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[helle_d]

Wow, I haven't posted in a long time. First there was exams and finals-term crazy; and then the longer I go before actually sitting down and writing the stuff in my head, the more there is that I totally need to tell and the more News I find it my duty to impart. So, nothing gets written because there is too much to write. But I am going to try and

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[littlered2]

*hugs* Sleep; you have lots to catch up on. I'm sorry the achalasia is still causing problems - hopefully the specialist can help. (And having to dash home after Finals and be whisked straight off to surgery would have been ridiculous; it's a bugger that you're suffering now, but I think that would have made you miserable too.) I'm glad you're able to talk to your mum about things - that stuff is so hard - and pfft, your feelings are important.

*hugs* If you do return to Oxford, I hope very much that I can come and visit you lots. (And maybe in the Northwest, but it is scarily close to the estranged grandparents. THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN.)

[helle_d]

Yeah - I did briefly consider the Dashing Off option, but that would have been suprememly not fun. It was ruled out, in any case, on practical grounds - it wouldn't have been a good situation for the specialist to have to leave almost immiediatly afterwards and not be around Just In Case over the following few months.

Come to Oxford! Frith and I will gleefully ply you with delicious things, we are already planning out all the people we want to invite to have Grown-Up Dinner Parties. You are on the list. :) And we'll have a spare room, so you will be VERY WELCOME to come and reaquaint yourself with Oxford at any oppurtunity. It would also be great to see you in the North-West, but even above the alarming proximity to Morecombe, I can't imagine train fares and such would be fun, for such a distance. (We had the Olympic Torch here today. It got decidely rained on with characteristic local gales.)

[littlered2]

I hope when you are able to have it, it's helpful.

I will definitely come to Oxford! And I will ply you with delicious things in return.

I just looked up the prices of tickets to Lancaster Lancaster, and while they aren't great, they're manageable. Especially as I have a railcard (well, it vanished en route to Oxford a few weeks ago, but was due to expire soon anyway and the woman from NatWest I phoned said the new one was already printed). And National Rail suggests booking a first-class ticket in advance would be the cheapest option!

We're not even getting the Olympic Torch here, being too small and dull for such things. We do have gales, though. (Our town motto is E Ventis Vires, "Strength From the Wind". It is very windy.)

[teh_elb]

*HUGS* So many congratulations for finishing Finals, and I know what you mean about having too much to write so writing nothing on LJ because the pressure gets too much! And I hope that things are sorted out, and you have a lovely summer.

[helle_d]

Thank you, love! *hugs* I'm sure once I figure out how to slow down I'll have a fine time of it.

[highfantastical]

*hugs* It sounds like a lot's been going on - I'm sorry the achalasia's giving you a rough time. Huge well done for finishing finals, though! That is awesome! :D

p.s. I am all ears any time you fancy posting about the delightful Renée Vivien, though I appreciate it's poss still too close to work-time for you to want to.

edited for apostrophe!fail ;)

[helle_d]

I am sure that, now I have the lesiure to think about non-exam-related intellectual things I will be back on lovely Renée soon! I am currently coveting the frustratingly hard to aquire book of her letters to her long-distance lover, Kerimé Turkhan Pacha, a French-educatated ambassador's wife of Constantinople, with whom she had a passionate, but in some ways very unreal, correspondance over several years.

Thanks for the wellwishes - the achalasia as a physical problem is inconvenient but liveable, only, as you might imagine, several years of always being deeply aware of everything I eat and drink does rather lead to a parcel of Anxieties on that score!

I've been following your posts with interest, although I'm afraid I'm bad at commenting on people - but I would very much like to come to know you better. :)

[highfantastical]

Even a couple of years of that awareness (deriving from a risk of anaphylaxis) has inflamed all my existing issues on that score to a ghastly height, so I have at least some idea, though I imagine many years of it must have been a great deal worse. *hugs*

That's so nice of you - probably my number one lj-related anxiety is that I'm actually just alienating and/or terrifying and/or disgusting people, so the fact that you found my posts interesting really means a lot to me. Feel free to jump in if you want to, but equally don't ever feel any pressure to if you're in a shy phase!

YAY RENEE. I just lost my Amazon.fr virginity acquiring books, so I know the genre of temptation of which you speak... :D

[helle_d]

Eep, allergies and risks of anaphylaxis sounds a great deal more ghastly to me! At least if I eat food that disagrees with me it does so relatively politely, without raising its voice, as it were. Massive respect for you maintaining a vegan diet with those additional constraints!

And I know what you mean about Amazon.fr and gleefully acquiring books... why is it that spending money on wonderful things is such a bad ideas?

[hedge_backwards]

I echo all the *hugs* I'm sorry you're still having achalasia related problems - hope everything gets better on that front soon.

I agree its weird being home without Definitive Work Plans to give your existence meaning. At least the plans you have sound reasonable as opposed to just hanging around the house in an awkward manner and disconcerting all the animals. I realise I can't talk about the importance of talking about feelings as I personally am of the 'suppress everything like fury and hope that it'll turn out right in the end' school, but your feelings are valid and you should feel free to express them. I'm sure you'll be able to work out some sort of rapport with C, even if its based on amicable mutual incomprehension.

Anyway, I haven't watched Dollhouse yet, though this state of affairs will not long continue if V has anything to do with it. I do expect to finish Blood and Gold tonight however, so I will be flailing all over here and on Facebook. OH GOD WHY DID I LET MYSELF GET ATTACHED.

[helle_d]

*hugs* Thanks. :)
"Amicable mutual incomprehension" really hits the nail on the head; that exactly describes current relations between me and La Cait.

MUAHAHAHA, attachment is ALWAYS a fatal mistake. (Who to? There are so many of them...) Also: BRIENNE BRIENNE BRIENNE. That is all.