For the first time in ages, possibly months, I had time to do all my regular chores without skipping things or drafting in help from Mum. It was glorious. I never though I'd get excited about having time to clean my bathroom, until even getting laundry done required help from the mothership ( Read more... )

I know, it's Thursday, and I'm only just updating with weekend shenanigans. In my defense, Dad has been here and it's been hard finding the time to do much of anything. He went home late last night (so very late, I am so very tired from taking him to the airport) so now life should go back to my usual routine ( Read more... )

Things I need to do this weekend ( Read more... )

The weekend was largely spent veging out, for once. I spent Saturday morning taking down the last of the Christmas decs and stashing them under the stairs, did a bit of writing...and then huddled up with a book for the rest of the day. It was lovely, even if my reading material was about the history of cholera ( Read more... )

Over the last two weeks my stress levels have reached the kind of levels where I'm either going to end up sick or fall over in a heap of crying. Last night I bowed out of knit night early because I was so tired. I had a browse in the bookshop we meet in and *the books scared me* because of all the words. That's how overwhelmed I am. So this weekend ( Read more... )

I really know how to do a day off *right*. So far today I have ( Read more... )

I had another of those weekends where it all got away from me somewhat. Saturday morning there was a ton of running around doing errands. This included getting Mum and I getting our library cards linked so that she can pick up books for me even if I've forgotten to give her my card ( Read more... )

The last week has sort of got away from me to a large degree. It feels like I've spent most of my time paddling madly, trying not to get swept away by other stuff ( Read more... )

My writing group is having a NaNo plotting/planning session tonight rather than our usual word wars thing. As I'm not NaNo-ing due to November being insane, I'm using the time to do other stuff. If I haven't achieved the following by the end of the evening, feel free to yell and poke me with pointy sticks:

- Sign up for
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According to Amazon, my Avengers DVD will be arriving tomorrow ( Read more... )