Literally late, not euphemistically.

He said he'd be around 9am. We got a call around 9:10 - they were just leaving my aunt's place - about an hour away.

Then, at 10:15am, I called him - they were stopping over at a place that isn't on the way from the aunt's place to here - to...pick someone/something up? This place is 45mins from my aunt's and ( Read more... )

The distinction between something working technically and something working functionally is a fine one and probably something that most users don't get. "It's not working!" is the catchcry, without realising that, from a technical perspective, yes, it's working, it's just telling you that your data is wrong, as compared to not processing your data ( Read more... )

A post about my grandmother, both of them late. *wry smile*

( written back when I'd first started work here and had time to write this kind of meta )

Thanks for all the condolences, guys. I don't have the energy to answer all of you individually right now, but all your messages of encouragement and love were very much appreciated through the day ( Read more... )

I've been cleaning up around the house before I head off to China for the stepbrothers.

And it occurred to me while moppping that floor that I do the housework because I know if I don't do it, B1 will; and B2 doesn't do the housework, because she knows if she doesn't, B1 will ( Read more... )

After three weeks off hockey, I played a Gala Day - 7 x 20 min games of hockey on quarter-sized fields ( Read more... )

This is just an agency interview, but the agency is in Melbourne and so the interview is via Skype ( Read more... )

I have an interview today with an Agency. Still nothing back about any other jobs. My finances are good enough to survive on until at least the end of September, although I might start having to take up work (or sell Tupperware or jewellery or something ( Read more... )

3:30pm: They're discharging her. I'm guessing that means her memory's (mostly) back. Stepdad seems to think she's okay. There'll be a few more tests, but it looks like we're out of the woods. At least for the moment ( Read more... )

Uncle #1 (doctor...actually, all the uncles on my maternal side are doctors...) texted me last night. They think it's Transient Global Amnesia. Meaning it should be temporary, and it's not localised to any one thing ( Read more... )