Not dead. Hanging out at the other LJ.

I haven't updated in ages...but there's not much to report. Christmas break is almost here and life is on course. Christmas might be a bit different this year since Aunt Olive is in the nursing home (although her broken neck isn't slowing her down); we might have a quiet little Christmas dinner and watch movies ( Read more... )

Just one more day of classes for the summer semester; I'm procrastinating grading, which makes for good fic writing time. And with hateful_piglet's new job, we'll have weekends free. Time to sit at the winery, look at the fake sheep, and let her give me some story prompts (most of which involve cheese wrappers).

I'm home from my 'working' trip to Seville, Spain and Canterbury, England. The girls are home now, too, after their stay at hateful piglet's. Life is getting back to normal. I miss the Spanish food, the orange trees in bloom, and weather in Spain. I miss the rain, the cathedrals, and the accents in England. *sigh*

From sunny Spain to rainy England, I'm having a great trip. The tour of Canterbury is tomorrow morning, but I think I could give it myself (well, I could give the charity shop tour of Canterbury). I'm off for dinner with my friend, Jayne Anne and her mum.

In Madrid, and taking a break from walking around the Puerta del Sol (or something like that). It´s beautiful here...reminds me of my weekend in Gibraltar, but with more Spanish. ´

When does the jet lag hit?

Just ask Aunt Olive. She was in the hospital last week and then had a short stay in the nursing home over her 96th birthday. Mom and I had just gotten her home two days ago and she got sick again. She's back in the hospital tonight, hopefully resting, and I'm wishing, hoping, and praying that she gets to come home soon ( Read more... )

Got the Outback serviced today, and it turns out that the horrible screeching noise was just a belt that needed to be tightened. A quick forty dollars later and now my car won't frighten small children and animals when I start it or when I turn to the left ( Read more... )

Since I've made another journal just for my fic, I've been posting here a little less. But if you see a chick named vodkaplaid, be nice to her, won't you? It's just me.

*waves to anyone still reading*

Whew...I had a full week of teaching. Glad I got a day off to rest. Got a haircut, clipped the kitties' nails, ate some lunch. Gonna go write (and maybe, just maybe, finish something). It's a good day.

And have I mentioned how much I hate FriendFace? Oh, yeah...it's called Facebook. Who's with me? Piglet?