Easter Monday

It has rained continuously all day in the good old tradition of Easter Monday. The local council ensured that this would occur by initiating their yearly "rain dance" also known as "Putting on a Fair At the Park" which never fails! The South may be grateful, on the brink of a hosepipe ban as they are but I assure you us up North have more than enough already thank you.

I didn't actually mind as my plans today did not include going out. I have been relatively productive in that I have planned out my academic book review, answered last weeks module questions and also read Temeraire: Black Powder War by Naomi Novik.

AND watched the first episode of the new series of Horrible Histories, followed by the recording from the Horrible Histories at the Proms this afternoon. Sherlock fandom has ruined me utterly because Mark Gatiss is in the new series and I was all :D :D!. I mean don't get me wrong he's awesome (because he's a writer AND an actor and that's just like the most awesomest thing ever) it's just I never really noticed him before because most of the things he's written and/or been in haven't been my cup of tea (I did watch some of the league of gentleman but it's a bit beyond my usual humour really, and Wind in the Willows was okay but I am a staunch supporter of the Cosgrove Hall version), and now Sherlock fandom has got me hooked on him and him-as-Mycroft in particular waistcoatsaresexyokay? and...yes.

So somewhat productive. Actually thinking about going back to work gives me stomach ache as I will go back to face an enormous amount of deadlines, as if I haven't got enough of those Outside of Work to be going along with.

But then again I appear to be out of Mystrade fanfiction again, so I suppose I have a little more time than usual...