We have arrived safely in Wales to tempertemper's lovely place ( Read more... )

We've done London ( Read more... )

Taming was phenomenal and included some HILARIOUS twists on lines. Not entirely sure that I bought Kate's shift to loving Petruchio instead of being browbeaten by him, but that's a hard sell and I will have to ponder. Details of the show later. I had a BRILLIANT time, and even the stewards noticed ( Read more... )

I am putting out an all-call to British fen re: their availability to visit with and/or host my daughter and me in the following locales: London, Aberdeen, along the train lines from London out toward Stonehenge and then up to Wales by way of Bristol, Bath, and down past Tintern Abbey on our way to Cardiff ( Read more... )

I am HOME! Plane flight was good. Quick. I even wrote on it!

I missed Husband and the kids LOTS this week. It is so good to be home on the couch, snuggled with my Boy, watching Big Bang Theory

I still have 2 days of school (Mon & Tues), but...it's almost over and I'm doing well with my university coursework, and I'm HOME with my FAMILY. *

I made my first long solo trip in, like, forever. Drove 300 miles on Friday night, then 300 miles today, and it turns out my little car (Ellie) is very comfortable AND (though it takes a huge fuel economy hit) will go a steady 80 mph quite well.

The drive was even nice and easy and not ever once awful.

And I'm home safely.

We are back from a good and productive weekend at Mom's. Husband sawed slats, retrieved box spring and mattress, hung blinds, changed knobs and locks, disposed of the massive collection of keys, and generally was VERY HELPFUL. He's the best son-in-law ever ( Read more... )

After eight days in Louisville for the AP Reading, 3 days with cheekygal in Lexington, 3 days with spacekid77 in Louisville, a day with dewwta in Carbondale, 3 1/2 internet-less but gloriously yummy-food-filled days with imbri6 in St Louis, MANY hours on the road, MANY hours in front of the TV, MANY hours spent in good company, and then over two hours of all FOUR of us unpacking ( Read more... )

I got in to Louisville last night with no problems ( Read more... )

The memorial for tv_elf was absolutely lovely, as was visiting with her folks and the fen who came in and let us crash with them.