Erk, or something...

[graculus]

So, I thought it would be a good idea to go from connotations (which was awesome, as usual!) and then jump on a plane the following day and go somewhere warmer for a week. Next time I get this kind of idea, remind me that there are also downsides to this...

1. I have a cold. It kind of started as con throat but developed into coughing-my-lungs-out and now means I will be going back to work unwell tomorrow. Meh. If it had been warmer where I was, then perhaps it would have helped, but the alternating sunshine and torrential rain didn't really work so well for my immune system.

2. At one point, I also fell off the trail I was hiking. Torrential rain + rocks = slipperiness and potential for doom, though I was lucky enough to slip off at the right point and just end up with bruises and scratches from falling through bushes rather than toppling off a cliff or some such.

3. Lack of internet is apparently not as serious a condition as I had thought it was. Hmmm. Also I got stuff written, including the first 1500 words of my pirate AU for au_bingo and watched a bunch of the stuff I got hold of at connotations (though not The Losers so katemonkey leave me alone...). And slept a lot, in the converted farmhouse B&B place where I was the only guest all week.

4. A two and a half hour flight can seem like is an eternity when one of the passengers is a small child who screams continuously.

Now there must be shopping and washing and tidying of the house before the inevitable return to mundanity tomorrow when I discover just how much chaos has been wrought in my absence. Happy times! :P

Comments

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm sorry you got the con-cold!

Also, pirateAU = win

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I kind of expected it but hoped a little Mediterranean warmth might bake it out of me. However, a lot of Mediterranean torrential rain didn't help much.

Now I just need help with 'superpowers' as an AU, as I keep hitting a wall of 'sarcasm is not a superpower, even for Illya Kuryakin.' ;)

[beren-writes.livejournal.com]

We should do a survey and see how many of us came away with that cold.

Hope the AU is going well ... there are never enough pirates ::g::

The Losers is sooo good - honestly :D

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Con crud is to be expected and is the price willingly paid for a good time. Or something like that!

I'm hoping to get some more of the AU done once I stop coughing my lungs up... ;)

[space00.livejournal.com]

Aww colds are the pitt's, I hope yours finishes soon!

And yeh, I always, always get the screaming kid / baby (that just wants a cuddle from the stupid 'wont pick the kid' up parents) sitting next to me, or worse.. behind me. Always. even on the bus.

x

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I think this particular screaming kid was teething, but whatever the case, he barely drew breath for anything else all the way home. Meh.

[space00.livejournal.com]

And everytime he stopped for a split second, I bet you thought.. Oh thank god!
And then he started over, and you got all tense and tried to sink into the chair more, or felt your headache, literally felt it.. crashing into you.
Been there! Know what it's like ;)

[cycnus39]

I'm glad you didn't fall off a cliff! :-D

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Me too! Though a few choice words were said regardless... ;)

[siluria]

Hope you feel better soon!!

I shall be eagerly awaiting the Pirate AU... just so you know :)