Maia's World

I know it’s still over a month to Christmas, but I’m trying to make all my presents this year and that means I have to get a move on. I’ve made three, but progress is slow and I still have at least six left! I will limit myself to manageable things in future. I hope.

On the note of manageable things, I’ve also challenged myself to write a 50, 000 word long first draft of a novel by Christmas! There’s no way this will end well…

I’m sorry I didn’t post anything last week, I had just come down with a cold. It wasn’t too bad then, but it got really horrible on Monday. I’m felling better now, but still a bit bunged up. Anyway,probably another reason is that we haven’t done anything especially interesting in a while.

Yesterday was my little brother’s 10th birthday, so we all hurried our breakfasts so we’d get to the present opening. He doesn’t have a favourite present, but I’m secretly in love with his new Rubik’s Cube 🙂

Sorry I didn’t post last week, I was in Greece! Yes, I finally went on holiday!

It was like one of those holidays that you think only exist in stories-at least at first. There were a few days, especially at the end, when it was grey and rainy, but mostly it was beautifully sunny. We went to the sea twice and swam in the pool most days. It was a lovely holiday, but I was very ready to go home. I’m very pleased that I had this chance for a perfect holiday. I’ve been the farthest from home I’ve ever been and it was amazing!

Yay! My class has finally started! It’s really good fun and gives me something (homework) to do when I’m really bored. I mean, I have to do it anyway, it’s not optional, but it’s mostly reading and writing and I enjoy both of those things.

So far this week hasn’t been very interesting. We went round to best friend’s house, and had lunch out with our Nanna. Other than that, it’s been an ordinary week. Except that I’m performing in my first concert this evening! I’m very excited.

This week has been an ordinary week, unless you count the fact that we took a couple of days out from school work to visit my Mum’s best friend and her children who live Nottingham. Needless to say we don’t see them very often, what with how far away from us they are and the fact that they attend school, so it’s always nice to see each other again.

Yesterday we had a Day of Adventure, when my parents take us out for the day. I haven’t really been enjoying them recently, but this one was awesome! We went to Barmouth for the day. It was pretty miserable weather while we were on the beach. I read and helped my little brothers make a massive sandcastle. After a picnic lunch of sandwiches, crisps, and pop, we went up to the funfair. The four of us children went on three rides. The Sizzler, where you spin around and get spun around and it feels like you’re going to smash into other seats, the roller coaster, which was rather small but still made me screams the first time I went down the slope, and the Waltzer, where you spin around and move around a very bumpy track. All the rides were very fun, but my favourite was the last. We finished off with ice creams and went home.

With school starting and my hair getting out of control, I was really glad when we had our hair cut, yesterday. Mum and Rosie also had haircuts, Rosie going for a bob and Mum just having it trimmed so she can grow it out. I had mine cut to shoulder length, the shortest I’ve ever had it since I was very little. I love my new hairstyle, and I find it very fitting to have it cut now, as I start my online lessons on the 9th of September, just over three weeks away.

We started our first ‘school block’ this week. A school block is a period of six to eight weeks when we work the mornings of four days a week. This block we are doing roughly two tutoring periods a day. A tutoring period is when Mum helps us with a subject that we are learning. So I have only had time for two Maths tutoring periods, one Chemistry tutoring period, and one Astronomy tutoring period. All three are subjects I am planning to take at GCSE, along with English Language, English Literature, and Physics.

So far, apart from a few distractions in the form of my youngest brother, Alexander, it’s all going really well,and I’m really enjoying it.