The Dream Within

Weekly update, a day late. Well, a week and a couple of days. But with reason. I've been writing an essay. Not just any essay. My last one. The last one ever. That's the Masters degree finished. All done. I feel unmoored. More so than when I left work. I suppose this has been the one constant thing over the last year, and now it's gone.

I celebrated finishing the degree with a massive spending spree. Massive. I bought two books and some wool. I am hopeless at massive spending sprees. (I also made a cake.) The wool is for a jumper. There's a series of weekly updates to look forward to. It's a knit-along, so I can't start it until the first part of the pattern is released later this month. If I keep up to speed, I'll be finished by mid-December. Hahahahaha.

We are now on week four of the two week bathroom renovation. At least we have a shower and a loo now, although we have been without a washing machine for a week. Fortunately I have lots of knickers and socks to tide me over.

September books read

This time of year is normally when I race through the Booker Prize contenders. This year between being sick and writing that essay, I just wasn't in the mood for all that heavy duty reading. Sorry, 2017 Booker nominees. I needed something lighter this September. You'll have to get by without me.

* Crime at Christmas - CHB Kitchen (1934) ★ ★ ★
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* The Sudden Departure of the Frasers - Louise Candlish (2015) ★ ★
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