02/04/11

So, I haven't blogged in a while, but these days I feel like I have nothing really important to say. I'll open the page and stare at the blank screen for a while before I close it and figure that I'll write something later, but I never do get around to it.
Well, my mom is coming out of hospital tomorrow and I can't wait. I went up to see her today with my cousin and she looks so much better, although now she has to hold her stomach whenever she laughs to try and stop it hurting so much, which naturally makes everything funnier when she's clutching her stomach and laughing like a cartoon. Solihull is actually a very pretty place, I'd heard it mentioned so many times yet never actually set foot there. It's small and rural and the hospital is like a ghost town most of the time, but pretty. It reminded me that this place isn't all that bad. I've always thought of Birmingham and the close surrounding area to be a horrible place, I couldn't imagine ever wanting to stay here for any other reason than family or mere sentimental value. But it surprised me, it was nice.
I've also been writing a lot more lately, I even gave a friend a few rough chapters to read which is a big step for me, as I never let any one read my writing but I was holding the pages in my hand and I just had an overwhelming urge to share it with someone so I asked her to read it and tell me what she thought. Then on the way home I was torturing myself, telling myself that it was just a first draft, it wasn't ready for anyone to read, and that it was horrible, and what if she told me so, or worse, thought it was and didn't tell me? What would I do? I shouldn't have given it to her. I won't know what she thinks until tuesday, but I'm open-minded,I've also wrote a lot since then, so I'm excited to see what she thinks of it. If she feels the characters are likable, the dialogue is believable etc.
Well that's all the updates I have for now, not very interesting, I know, but that's my life, it can only get better right?
Ciao. x