Back from the convention, and totally exhausted, but had the most wonderful time. I *really* wish I didn’t have to go to work today! I still haven’t managed to make release notes on all the books I released on the trip, or even to make journal entries on the ones I was given, but once I get that done (maybe tonight), I’ll attempt to get it all written up here (hopefully a bit faster thanI did for the last convention!)
I spent the afternoon at an Afghani birthday party. It was my ESOL student’s daughter’s 18th birthday, and at our last lesson she’d invited me to come. I had no idea what to expect, except that the conversation would all be in Farsi so I wouldn’t have a clue what was going on all afternoon,…
The convention started last night, and it’s going wonderfully! Loads of wonderful people, and wonderful books, and wonderful food, and wonderful fun, and we’ve only just started! (I know it’s immodest of me to describe the convention in such glowing terms, but I’m just so happy that it all seems to be working out, and…
Well, we’ve made it safely as far as Alexandra – we drove down from Christchurch yesterday, and spent today exploring Queenstown, Wanaka and the surrounding area. Tomorrow we’re off to Te Anau and then on to Milford. So far I haven’t managed to get us lost 🙂 Photos and a full report when I get…
Back working on my models again. I thought I’d be almost finished by now, but last week I discovered I’d missed a couple of crucial steps from the process, so I pretty much had to start from scratch again (not quite, because a lot of the work I’d done before will be useful, but still…
We’re not getting that refugee after all. My boss had called me a few days ago to say they’d found a lost kitten, and needed a home for it, so I’d said if they hadn’t found the owners by the time we got back we’d take it. He was supposed to be dropping it round…
Apparently it’s some sort of obscure American holiday tomorrow 😉 so Jenny’s having a party. I promised to bring a cake, but when I got home I wasn’t feeling in a particularly cake-making mood. I really should have listened to that feeling, but I did promise cake, so I hit the kitchen. I need to…