having some extra time.

Hello, blogosphere!

I love exam time! As previously mentioned I am a teacher and as such I almost never have a lot of free time. I am currently finding myself in a period during which I actually do have some free time, but know that i have it, I DO NOT know what to do with it. 

I am so used to scurrying around like a crazy person that I am finding it hard to just relax.  I constantly feel like I am forgetting something. Not that I am complaining, not at all. I love the strangeness of it all. 

I have time to spend with my lovable godchild, even though she can drive me nuts sometime. We actually had the opportunity to grab a lovely sunny day at the beach this weekend. It was absolutely wonderful. She was like a little demon, running in and out of the water and rolling in the wet sand. She had me totally tired, just looking at her.

I also have the chance to do some of the other things that I like doing. These include reading, cyber painting as I so rarely get the opportunity to do it for real that my paints usually dry up before I get another opportunity to do it. (PS: if your wondering, I am not really any good at it, it is just something I enjoy doing. My one friend always says my paintings are flat and lacking in depth, whatever that means.)

So hear is to free time and checking things off your to do list, because the quicker you do this, the quicker you'll have free time!

Cioa

Looking forward to something.

I know all of you will be able to identify with the following: the intense longing for time to pass and wanting something so badly it hurts. These are all symptoms of looking forward to something and we've all experienced it. It is called anticipation

I am currently in a state of anticipation. In exactly 1 week it will be holiday and I'll see my adorable goddaughter for the first time in almost 6 months! To most that might not seem very long, but to me it has felt like eternity.( An awful one!) Will it help, if I tell you we've never been apart for longer than 2 and a half months since I met her?

So here I am and I should probably be working, since I have loads of marking left. My mind, however, is so numb that I just can't focus on the pack of very badly written essays in front of me. (Might be because I've been marking non-stop for 2 weeks!) I am totally looking foward to the end of term.

Looking forward to something is good for you. Am I hearing some doubtful comment coming from the blogosphere? Yes, it's true anticipation is good for you. It makes the mundane more bearable. Just think about how depressing life would be, if we never had anything to look forward to.  You know I am right...

So as much as it sucks that we have to wait for nice things to happen, there is a good reason. It makes you appreciate those wonderful moments all the more, when they finally arrive.

my animal children.

They are cute, they are cuddly and they are mine. I love my dogs! I have 2 and both are rescues. Animals are great. They love you unconditionally and are always glad to see you. I would love