Right, so tomorrow morning we leave for my grandfather's funeral. I'm not expecting it to be much other than needless drama (did I mention his business is still tied to my mom's? oh yeah, and they still don't know what's happening with that yet - and that's just the start). Why don't we talk about something nice instead ( Read more... )

Back in May when raayat surprised me with a trip to Paris, he also mentioned that he wished we would go more often. How could I resist such a request?

I knew better than to even try during the height of summer, so I picked the first weekend in September thinking the weather would still be nice, but the city would hopefully be less crowded. Both proved to ( Read more... )

When I got my exam schedule, one of the best pieces of news was that I would be finished in time to enjoy the late May bank holiday. Last year, I had exams until 02 June which meant studying while the entire rest of the country played in the sun. So I knew that I wanted to go somewhere, but I also knew myself well enough to realise that the last ( Read more... )

We are now back from Paris, and I am pleased to report that it a) was exactly what I needed and b) lived up to expectations. Never mind that it was seriously, serously cold, but fabulous anyway. I think the biggest factor in (b) was that I had already resigned myself to not being able to see everything. So, the agenda for the weekend was ( Read more... )

So here I am at the end of the week; not too bad, all things said and done. Work is moving along at a nice clip - not too slow, not too frantic. Just about right. Granted this won't last long, but hey, enjoy it while you can ( Read more... )

And there are very few days that I can say that. =) But today finds me not at work, but curled in my comfy clothes, with a cup of tea and a recently finished book. Today, it's Of Love and Shadows by Allende. Asked me a few days ago what I thought of it, and the answer would have been "it's just ok", however about 100 pages from the end the plot ( Read more... )