04:44 pm - The bitch is back!
Yeah, yeah, it's ages since I update. My life has been so busy that I haven't had time, and just forget anyway. Basically, I'm still teaching and loving it. I have another contract for next semester and the possibility of a proper permanent contract for next year. Yay!
My dad had a heart attack two weeks ago, which has also kept me out of circulation. It was an awful time. My mother is so frail she can't look after herself, so I had to spend the week with her, caring for her. Which wasn't fun, since she's extremely forgetful and asks the same question about twenty times in a thirty minute period. It's made me re-evaluate my life somewhat in many ways, mainly in that, much as I might like to, I just can't do it all on my own. The week with my mum made me realise that - I am not Superwoman - and it was just the most exhausting time. It wouldn't have been so bad if I'd had a partner and siblings, but of course I don't, it's just me. So I've helped my parents to enlist the help they deserve from agencies that can do stuff like their shopping, their housework etc etc, until my dad recovers more fully. I have to live my own life for myself, not for other people, no matter how much I might love them, because no one's going to support me financially or in any other kind of way that can really help. If that sounds selfish, well, maybe it is. But sometimes we have to be a bit selfish to survive.
Haven't written much of anything in ages. Lecturing 10 hrs per week is actually a full time job, what with prepping and marking etc - I work at least 3 times that in reality :-) Despite this, I feel pretty good about myself at the moment. Which makes a change.
Now, I can't resist these quizzes - am a little addicted to them, if the truth be known. These are nicked from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) _starcrossed_. Thanks, babe, for feeding my addiction!
( how much of a flirt am I? )
( my name means... )
( what movie character am I? )
( what deadly sin am I? )
( how pisces am I? )
( what soul do i retain? )
( what kiss am I? )
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