Ottery St. Mary has been flooded. Eep! All those poor otters. Of course, otters can swim.

[Apologising in advance to anyone who may have been affected by the floods]

Written on local pub's menu blackboard this morning:

Free Food

Free Beer

False Advertising

~giggles~

And no, I wasn't  having drinkies first thing! I have to walk past the pub on my way to, well, anywhere really.

So I was still running at breakneck speed until Thursday last week, when the flu bug had me skidding to a halt with all the inevitability of a stray leaf on the track bringing the National Rail service to a standstill. So it's been bedrest for me since Friday, and I am thankfully almost recovered now. It's not been so bad, since I've only recently ( Read more... )

Terribly sorry I haven't been commenting on my flist's entries recently. Work has been a bit exhausting since I returned, and any spare time is being taken up by drawing and/or slaving away on my Snuna and SSHG Exchange pieces. I'm also trying to maintain a regular sleep cycle, and am therefore unable to stay up late to browse through LJ. I shall ( Read more... )

Happy Christmas (and/or any other festive celebrations) in advance to all! Sorry I've been a bit MIA lately. My best friend from med school was over last weekend to visit and it was a bit of a whirlwind stay, mainly comprising shopping and eating. Work's been really busy as it usually is this time of year. We are also having blizzards. I personally ( Read more... )

Awfully proud of myself. Didn't lounge around as I often do on weekends, whiling away the hours watching mindless crap on the telly. No, this weekend, I posted the remainder of my Christmas cards, wrote up cards for work colleagues, bought all my presents, sorted out paperwork, partially tidied my flat in readiness for my friend who is coming to ( Read more... )

A very Happy Birthday to pyjamapants . Hope you are having a marvellous day, m'dear, and that the year ahead is happy and successful in every way ( Read more... )

Now I have always handwaved away Tchaikovsky's talents as "that dude who wrote all those ballets" and not given his works a second glance. Having just caught the Proms on BBC4 tonight, I've been proven wrong. The pieces Variations on a Rococo Theme (with a superb cellist) and Francesca da Rimini are just sublime! They even inspired me to invent a ( Read more... )

... to say hello to all my flist and render a thousand apologies for having been away so long. Needless to say, RL was a mess through the latter half of 2008 and left me flailing in a quagmire of ill health and work issues. I fear the first half of this year will be no better as I shall be starting my 6 month posting in Paediatrics next week, ( Read more... )

Yay, I am in a wonderfully happy mood today, after weeks of being busy or tired or down in the dumps or all of the above. Spring seems to be making its way here, and I have finally discarded the winter coat. Had a half day at work today, got a new hairdo with pretty highlights, and all seems to be right with the world. I feel a light-hearted HGSS ( Read more... )