What's Up Wednesday - August 27

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop created by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk to help writers stay in touch. This is the first WUW of the new school year and let me tell you it feels fantastic to be back.

Random question: If you use Blogger, do you have trouble inserting images from links? I feel like I have to put in the link and click the button about ten times before it'll actually work.


What I'm Reading: 
I pulled out an old favorite, Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce. It's been one of my favorite books for about ten years now so I'm hoping that it'll help me get back in the groove of actually reading. Seems to be working well so far. I only fall more in love with Numair the older I get.

What I'm Writing: 
On hold while I get settled in. I was going to start working on LP again today but then I took a look at my "to do" list and decided to make that tomorrow.  

What Inspires Me: 
Being back on campus. Settling into a set routine. Knowing that I could walk downtown any time I want. I just really love being back in school.

What Else I've Been Up To: 
Most of the weekend was spent moving back into my apartment. Yesterday I had my first classes and they went well. My schedule is pretty bare at the moment so I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts. Won't be long and I'll be swamped with classes and homework and lab volunteering and hopefully a job.

Oh, and Doctor Who returned over the weekend! I'll keep this spoiler-free for those of you who haven't seen it. I must say I'm already very accepting of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. It was a good episode, but I'm concerned over the last few minutes. I have a very bad feeling about where this season is going. 

Have a great week everyone!

Comments

Miss Cole said…
I haven't read Wild Magic in yeeeears! Oooh, the memories :D

Have fun being back in school! Sometimes I really miss those days. Going back to my old campus last week made me super nostalgic for the good old days of education... *le sigh*

Have a great week!
August 27, 2014 at 2:46 PM
Kris F. Oliver said…
Good luck getting back into the school groove. How fun that you can walk downtown any time you want. :)

I haven't read Wild Magic. But it sounds like just the ticket for travel reading, so I added it to my TBR list.

Hope you have an amazing week!

Oh and p.s. you aren't the only one with the blog image link thing. Blogger is totally wonky that way.
August 28, 2014 at 9:06 AM
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