News and nonsense
So, I've bought a new car. I'm sure you're all sick of me moaning about the tragedy that was my previous vehicle, so now you can share my love and joy for the new car in my life.
Hopefully this car won't be cursed like the other one. I'm hoping it was the car and noit as my dad suggested wicked car boggarts that live in the hedge. Look up boggarts, if you've never heard of them.
In other news, we had a party today, well a small social gathering really, with pie and cake and Pimms. It was grand, at least once the sun came out from behind the huge black cloud. Worn out from the cooking and organizing but it was fun.
Most important of all, it only two and a half weeks I'll be flying to the States for my hols. Meeting up wth sulien77 to sight see in Seattle and then driving down to Yakima to mooch round some vineyards, taste some wine and get background for the epic AU I'm writing. The I'm getting the Amtrak down to San Francisco to meet up with my friend Steve. We're having a couple of days in SF where we might bump into ionaonie if we're lucky, and then me and Steve will pick up the rental car and drive down the coast over the space of four days to get to San Diego in time for comic con. We're planning stop off and see Monterrey Bay aquarium, the Hearst Castle, Malibu (Steve wants to try to spot The Flan in his natural habitat so he can lick him!), LA to see a friend who lives there (and the Ray Harryhausen exhibition) and then maybe Oceanside so Steve (and maybe be) can oggle a marine or two. Then, we have a week in an apartment in SD, hopefully meeting up with adafrog and gpcrush , maybe going to Extraordinary Desserts with the gang and possibly having every one over to the apartment for a BBQ. Oh and tickets to w00tstock. Can't wait.