My Baffling Brain

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop now hosted by Lexa Cain . The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how small. This week I'm celebrating: - A three day weekend! It's a bank holiday on Monday, which means an extra day off and a shorter working week, which is always fine by me! Still getting used to not having to work them now that I'm not in retail any more. - I'm meeting up with my sister and some of our old friends tomorrow (including a couple of the bridesmaids from her wedding). Not sure what we'll be doing yet, but I'm sure we'll have a great day. - My mum came over last night; we had pizza and watched Table 19, which we really enjoyed. It was nice to spend some time together, we don't see each other as much now, as she works weekends when I'm off!

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop now hosted by Lexa Cain . The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how small. Here's what I'm celebrating this week: - I had a fantastic time in Wales with Jamie visiting friends last week; we visited a windy beach and built a huge sandcastle, went to a pub quiz and played a lot of card games. Even the seven hour drive down there wasn't too bad! - There was another WEP challenge on Wednesday. I decided to write a poem for the first time in 3 years, and I got some really good feedback for it, which I was surprised about! If you want to check it out, click here . This month's theme was reunions.

OK guys, this month's theme is Reunions. I've gone for something a little different this month; Poetry! I haven't written a poem in about 3 years, so I'm a little rusty; hope you enjoy it anyway. Reunion Sun shines through the blinds, Eyes close Against the glare, The pain. The smell of sickness Barely there Under a heavy layer Of disinfectant. Stiff bed clothes rustle With every movement, Scraping her sore, Sensitive skin. Machines beep incessantly, Attached to her wrists, Her chest, her failing body, Each beep bringing her Closer to the end. A gentle breeze caresses, Taking away tiredness And pain. The smell of summer, Flowers and soil and The trickle of water. Eyes open again; A clear, starry sky, Trees touching the heavens Rustle in the breeze, A small stream Wends its way through The flowers and plants, A riot of colour As though lifting a shroud. Pale walls reappear, And pain, so much pain, Bone deep, And so tired. ...

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop now hosted by Lexa Cain . The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how small. This week I'm celebrating: - Reaching my goal of 50,000 words for Camp NaNo - I really didn't think I would get there, so I'm very happy about this! - After today I'm off work for a week; I'm going to Wales to visit some friends, so that should be fun (once we've gotten past the 7 hour drive!)

I did it, I reached my goal for 50,000 words on my Camp NaNo project! It was touch and go there for a while; my sister got married on the 15th, which meant 4 days in a row of 0 words. I actually changed my goal from 50,000 to 40,000 at one point, but put it back up when I realised that it could be done. And I did it! Here are my final stats: I actually finished a day ahead of schedule, so I'm pretty pleased with that! The writing is absolutely awful (as first drafts so often are) but I'm looking forward to getting on with the editing process. I am going to let it rest for a while though, so I can come back to it with fresh eyes. Besides, I have other things to focus on - there's another Write Edit Publish challenge this month, this time focusing on Reunions. After writing 50,000 words, 1000 should be easy! I just need to come up with an idea...