I apologize to those of you who've already seen me whinge about this on Facebook ( Read more... )

My big sister has just given birth to a little boy!

I will get to see them in just under a month!

Yay!

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I'm currently in Glasgow and about to eat lunch, then go off house hunting (as in, hunting down historical family houses, not looking for somewhere to live :D ( Read more... )

I only have a few minutes left on the internet here in my hostel, so this'll be uncharacteristically brief!

* Inverness - smaller than expected but I really liked it. Met my aunt Loretta, my cousin Katie and her twin sons and daughter, my cousin Sam and his wife Debbie and their wee boy Jamie. They were all lovely, though Katie's boys can get a ( Read more... )

Inverness, to be exact ( Read more... )

...but, between finishing up at work, preparing for the start of my course on Monday, house hunting and planning my trip to Scotland - well, let's just say I'm not gonna!

Instead, here is a book meme I came across in a friend's LJ awhile back, filled in, and then promptly forgot about.
Just to let you know that I'm still alive. :)

1. Which book ( Read more... )

Why is all of the advertising that I'm getting on my Livejournal suddenly offering me 'hot'* women???

I will get around to posting r.e. my "Summer Wander Around Scotland" plans, soon (as soon as I have some solidish plans! :D)

All of my kids passed their oral English exam - no idea how, in certain cases, but there you go ( Read more... )

So I'm guessing that, sweltering days aside, Spring is not quite over yet, after all ( Read more... )

Catalan exam coming up, this Saturday - not nearly as confident about it as last year's one (aaarrggghh!).

My students have their speaking exams next week and have only now started to panic enough about it to actually do some damned work. This involves, amongst other things, me working some unpaid hours during the week and Saturdays, as a trade- ( Read more... )