following my fellow adventurer with her thick soled boots, she has no problem grasping onto the drenched muddy soil road we were walking along and just trudged on, the strong willed trouper that she is.

The metaphoric muddy bog that is my life!

Me however...in my thin soled, ever resistant, not grippy vans...followed on cautiously, knowing full well that one wrong step could be my undoing. She gestured for me to be brave and increase my pace, just as I was getting into a rhythm, my life decided to say, 'Hey, no shortcuts for you, make things harder and learn a tough life lesson!'
Following said warning (which followed however delayed after the next part happened...)

My footing was lost in the villainous swamp surrounding me and I fell straight onto my bottom. My friend, let's call her Hannah, continued walking on to safety then turned around and expected me to be there. When I wasn't she looked all around, and unexpectedly found my laying flat on my back in the muddy waterlogged ground. My jeans were soaked in a mixture of brown watery mess and my skin was changing colour with brown flecked pigmentation. I stood, slightly embarrassed, but not prepared to admit defeat. I explained to my friend that I must go home and change, understanding as she is I bid her farewell and walked home.
Avoiding the eye contact of the mocking and jeering peers that make university life so refreshing.

YAY for me...I overcame and embarrassing situation and did not let the season get me down. I walked home, head held high...well no, it was kind of more like me face planting my head underground and walking home but still...
AUTUMN 2, ME...0

On the other hand...PRINTER CREDIT IS STUPID! It is bad enough that we have to print out every single piece of work required of us, but we have to trudge through all weathers to get to the library to top up said print credit. A4 black and white printing is 5p, that is fine, A4 colour - 25p! EXTORTION you say? IT GETS WORSE!

Books, my passion in life, escape to a new world...
find yourself!

A3 black and white - 25p, A3 colour - £1 WHAT THE HELL???
EXTORTION....I say it should be free, we're already in enough debt because of university!

On a brighter note, thanks to a friends' encouragement, I entered the NaNoWriMo competition to write a 50,000 word novel. OH YEAH? the catch? in a month. I have until November 30 to submit it!!

NaNoWriMo stands for the national novel writing month, and it is a fantastic opportunity to avid writers who have a lot to say, what topic am I doing? Romance!

By the way, for any avid vampire book followers in the US or Canada only...who want to win a signed copy of  Firelight by Sophie Jordan, follow this link to the vampirebookclub.

Wish me luck...I will keep you update with a daily word count on my progress...

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