Dad had a bad case of the shakes this afternoon - as in, 1 hour of uncontrollable, full-body shivering. He's been rather less than 100% the last few days, but the shaking freaked me out ( Read more... )

One of the problems of Vietnam is that I can't have an external monologue ( Read more... )

I love my dad and my stepmum, but damn they're helpful.

Also: I have discovered that I come by my show geekiness honestly. My father is watching Supergirl and is really into it! Has no problem a) keeping track of who is who, b) explaining to his daughter what is going on, c) accepting that his daughter knows as much about the general DC universe, ( Read more... )

The good kind of moment ( Read more... )

Had the parentals over for dinner last night - Mum's birthday.

Cooked roast beef, vegies, and ANZAC Cheesecake.


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. rarepairfest due tomorrow - wordcount: 809. It's going to be down to the wire and very terse. And probably not what the recip wanted, but so far as I can tell, the recip didn't leave a letter and I have no idea what they want. Other than the pairings listed.

. marvel_bang has 8K due at the end of the month. Current wordcount: 99. Plot is 80% worked out, but that last ( Read more... )

Went house-hunting on the weekend.

More to get a feel for what we want and what we can afford. Although this weekend we mostly worked out what we can't afford!

A 3br house on the north side of town? Easy, right?

( yeah, no )

Short version: I'm going to sell the unit, get it off my hands, buy a house (hopefully with B1, but that depends) with a mortgage, and work things out.

( real estate things )

yuletide assignment is done.

yuletide pinch hit has to be completed in the next 36 hours.

I am le tired and just want to lie down and cry. But my cat wants to cuddle with me, so I think we will go and do that for a while... And I may quietly cry while she purrs.

The property my sisters and I live in is being sold. I've mentioned this before, specifically in terms of my youngest sister B2 ( Read more... )