Whoops...

Wow. It's been a while. And I told myself I'd post each week. Oh well, I don't suppose it really matters.
Still, I have an excuse; I've been so busy with coursework, revision and lazing in front of the TV that I simply have not had the time. 
Quite a lot of interesting things have happened lately, the most exciting of which being the release of  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (Part 1) in cinemas on the 19th of November. Naturally, I booked my ticket weeks in advance and went to see it on the day it came out with a group of equally Potter-crazy friends. I was not dressed as Moaning Myrtle for this particular Harry Potter event, though. I decided that it was not something the general public would appreciate.  
Least exciting but unfortunately most important is the arrival of the December mock exams. 
Every morning I lie to myself that I will do revision when I get home from school, but then suddenly it's 10 in the evening and the textbooks are still lying untouched at the bottom of my ridiculously sized bag. I don't know how I'm going to manage in May when the real exams arrive. 
On a much lighter note, Christmas is fast approaching! All the lights are up now in town and it looks really pretty. I've been looking for a party dress (not that I'm invited to many, but it's good to be prepared) for the last couple of weeks now but I haven't found anything yet. Christmas, of course, means the Christmas holidays! 3.4 weeks to go, if you don't count weekends that is. That means I only have to endure 6 more lacrosse lessons. My friends have decided they really like lacrosse, but I fail to see the appeal. It's just another sport I can file under the "I'm awful at this" category. In fact, as far as I'm aware, there isn't a single sport on the planet that doesn't fit into this category. 


For those who care, and I doubt that there are many who do, spider solitaire is still an issue. I discovered it on my home computer recently as well as on my laptop and so now the addiction has spread. It prevents me from getting any work done whatsoever. 


Another distraction that I am NOT dealing well with is the fact that I have a lot of books to read at the moment, which normally I would love, but right now they are not helping me in any way with the mock exams.  Yesterday in the school library I found a proof copy of  "The Death Defying Pepper Roux" by Geraldine McCaughrean, which is really exciting! There are going to be so many spelling mistakes in it for me to correct! Speaking of which, I am reading "I Shall Wear Midnight" by Terry Pratchett at the moment which is a really good book (I might steal Rebecca's job and write a review at some point), but there is a spelling mistake in it! They typed "is" when they meant to say "it" at one point. I can't remember the page number - I'll find out. 


Anyway that's about it. Unless anyone wants to hear about the packet of chocolate buttons we won yesterday, which I'm not sure anyone does. 

Tangent

Spider Solitaire, which I mentioned in my last post, has become an addiction for me. I can't stop playing it...
Why do computers come with built-in games anyway? They're just distracting!

Remember, Remember the 5th of November...

It's Friday, which means I can allow myself to buy the latest copy of my favourite weekly publication, The Radio Times.

Don't judge me. Some people read Heat, others prefer the weekly television guide.

Anyway, on the cover this week is Lady Mary from Downton Abbey, an amazing new period drama that has been aired on ITV for the past 7 weeks. The series finale is on Sunday, and I am very excited! Followers of the series (yes, Rebecca, I'm talking to you) will know that it's been a pretty eventful few weeks, and I for one am wondering how they're going to manage to tie up all the loose ends in just one episode. But there's one thing we can be sure of- whatever happens, it's going to be good.

Perhaps a slightly more normal thing to be excited about is the weekend, which has finally arrived and not a moment too soon. I'm going to a slightly belated Bonfire Night party tomorrow, which should be fun. In fact, I can see fireworks outside my window right now. They would be very pretty if they weren't so distracting.

But for now, please excuse me; I have a game of Spider Solitaire to finish.

Back at school...

Monday 1st November, back to school.
We've only been back one day and I'm already behind on work, but I guess that's GCSEs for you. I'm dreading A levels.
School isn't all bad, though, and it's been nice to see my friends again. I don't really want to think about the looming mock exams, so for the moment I'm just going to pretend they don't exist - I'm still in the half term holiday mentality.

Yesterday was Halloween, and I had a very fun day running around in a cape being Moaning Myrtle (it was a great excuse to put my hair in bunches, which I haven't done since I was about 5), but now that Halloween is over, I can get excited about Christmas! Yay!

Now I have to go and catch up on some homework that really should have been done during the holidays. I'm really not liking having to work again.