Christopher Hamilton

It’s remarkable how quickly a week seems to pass when you don’t have to go to work. Last week, as I relaxed and unwound from the terrible month I had, and intended to get a great deal of writing done. Unfortunately, because I was so tired, I spent most of the week recovering, and it wasn’t until Friday that anything resembling coherent thought passed through my brain. Until that point I had been running on auto-pilot as the stress slowly drained from me. Of course in typical fashion, it was from that point in my break that I had made important plans that couldn’t be changed, including the highlight of the week where I went to the Hibs -vs- Celtic match with my Dad. We went to the game as an early 50th birthday present for him, and thankfully Hibs managed to somehow end the match with a win. It was a great day that I know he enjoyed.

In all honesty another week away from work would have been perfect. I ended the week feeling great, and wished that I had been able to take that feeling and achieve a few of the goals I’ve set for myself. That wasn’t an option open to me though, so I’ll just have to make do with what time I have at the moment. One plus point of this week, and I can’t really believe I’m about to say this, is that I have to go down to London for work. Normally I complain about going down, and never look forward to it. This time however, it becomes a buffer between my break and getting fully back into the recent high stress situation of my job. I do have to work when I’m down in London, but it’s not as demanding as it would be if I had to be in Edinburgh. Plus it gives me time on the train to write, and get a few things out of the way without any distractions.

Over the next few days there are a few ideas I want to get written down, with a possible short story, and a piece of travel writing that I want to polish. The aim is to get them both published in the coming months. If for any reason that doesn’t happen, I may post them up here on the site. Since my aim is to increase the writing on this site, there may be a few pieces like that showing up in the coming months. When and if they do show up, any and all feedback will be welcome.

There’s a few things I want to get done before I arrive in London, (Whenever that’s going to be. This already seems like a never ending train journey.), so I’m going to wrap this post up here. As an aside, it’s only 36 days until NaNoWriMo begins. I’m really looking forward to getting started with the story I intend on writing this year. If you haven’t given it a try in the past, it’s a lot of fun, and well worth the experience.