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.