I finally got round to hanging two cool things on the wall this morning.
The first is the Irish pub scene photograph I won at the Dublin convention, which I’ve added to the hallway with the other artworks I’ve brought home from various trips:
The other isn’t quite as artistic, but it makes me happy:
Only 22 years between them 🙂
decided to take a very long weekend this weekend, because (a) all the stress and uncertainty at work has been very tiring, so a break is definitely in order, (b) my leave is again accumulating to a point that HR will soon start sending me friendly reminders that I really do need to get my…
ytteltonwitch came over today, and we went to investigate a charity shop she’d found that had the bookcrossing holy grail: three books for a dollar. They had a really good selection, too, so I ended up investing $10 in stocking up with potential themed releases (I was punished for such extravagance when the pile fell…
own to the last few days of work before the Christmas break, and I’m seriously feeling in need of a holiday. What with boss still being away on parental leave, and several big deadlines falling in December, work hasn’t had the usual end-of-year wind-down this year – we’ve just been in full-on busy mode trying…
In just the few hours since I posted, the fires have got worse. They’re evacuating some of the hill suburbs, and the smoke is coming from a huge swath across the hills now – I was just at a function on the 6th floor of another campus building, which has an unimpeded view across the…
ell, we survived. The kids went home on Tuesday, and after a day to recover, and a day to clean the house (you would not believe where it’s possible to get popcorn!) and then another day to recover, we’re almost feeling back to normal. The cats have even almost forgiven us. Actually, we had great…
he Gwilks invited me round for lunch with some friends of theirs (who included Gaby, who I remembered from the Chick Flicks group), followed (of course) by board games. We spent a very enjoyable afternoon playing a wide assortment of games, most of which I’d never encountered before. I won once, came absolutely last once,…
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Very cool! How lovely to have all those artworks reminding you of your travels.
And I think it’s very nice of the University to give you your diplomas with the name “FutureCat” on them. ;-))