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It’s 3.18 am, and very shortly I’ll be heading to the airport. Why oh why did I think a 6 am flight (with 4 am check in) was a good idea??? See you after the convention!

As I might have mentioned ;-), it was a very early start on Thursday to get to the airport for a 4 am check-in. As predicted, TopKat wasn’t able to come, so I was off on an adventure on my own. My bag was only 19.3 kg – I could have fitted another couple of…

I knew there was something missing from my description of the day – the Dunedin goodies. boreal and rarsberry had sent me up a box of goodies to take over to Brisbane with me, as a promotion for the NZBC convention to be held in Dunedin next February. The goodies consisted of mini Crunchie bars…

Not long now until I leave for Brisbane, and I’m nowhere near ready to go. The plan was to get everything done this weekend, but as the best laid plans so often do, it all gang a bit awry. First interruption to the plan was totally self-inflicted: the computer shop rang to say they’ve fixed…

One of the books I labelled in the Dunedin backpackers’ has just been released in Italy!!!

Most important things first: MrPloppy made it home safely a couple of weeks ago – no hassles at all on the return trip, thankfully. He still says he’s never flying long-haul again though. Anyway, since he’s been back, it’s been all go. My brother and his family came to stay over Queen’s Birthday weekend –…

No diary entries for weeks, and then two in one day – typical. TGFKAM (The Gathering Formerly Known As Meetup) tonight, and we had a really good turnout: Cathietay and Daveytay, lytteltonwitch, natecull and a German guy who’s staying with him at the moment (who I don’t think really knew who we were or why…

I’ve had a busy few days (and am now paying for it with a nasty head-cold). On Thursday lytteltonwitch and I went to see Dramasoc‘s production of The Tempest, starring ORNOT as Prospero (he was very good, as usual (though I think he had a cold), and for a change most of the rest of…

I haven’t done a lot of embroidery lately (after the marathon effort getting the wedding sampler done), but I did make up this Christmas decoration from a kit a week or so ago:[album 128913 stocking.JPG]Hard to tell from the photo, but it’s almost all done with beads, and just a few small areas of plain…

I discovered that it was raining at about 5 o’clock this morning, when Ming decided to crawl under the covers with me. Unfortunately, he decided this just after he’d been outside in the rain, so I was rudely awoken by a sopping wet and very cold cat pressing against my legs – not a pleasant…