Late January update

[dickinsons]

Guess who had no WiFi for about a week and who's been studying for 5-6 hours every day for the past 11 days... Yep, that's me! I've also been really busy writing for Candy Hearts, so I haven't really had time to post and until TODAY I didn't even have an Internet connection on my laptop. So awful. And the studying is for these exams that are supposed to take place in June and are required to teach in public schools. Wish me luck!

I'll see if I can still complete the Snowflake Challenge! How's everyone doing?

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[dickinsons]

Yeah, people in the mainland had a hard day with those power cuts!
I got hired for 2 really intense weeks at a school (the kids had a musical too so I had to work all day for a few days), then left all of a sudden because the teacher I was substituting came back, and next week I start again for 2 weeks. I also have German exams these days (one later today) and a BIG exam in a month or so, for which I've been preparing for about 6 months, which isn't nearly enough to do well but it's better than nothing. So I'm very stressed at the moment :(
How are you doing??

[kitarella_imagines]

That power cut just made me think: how overdependent we are on technology, apps, the internet! What if there was a permanent worldwide breakdown of the internet? We'd be helpless. I read an article by someone saying 'but it was okay, everyone sat outside and chatted, and helped each other.' That is all very well in a warm country in the summer, but what about deepest, darkest winter in a cold country? That would be very different.

Oh gosh that does sound like hard work! The school and all those exams. Best of luck with all that. Nothing lasts forever, and if you're going through hell, keep going. Those are my best advices.

So you may remember I lost my job last autumn but I was extremely lucky to find a new one very quickly and also some clients from the old company followed me because they still wanted to work with me. So I feel double lucky. I have work til January 2026 now which is a relief as we were in dire straits last year for sure.

So I'm busy but relieved.