Pre-Christmas Paralysis

All these emails keep arriving telling me about all the activities my various swing dancing associations (LSE Swing Dance Society in London, Jitterbugs in Singapore) have planned for the festive season. I can’t actually go to any of the ones in London, because they’re scheduled at bad times for me, and end of term work panic has me in its bone-crunching grip. I can’t go to any of the ones in Singapore for obvious reasons. Those are the ones that really sound fantastic, and all the people I had so much fun dancing with over the summer seem to be living it up back home.

Meanwhile, the struggle is whether or not to worry about all the law work and debating preparation that I haven’t done, or to just shrug it off and enjoy life as it should be enjoyed before Christmas. There are Christmas cards to be written, presents to be bought, and the wanton desire of frivolous shopping for the sole reason of self-indulgence. There are trips to Madrid, Manchester and Glasgow. There is also the looming spectre of academic failure. Oh, the perpetual dilemma…