Do You Remember The First Time?

School started properly for me this week, and frankly, I'm exhausted. It's been nine weeks since I last taught, and I'd forgotten how tiring it is. And that's not taking into account the sea of unfamiliar faces with new names to learn, and the strange, fragmented, timetable I keep forgetting. I'm glad the first week's over, and I'm hoping next week will be easier.

All that said, there's something I quite like about this time of year. The new stuff may make me weary, but it's a little bit exciting too. The first of September has been and gone, and while it feels like summer never really arrived here, I'm quite looking forward to nights cuddled up on the couch with the curtains closed and the candles lit. I've never really cast off my opaque tights this year, but I'm starting to crave chunky cardis and my lovely vintage suede coat. I have my beady eye on a gorgeous cable knit number in Toppers at the moment.

Tomorrow marks a year since RH and I had our first "proper" date - who knew I could make it this far? I couldn't have done it without his endless patience! Having engaged in multiple social activities last weekend (dinner and cinema), and given my knackered state, we're opting for a night in - he's cooking, but I'm providing the champagne. On Sunday I'm dreading lunch with RH, my mum and P. Eeep. I don't much care what my mum thinks of RH, but I'm afraid I'll revert to my usual sulky-teenager state around her, and RH might not like me when I'm like that. I don't much like myself when I'm like that, if I'm honest. I'm also uneasy about P tagging along - he's not my dad, and it kind of feels like he's muscling in on that role. Hopefully it will be short and painless.

In other news, a seagull shat all over me as I walked home from work on Wednesday. Apparently that's lucky, but I suspect only for the dry cleaner, since I just collected that coat from there about three weeks back. (At least it wasn't the aforementioned suede one.) But you never know, do you?

Do You Remember The First Time? - Pulp
(I've been earworming various Pulp songs since seeing coverage of them live at Leeds/Reading last weekend. Love. Jarvis, I SO would.)