why, brain? why?

Why is it I always seem to be at my most creative when I have other things to do?

I currently have two three-thousand word essays and a ten-minute powerpoint presentation that need to be finished and handed-in within the next three weeks, and all I can think about is craft, painting and writing! Academic motivation is currently at an all time low, and all I want to do is get started on all the cute Christmas present ideas I’ve been coming up with...  My brain even managed to detangle a lovely science-fiction type storyline that’s been haphazardly forming in my brain for the last year, all right when I have absolutely no time to sew or put pen to paper (metaphorically, of course, since years of typing has reduced my handwriting to something akin to ancient hieroglyphics).

I’ll bet anything this creativity will have completely disappeared by the time I hand in my last assignment too… Stupid brain, sometimes I hate you!

on this grey saturday...

I finally found a moment to stop by my blog, and yes, I’m feeling a little ashamed that I haven’t had anything interesting to share the last couple of weeks (or should I say months?), but uni is taking up pretty much all of my time at the moment.

It’s slightly depressing having to stay inside chained to the computer while it’s sunny and gorgeous outside, but at least the end in somewhat in sight… another six weeks and about nine thousand words over four assignments and I’ll be done with uni for another year, so standby for the deliriously happy post about that wonderful event.

smells like spring

Spring is in the air, you can smell it amongst the lavender and the jasmine, the fresh cut grass and the salty sea breeze. Many will say that it’s a lovely and welcome smell after a long, cold Winter, but I, for one, am always sad to see Winter go. I enjoy being rugged up indoors with a roaring fire, a good book and a nice hot chocolate, and I like being able to go outside when its cold and not having to worry about getting sunburned, or attacked by mosquitoes and leeches, but c’est la vie. I will simply have to take advantage of the lovely warm (but not too warm) weather to get as much done in the garden as possible before it gets too hot and I’m forced to retreat to the pool. I have added two apple trees to my little orchard out the front, and two new raised garden beds out the back. I’m thinking I might plant some onions and potatoes, but I’m not sure what else to plant… Never mind, the Springtime Flora Festival will provide the answers, as it usually does.

Now if only my uni assignments would do themselves so I could go outside and enjoy the sunshine and flowers!