Writing to Winter: December 30th

Dear Winter,

Do you know what's really great about time off college? Playing silly board games like Cluedo and Rummikub without feeling like you've wasted too much time. Watching endless films and reading books and baking shortbread and just doing whatever the hell you fancy doing. 

I haven't quite done much of any of these things that I enjoy doing yet this time but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. In fact, quite the opposite. You should do absolutely whatever you fancy doing for a while because time isn't going to last forever. All of these small things matter because they make you happy but spending time over the holidays stressing about exams, assignments and coursework, you should keep that to a minimum because one day none of those things will matter and you might just wish that you spent a little bit more time enjoying yourself! 

Keep smiling,

Kathryn x

Writing to winter: December 29th

Dear Winter,

I was up very early to swim this morning but thankfully I didn't have to spend all day in work afterwards. Although I didn't quite get back to sleep afterwards, I did have a fairly pleasant day with my family out shopping. Obviously there was the usual younger brother having a moan episodes and not everything was perfect but it was quite nice just to spend part of a day together, because it's usually net impossible to get us all day together for even five minutes. 

It was getting very cold again today. Not the sort of cold where you expect snow, the cold where you need to wrap up warm but feel a little silly with hat, gloves and a scary whilst the sun is shining. I'd quite like to see some more snow though Winter. Maybe not this year because this year is drawing to a close now but some point before you're over would be great. 

Keep smiling, 

Kathryn x