Jun. 3rd, 2006
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Ferret update
Jun. 3rd, 2006 11:08 amJust been to pick up the kids from their holiday and they're all fine. Phew.
I was much entertained by the woman who runs the ferret boarding place telling me how she's been prodding Lily every morning to make sure she's still alive, because she tends to sleep really soundly and is always still asleep when the boys are already up and about. I resisted the urge to say 'Dude, how do you think I've been feeling the past few months?' because I know exactly how it feels when you first see her in the morning.
Also, Lily now actually has her summer coat rather than a mixture of the two, and has lost a bit of her winter potbelly, so she looks much better. The boys are all fine and perky-looking too and are currently investigating the house again just in case I've changed everything since last time... ;)
I was much entertained by the woman who runs the ferret boarding place telling me how she's been prodding Lily every morning to make sure she's still alive, because she tends to sleep really soundly and is always still asleep when the boys are already up and about. I resisted the urge to say 'Dude, how do you think I've been feeling the past few months?' because I know exactly how it feels when you first see her in the morning.
Also, Lily now actually has her summer coat rather than a mixture of the two, and has lost a bit of her winter potbelly, so she looks much better. The boys are all fine and perky-looking too and are currently investigating the house again just in case I've changed everything since last time... ;)
Various and sundry...
Jun. 3rd, 2006 11:16 pmSo, what do you think the chances are of me calling in sick on Monday when I should be going back to work? *sigh* Between my glands being up, thunderous sneezing every so often and the fact I tried to break my foot on Thursday by pulling my suitcase off the baggage carousel right onto it (owww!), I think it's looking quite possible... ;)
Meanwhile, in other news I guess I should say something about the guy I was sitting next to on the way to Chicago. We got talking after a while, and after insisting on telling me all about being a DJ in Liverpool (or was it Manchester? I forget...) and how cool MySpace was (yeah, right, if you're 12...), he starts talking about going with his girlfriend to see The DaVinci Code. Cue mockage from me about cod history and bad Tom Hanks haircuts and his immediate response is 'oh, are you a Catholic?'. *headdesk* No, I'm just someone who likes storylines with some degree of historical authenticity and movies with actors whose hairstyles don't make them look like they've been molested by a lunatic wigmaker. Also, the bandwagon is a bit speedy for me to jump onto...
Am currently in total denial of the World Cup, as much as it's possible to be when surrounded by people driving cars with flags flying off them. Feh. While I usually really like football, I just can't give a damn about the competition this time around and am sincerely glad I have lots of nice shiny dvds to watch.
In other news, the main thing occupying my time other than work over the next couple of months is my dissertation, which has to be done by early September. I'm afraid my attitude is mostly '15,000 words? Mwahahaha!' but I need to get on with it. Of course, that means that now my brain is buzzing with fic ideas instead, as is only natural.
But I'm trying to be good, other than hopefully getting something done for volume 2 of 'Sin and Salvation' around the same time - I've half made up my mind I'd like to have a crack at NaNoWriMo this year too, using the AU Stargate SG-1 novel I've promised to write for Annie before next MW (working title 'Benediction', so you can probably guess which season 4 episode plays a goodly part in the reconstituted plot...). Naturally, since I wouldn't be starting that till November, my brain is going 'but no! how about this for a cool line? and hey, then they could do this and wouldn't this be great?' while I try and restrain myself. Bah and indeed humbug.
Meanwhile, in other news I guess I should say something about the guy I was sitting next to on the way to Chicago. We got talking after a while, and after insisting on telling me all about being a DJ in Liverpool (or was it Manchester? I forget...) and how cool MySpace was (yeah, right, if you're 12...), he starts talking about going with his girlfriend to see The DaVinci Code. Cue mockage from me about cod history and bad Tom Hanks haircuts and his immediate response is 'oh, are you a Catholic?'. *headdesk* No, I'm just someone who likes storylines with some degree of historical authenticity and movies with actors whose hairstyles don't make them look like they've been molested by a lunatic wigmaker. Also, the bandwagon is a bit speedy for me to jump onto...
Am currently in total denial of the World Cup, as much as it's possible to be when surrounded by people driving cars with flags flying off them. Feh. While I usually really like football, I just can't give a damn about the competition this time around and am sincerely glad I have lots of nice shiny dvds to watch.
In other news, the main thing occupying my time other than work over the next couple of months is my dissertation, which has to be done by early September. I'm afraid my attitude is mostly '15,000 words? Mwahahaha!' but I need to get on with it. Of course, that means that now my brain is buzzing with fic ideas instead, as is only natural.
But I'm trying to be good, other than hopefully getting something done for volume 2 of 'Sin and Salvation' around the same time - I've half made up my mind I'd like to have a crack at NaNoWriMo this year too, using the AU Stargate SG-1 novel I've promised to write for Annie before next MW (working title 'Benediction', so you can probably guess which season 4 episode plays a goodly part in the reconstituted plot...). Naturally, since I wouldn't be starting that till November, my brain is going 'but no! how about this for a cool line? and hey, then they could do this and wouldn't this be great?' while I try and restrain myself. Bah and indeed humbug.
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