Good things and bad things...
Several hicccups on the whole life-going-well thing, but thanks to people who've been most kind of late - I appreciate it.
Worlds travel is really annoying: I can't book my flights for two key reasons
1. My computer at home is refusing to connect to the internet at the moment.
2. I don't seem to be able to pay for the flights. It's not a not-having-the-money problem (although that's an issue in itself, but we're dealing with it), it's more a not-having-a-credit-card problem. This sucks!! I was going to make the flight bookings on my Mother's credit card, as I don't have one, and don't want one, being a little cautious finances-wise. But when I was checking fare prices on the internet, it's telling me that the credit card holder making the payment must be part of the travelling party. So I really don't know what to do. I could apply for a credit card, even though I don't actually want one, but the chances of it a) getting here on time for me to make my bookings and b) having a limit large enough to pay for the flights are almost nil. And I can't use my Mum's one, because oddly enough she wasn't planning to come to Malaysia with the rest of the debaters. I don't know what I'm gong to do - it's like I'm being penalised by this airline for being fnancially cautious enough not to have a bloody credit card. So I'm both angry and upset, which for me is never a good combination.
Good things that happened today:
1. There was a fire alarm in the Byre. This was at the beginning of the lunch serving time, and all the old ladies who were refusing to leave their tables (on which we wanted to serve lunch to people who had already reserved) left, and we didn't run out of cups.
2. I was speaking to Alice, a colleague, and apparently she's been looking for a violist for ages, as she has some really pretty music (the Mozart flute quartets), but no violist to make up the quartet. So she's going to give me the sheet music for the viola part, and we'll maybe have a go at them. This is a good thing, as I've wanted to play again for ages, and haven't really had the motivation or any new music, or people to play with, and now it would appear I've got all these things! Now all I have to do is dust off my viola, buy a better bow (perhaps) and make sure my fingers still work like they used to, then I'll be happy!
But it still doesn't cancel out the Worlds annoyance.
Anyway, I should go and try to organise more Schools stuff. I need a tabbing thingy!
Worlds travel is really annoying: I can't book my flights for two key reasons
1. My computer at home is refusing to connect to the internet at the moment.
2. I don't seem to be able to pay for the flights. It's not a not-having-the-money problem (although that's an issue in itself, but we're dealing with it), it's more a not-having-a-credit-card problem. This sucks!! I was going to make the flight bookings on my Mother's credit card, as I don't have one, and don't want one, being a little cautious finances-wise. But when I was checking fare prices on the internet, it's telling me that the credit card holder making the payment must be part of the travelling party. So I really don't know what to do. I could apply for a credit card, even though I don't actually want one, but the chances of it a) getting here on time for me to make my bookings and b) having a limit large enough to pay for the flights are almost nil. And I can't use my Mum's one, because oddly enough she wasn't planning to come to Malaysia with the rest of the debaters. I don't know what I'm gong to do - it's like I'm being penalised by this airline for being fnancially cautious enough not to have a bloody credit card. So I'm both angry and upset, which for me is never a good combination.
Good things that happened today:
1. There was a fire alarm in the Byre. This was at the beginning of the lunch serving time, and all the old ladies who were refusing to leave their tables (on which we wanted to serve lunch to people who had already reserved) left, and we didn't run out of cups.
2. I was speaking to Alice, a colleague, and apparently she's been looking for a violist for ages, as she has some really pretty music (the Mozart flute quartets), but no violist to make up the quartet. So she's going to give me the sheet music for the viola part, and we'll maybe have a go at them. This is a good thing, as I've wanted to play again for ages, and haven't really had the motivation or any new music, or people to play with, and now it would appear I've got all these things! Now all I have to do is dust off my viola, buy a better bow (perhaps) and make sure my fingers still work like they used to, then I'll be happy!
But it still doesn't cancel out the Worlds annoyance.
Anyway, I should go and try to organise more Schools stuff. I need a tabbing thingy!