I thought my first post after getting back would be about some of the things we encountered in Denmark (in addition to 'more sun than I have seen in Scotland since 2006'). But as it turns out, A. had different ideas ( Read more... )

( Welcome to London Heathrow... )

So last night at 11, in the pouring rain, we arrived in Copenhagen and made it... eventually... to our hotel the mental hospital.

When they said they refurbished it, clearly what they meant was that they sawed off the bars outside the windows and put handles on the insides of the doors (yes, drmoni, I checked ( Read more... )

( Another translation. I enjoy telling myself that this is highly educational. *g* )

So. Three hours ago, I saw G off to the airport and made sure he got through security okay, and then I drove back and dove straight into another couple of Majo no Jouken eps with k_julia, chatting alongside about ponies and machine guns... until she had to go off to the cinema and I started to strip beds and move furniture back to where it normally goes, ( Read more... )

A. has taken G into Argyll, together with a mutual friend. I hope they have wonderful weather and stay out for a long, long time ( Read more... )

So, after two days and a bit of having a teenager staying with us, what do I have to report?

Well, apart from the fact that I hang out in... uh... the part of life that isn't in a computer (k_julia told me I was BAD when I called it 'meatspace', so I won't) for far more hours in a day than I am used to or like, it's actually not so bad.

( Two days down... )

Housework. God, it sucks ( Read more... )

Well, have been back for two nights and a day now, since we arrived home late on Sunday. But then I had to deal with some urgent work stuff, and generally unpack and re-sort all my things, and catch up on life as it happened between Thursday and Sunday night. Because those four days in Düsseldorf were kind of too busy for me to keep up.

( Dear Diary... )

Have been in the garden since 10, and would have been much earlier if I hadn't had to return a keyboard to PC World and pick up a new one elsewhere. Long story. But at last I have what I want ( Read more... )