3: Enjoying the View David winked at me across the staff room the morning after my lesson with Jane and Sarah. I must have looked a picture, bouncing into the room as if I was full of the joys of spring! He knew… He knew exactly what had gone on the night before, and the grin he shot in my direction told me that he knew exactly what was going to happen next week too! ...
4: Solitaire Ok. I admit it: “Hello, my name’s Laura Johnson and I am addicted to mummification.” I came to my epiphany when it became blatantly clear that my weekly lessons with the MEC just weren’t enough. My last thoughts as I fell asleep were of being wrapped up. Totally innocent words in books and on the TV would put images into my head. It was time to take matters into my own hands, as it were. I spent hours on the Internet searching for how I could satiate my needs. I built up quite a shopping list, and made arrangements so that there was no way in the world that I could be disturbed – until I wanted to be! I knew that I wouldn’t be able to wrap myself fully, that would take some practice! ...
Part One As I walked away from the Halloween display, my mind was full of intriguing thoughts… What would it feel like to be wrapped up like that?? Totally encased like a mummy, not able to move, not able to see… I must admit that as well as the feelings of intrigue, my heart was racing - was I really getting excited by the thought of being so helpless at someone else’s mercy? ...
Part Two - Learning By Invitation After the school open day, things went quiet for a while. I felt deflated, like something I wanted for so long had happened, and I had nothing to look forward to anymore. Then the invitation arrived. The plain red envelope was sitting on my doormat when I got home from school, standing out from the bills and junk mail. Inside the envelope was a single piece of black card, ...