Must change permissions.....
Okay so there I was, end of last week, suffering from post holiday blues with probably a good dollop of PMS hormones on the side, feeling slightly wretched, stressed and generally sorry for myself.
Apart from parents, I had singularily failed to connect with a single friend over the course of my 2 weeks holiday, and was stewing nicely in a marinade of self pity over my lack of friends to see, having relocated myself "oop north", and suffering from a general lack of finances to go on major trips due to the scarey costs of being a houseowner.
Then today it occurred to me - "dang woman - half your life has involved an online social scene - you need to be less "read-only"!!!
And it occurred to me how much time I spend eagerly devouring the highs and lows of my friends online via facebook, twitter and LJ, but I barely ever type a word there myself....
No wonder people forget I exist......
In other news - my house has had a whirlwind DIY makeover courtesy of my folks visiting on the first weekend of my holiday (why oh why did I not inherit their general DIY-capableness?!!), and I have a gleaming new toilet - overhauled utility room, new carpet laid in both utility room and bathroom (actually I did this bit, so I guess I'm not entirely hopeless ;p), and all sorts of other minor decorative tweaks. Plus a gleaming kitchen, recleaned by mother, in the way only Mum's can do - despite the hours I spent trying to clean up before they got there.....
Didn't do alot with my two weeks holiday after that, if I'm honest..... but we did help Tim's Mum clean out his Dad's room - a doubled edged moment really - good that she was finally able to face the task after his death, but a sad reminder of his passing, and a visit from Tim's best friend, during which I encouraged us all to go for a nice walk in the fresh air to the shops, only to get caught in a lovely deluge of Britains finest summer weather ;p Oh and as a thank you from Tim's Mum, we visited a local curry restaurant we'd never been to before, and had one of the nicest currys I think I've ever had - *makes mental note about that place*.
I still have at least another week's holiday to take before Xmas, that I can't carry over to next year, so I plan to try and include a trip down south, mostly to collect yet more stuff Mum and Dad have found of mine that is still at their place! Also there are rumours of a 20-something (no-one is quite sure if it's 21 years or 23-24 years - lol) year reunion of a Venture Scout Unit I was a member of in my teens, which could be amusing if it comes off. I have never been to a reunion in my life - I wonder if this is some indication of reaching a certain age, when reunions start to happen!
(EDIT: LOL as I tried to post this entry, I get an error telling me the journal is temporarily in read-only mode!!! How did it know?!)
Apart from parents, I had singularily failed to connect with a single friend over the course of my 2 weeks holiday, and was stewing nicely in a marinade of self pity over my lack of friends to see, having relocated myself "oop north", and suffering from a general lack of finances to go on major trips due to the scarey costs of being a houseowner.
Then today it occurred to me - "dang woman - half your life has involved an online social scene - you need to be less "read-only"!!!
And it occurred to me how much time I spend eagerly devouring the highs and lows of my friends online via facebook, twitter and LJ, but I barely ever type a word there myself....
No wonder people forget I exist......
In other news - my house has had a whirlwind DIY makeover courtesy of my folks visiting on the first weekend of my holiday (why oh why did I not inherit their general DIY-capableness?!!), and I have a gleaming new toilet - overhauled utility room, new carpet laid in both utility room and bathroom (actually I did this bit, so I guess I'm not entirely hopeless ;p), and all sorts of other minor decorative tweaks. Plus a gleaming kitchen, recleaned by mother, in the way only Mum's can do - despite the hours I spent trying to clean up before they got there.....
Didn't do alot with my two weeks holiday after that, if I'm honest..... but we did help Tim's Mum clean out his Dad's room - a doubled edged moment really - good that she was finally able to face the task after his death, but a sad reminder of his passing, and a visit from Tim's best friend, during which I encouraged us all to go for a nice walk in the fresh air to the shops, only to get caught in a lovely deluge of Britains finest summer weather ;p Oh and as a thank you from Tim's Mum, we visited a local curry restaurant we'd never been to before, and had one of the nicest currys I think I've ever had - *makes mental note about that place*.
I still have at least another week's holiday to take before Xmas, that I can't carry over to next year, so I plan to try and include a trip down south, mostly to collect yet more stuff Mum and Dad have found of mine that is still at their place! Also there are rumours of a 20-something (no-one is quite sure if it's 21 years or 23-24 years - lol) year reunion of a Venture Scout Unit I was a member of in my teens, which could be amusing if it comes off. I have never been to a reunion in my life - I wonder if this is some indication of reaching a certain age, when reunions start to happen!
(EDIT: LOL as I tried to post this entry, I get an error telling me the journal is temporarily in read-only mode!!! How did it know?!)