I've been reflecting on my course this morning. There's a lot of reading. I really don't mind this at all as I enjoy what I'm learning, but I do find certain things suffer because of the time I have to use. Perhaps suffer is the wrong word. I tend not to do things around the house as much. The hedge in the back garden is in desperate need of cutting but I continually put it off so I can read instead. This is a great excuse. I hate gardening. I have to admit that, sometimes, I find it therapeutic, but at the moment I find I can't be bothered anyway. I've also heard that birds benefit from overgrown foliage so I can perfectly justify my hedge's neglect in more than one way.
Back to the course. I really enjoy the lectures and seminars, even the taxing ones like Form and Meaning. It's a funny subject, Form and Meaning. It makes perfect sense by the end of the session, and in many cases I don't find it particularly hard, but I tend to think the answers to some of the questions we are asked are going to be more tricky than they actually are. This makes for a taxing Tuesday morning, although enjoyable. I particularly liked the week two's theme on genre. I think as the weeks progress I'll get into the swing of this subject a little more.