So it's been almost a week since my last post. How has life treated me? Well, the weather down here in Plymouth has not been at all summery these last few days, with temperatures barely making it to 15-degrees Celsius, rain and wind on and off, and the sun has hardly had a chance to show its face all week. Monday would've been laundry day if not for the torrential rain (which I had to walk home from the library in)
Tuesday was the test run for the Port Eliot Festival which saw me and a group of English/Illustration students nosing around student digs to write a piece on university halls. We got our own half copy of what we'd written as a replica of the sort of thing we'll be producing at the festival.
Wednesday was a visit to the Devon and Exeter Institution in Exeter with the ladies of the Proprietary Library to see the library and their dictionary collection (and enjoy some sunshine for once). Such a beautiful place which my poem back in October really did nor do justice - will have to work on improving it. Also there is the chance I might be doing some volunteering work with them in the Autumn so fingers crossed.
Yesterday saw me out in the wind and rain helping 6- and 7-year old kids dig out and traumatise woodlice, snails, and centipedes in order to educate them about the kinds of wildlife living in their school grounds. Not intentionally, but when children are allowed outside, they tend to go a little crazy - but some of them were pretty sweet, especially one little girl who didn't want to be in a group so she followed me around.
Today, apart from library work and a short event ushering this evening, should've been a time to catch up on my reading, but I haven't felt up to it.
Tomorrow would've been a day with my wonderful friend Jenna petting her various small and fluffy animals, but as her poor dog had to be put down this morning, she's had to reschedule. This leaves me to spend the day largely my own way before going for a few drinks and seeing A Clockwork Orange performed in a theatre with my good pal Mark.
But for now, it's tea and creepy music and booking my train back here in July for the Port Eliot Festival.
Oh and I guess I should add that today was results day for the General Election and it genuinely is a weird state we've ended up in, marked by the fact that I make one status about said weirdness and confusion and feel like I've sparked World War 3 by the nature of the comments. Fortunately, it was only one person who wanted to be the firestarter (backing Theresa May....) with every other comment being on my side. Really not what I'd intended but I guess I should've seen it coming....oh well
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