It's D-Camp week, which means that I'm sleeping 4-5 hours a night and pulling the occasional 18 hour work day.

I'm probably going to be even more AFK than usual, at least through Sunday...

(also, why can I not post two moods? I am both exhausted *and* hungry!)

It's amazing how everyone's RL kicks into high gear in December, even if one isn't Christian or Jewish (or a practicing member of either faith). At least if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. Writing communities slow, posting frequencies slow on personal journals, and we're all hit-or-miss on the various realtime chat clients ( Read more... )

RL, you're killing me.

• The Caps have turned themselves inside out on the coaching front (Head coach, BAM. Assistant Coach, BAM-BAH-BAM).
• Ovechkin's got a girlfriend (and tweeted about her).
• Carolina's got a new coach.
• Boudreau's ended up in Anaheim, taking over the Ducks from Randy Carlyle.
• Mattias Sjogren's swanned off to the Swedish Elite League, ( Read more... )

Still here.

Still have power.

Unexpectedly have a day off, since they closed the rink arbitrarily yesterday around noon.

Therefore, I'm going to be spending the day writing like a rockstar.

*Goes in search of coffee*

*Checks Date of Last Post*

*Double-Takes*

So, um, apparently it's been 2 months since I updated this journal?

I honestly didn't realize it had been so long, although I probably should have. My life has been crazy busy since early-March, and it wasn't all that settled in the month before that.

( Work Stuff - EPIC CHANGES )

My Recent Life (in short form, because there's a lot of it and things are kind of hectic):

• As previously mentioned, I spent 2 weeks in Russia. I can't even describe how fabulous it was, so I'm not going to try. In fact, I loved it so much, my luggage is still over there (it never caught up with me on the trip *over*). Sites Visited Include:
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So, despite my best intentions, I've been horrifically AFK since I got back from the Minnesota-Canada Boundary Waters (last Sunday, which capped off a week where I had absolutely no internet access). Sorry for that, my real life has been kind of crazy and distracting ( Read more... )

Caps Fan Fest is Saturday July 17 ( Read more... )

Since I'm going to be spending close to 2 weeks in Russia in August, I signed up for a Russian Language Class through the local Russian Cultural Centre. It runs M & W 7-9PM ( Read more... )

Many thanks to scarlett_o, who talked me out of doing something massively fiscally irresponsible, and slowascent, who sort-of tried (she told me I'd get beaten up if I did it; she's probably right)...

ETA: And then, out of morbid curiosity, I poked at StubHub and found out I could do it for $100 less. Um, oops? antumbral is v. possibly just slightly an enabler. Maybe a 3, ( Read more... )