Well, we’ve survived the first few days of the visit. The Outlaws are almost over their jetlag, I’m almost used to sleeping on a camp stretcher (we’ve given them our bed, so we’re in the spare room on stretchers), the cats are almost used to having strange people in the house, and the weather has…
(said in an appropriately creepy horror film voice, of course) The Outlaws arrived safely yesterday morning – incredibly tired of course, after the stupidly long trip and all the time-zone changes, but they bravely managed to stay awake for the rest of the day. Amazingly, the weather turned beautiful yesterday for their arrival – it’s…
MrPloppy got bitten by a mosquito last night (or it may have been a spider, or some other nasty bitey type thing – when he noticed the bite, there had been a mosquito buzzing around, but he’d also spent the day gardening, so almost anything could have been caught in his sleeve). This morning, the…
Only a few more days until the Outlaws arrive. They rang last night to say they were just about to set off on the first leg of their journey, the drive to London (they live in Wales). They’ll be in London by now, where they’re staying overnight and catching the plane in the morning. They’ve…
As I may or may not have mentioned, MrPloppy‘s parents are arriving next week from the UK for a month’s visit (they won’t actually be staying with us for the whole month, because they’re going to do a bit of touring around the country, but they’ll be using our place as a base). It’s the…
I raced out this morning and took a photo of the finished brickwork: It stands out at the moment, but according to the builder it should weather to match the rest of the house in a year or so. And while I’m uploading photos, here’s one I forgot to upload of the car that crashed…
Sorry I haven’t been updating much lately (or at all, in fact) – what with the crisis at work, starting a new paper at university, and preparing for the imminent visit of MrPloppy‘s parents, plus the remains of that cold I caught in Dunedin hanging on and sapping any energy I had left after all…
No, I haven’t disappeared off the face of the earth, I’ve just been sick. When will I ever learn that going to a Bookcrossing convention and then coming home and going straight back to work is not a good idea (FutureCat, write 100 times: “I must always plan a holiday to recover from my holiday”)….
Last night I finally managed to finish making release notes and/or journal entries on all the books I released in Dunedin. It’s taken me a while, but given that I wild released 79 books on the trip, plus controlled released (i.e. gave directly to another bookcrosser) about another 30, and most of them had photos…
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…