really dull update

I should keep this updated more often ... I just looked and realised that I haven't posted anything at all since April. Which was nearly a month ago. How time flies... Teaching is finished for another academic year - I'm actually going to miss my students this year, bless 'em. In spite - or because - of the fact that I have been run off my feet this term, I managed to have a really good group of seminars. Maybe I overthink when I have too much time? Not that it worked all the time - I was too disorganised overall and had to throw out some ideas for lectures and seminars that I ran out of time to implement. I also accomplished nothing of my own research - including an article that was accepted for publication pending revisions that I've had to put off until now. I'm looking forward to a summer of research.

We made a coconut cream pie on the weekend from scratch.

Hey, it rained all weekend - this was indoor fun.

Today we spontaneously decided to go to York for lunch. There is something about spontaneous that made it more fun than visiting a city we've been to a million times. It was great. I'm still waiting for my marking to come through so at least I wasn't hanging about my email, waiting for the message to lug home 85 scripts! (I did get said email...alas).

Another day - another application: two in the works now for teaching fellowships. More hoping more wishing more trying to remember to be realistic. I'll never learn. But it's likely best to keep hope alive right now.