Protected: Horrible news

Went to visit lytteltonwitch at the hospital tonight. She’s looking about as well as can be expected after surgery, which by the sound of things was a bit more complicated than they expected. She was hoping to get out tomorrow, but it looks like they’re going to keep her in for a few more days….

Servalan left early on Thursday morning to catch her train back to Sydney, but my flight wasn’t until late afternoon, so I had a day to fill on my own. I’d done pretty much all the touristy stuff Brisbane had to offer (the ones I could afford, anyway), so after wandering around town one last…

I liked this depiction of the number of aftershocks from The Press this afternoon: Or there’s the animated version.

Ok, I’ve been back long enough now that the jet lag has mostly worn off (I’ve managed to convince my body clock to sleep at normal times, but I haven’t quite adjusted back to normal meal times yet – I keep getting hungry at really weird times, then not be hungry when it’s actually time…

…but sometimes I do 🙂 1] Who was your FIRST prom date?Harry Johnston. The Number 1 Geek of our class (I was Number Two). I didn’t really want to go with him (we were friends, but that was definitely it as far as I was concerned), but it obviously took him so much effort to…

So our annual Bookcrossing Christmas party happened on Saturday night, but our traditional Christmas tree didn’t. It was just too wet. Heavy rain for most of the day, and although it had eased off a little by evening, it was still drizzling and very cold, and hanging books from trees wouldn’t have been fun. So…