Protected: Horrible news

On Route 101, somewhere between Santa Cruz and Ventura Amazingly, we achieved our aim of being up by 5 am and on the road by 6 (or 6ish, at least). Having left too early for breakfast, our first stop was a little roadside cafe in an old railway caboose for necessary driver caffeination. Very cute….

[album 128913 021205fun1.jpg]Gwilk with the groaning table full of books at the beginning of the afternoon. [album 128913 021205fun2.jpg]The “Free Books” sign shifted to a more sensible position. Having it hanging from the umbrella was wonderfully visible, except that the wind kept catching it, making the umbrella spin round, and occasionally hitting a “customer” in…

I definitely like this wireless concept. You can stay in bed half the morning and yet still feel productive because you’ve finally caught up with reading some of your friends’ diaries 🙂 (so if any of you suddenly appear on the Top 10 list, you’ll know why – it’s because I’ve read a couple of…

Well, one big worry is out the way now – I had my oral exam for Spanish yesterday morning. It went predictably badly (I always panic in orals, for some reason. I go in knowing tonnes of vocab and grammar, and able to construct wonderfully complex sentences in my head, then they ask the first…

I’ve had a busy wee day today. I made: Apricot muffins Apricot and orange loaf Walnut biscuits (which don’t actually contain walnuts – it’s an old family recipe that once upon a time called for walnuts, but as none of us liked them, we always substituted sultanas. The name has stuck, though.) Gingernuts Fruit loaf…

Term has started again, so it’s back to the slog of study work study work with not a lot of time for anything else. Oh well, only 6 more weeks… (and few weeks studying for the exam, and the exam itself…) and then I’ll be free! Well, semi-free, anyway. At least I’ll be finished with…