This and That

I have had a lot of shocking haven't-posted-anything-in-HOW-long? records in my short blogging career, but I think that one conquers them all. (Do I feel guilty? Um, not really.)

I went to Kenya for three weeks in May. More about that later. The trip involved things such as four-inch beetles, marriage proposals (although not to me), fainting, and going 52 hours straight without sleep.

I graduated. Sort of. I thought I graduated last year and then I kept on doing grade 12 courses, since they were free and I wasn't doing much else besides working. So I'm sort of graduating now. Except not officially because I don't have any grade 10 credits. I was never one of those homeschoolers who was confused about what grade she was in until I started taking classes at public school.

I started getting things together for Capernwray next September. If you have ever wondered, student visa + criminal check + trying to find the cheapest flight although they won't book round trips that far in advance + the UK disapproving of people entering without a return ticket which brings us back to the Visa thing = a whole lot of fun. Oh yeah. :D

I stopped writing. Really since the end of NaNo, but "officially" from about February to now. I think I'll pick it up again eventually. Maybe soon. For all my grand advice to people about "no, your writing isn't perfect now, but keep at it because practise is the only way to get really good," I grew tired of pretending--pretending to have life experience I didn't. Writing about emotion I knew only from books, and making my characters experience things instead of stepping out and trying them for myself. The results felt fake and empty always. Right now I'm thinking maybe life first, words later. Learn now, give back when what I have is worth a little more. But mostly, no more hiding.