A look at November

I have decided that I’m going to stop apologising for neglecting this blog. This comes after a good look at my life, and a re-organisation of my priorities. I am a third year student, with a dissertation, an Editor, and I have friends who want to see me, and a boyfriend now: as much as I enjoy blogging and like to think I have a few fans who check regularly enough to notice an absence, I shouldn’t feel guilty or obliged to entertain you on a regular basis. Please do keep checking back, because I’m not abandoning you forever, but do forgive me if there are long pauses between visits.

On that note, let me tell you now that November is going to be an exciting month. This week we have the release of the first issue of Pugwash News under the new team (28 strong and so far working out very well!), and our first meeting and social. Then it’s Claire’s birthday on Bonfire Night, and I’m heading to Bath for a long weekend to visit her the next day. In the meantime, I have a whack of uni work to catch up on, and Family Guy Season 8 arrived in the post yesterday – look out for a review once I’ve sat down and digested it all.

The following week is obviously Remembrance Day, but ought to be fairly quiet until the paper weekend rolls around again. That Sunday I am bussing it to London for a treat – Discover Dogs at Earl’s Court! (It’s like Crufts, but without the actual dog show – just the agility etc and a meet the breeds section, which is always fun. Claire, bless her, will be joining me for the 2nd of three weekends we’ll spend in each other’s company this month!)

The third week brings with it something really exciting: the release of my first ever properly published piece!!! First Edition Magazine are publishing one of my short stories in their December issue, which comes out on the 17th of November. I am so very very excited about this – I was literally happy dancing round my flat when I found out, and cannot wait to see how it looks in print. Please pick up a copy!

The 20th of November is Dad’s birthday, and I’m heading to London that weekend to meet the family and hang out for a bit – will be good to see the parents. They’re currently in Canada for a “meet the potential future son in law” visit, and Dad’s university graduating class reunion. Won’t get to see the spooch unfortunately, but hopefully the previous weekend will have cured enough of my dog nerdiness to last me til Xmas!

The final week sees my first ever deadline – for a Postmodernism and Fiction essay which I haven’t even started thinking about yet. I will obviously need to start working on it pretty soon, especially given the lack of proper weekends this month. After that, I can start thinking about Xmas (seriously, why has stuff been in the stores since July?) – I’m feeling a shopping trip to Southampton coming on, if anyone wants to join me!

Whew! Maybe in all that I’ll find time to blog, maybe not. But as I said, I have to re-evaluate my priorities, and unfortunately you dear readers are, as I’m sure you’ll understand, not at the top of that list. I do hope you keep reading though; whenever I get a chance to, I’ll write!