So, the relations are off home after quite a pleasant visit, and I'm cosied up at my desk with peppermint tea and NPR bringing me back to myself. I do hope that this being-misaligned is a thing I will eventually outgrow or mature past, as I did over the last few years with the crippling social anxiety that left me sick to my stomach with social ( Read more... )

My oh my, the hour is fast approaching! Today has mostly been a whirlwind of packing and cleaning and music organising, with breaks in between to re-dye the fading purple streaks in my hair (and add some pink highlights), fetch nibbles for the road, read Howl's Moving Castle, and snuggle the cats I won't see for two weeks. (Two weeks with no cats? ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back -- you know, back, although in the ordinary way I didn't actually go anywhere (except into town, and to several shops, and an ice cream place). Had a really splendid visit with my aunt & cousin, in which much hilarity was shared, and I feel a bit refreshed and a bit terrified because School is looming in front of me like a great dark ( Read more... )