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learning a foreign language
The rude words stick first and yesterday it saved me. Not rude in Swedish (which is harder than Martian) but in English. The train system over here is pretty poor. Lots of cancellations, being kicked off one and getting on another etc ( Read more... ) -
Urgh lurg
Boo hoo. Here I am in chilly Sweden brewing the lurg. It stArted shortly after I arrived with a heavy crackly chest and roasting face. My eyes have just reached hot oven setting and won't open properly while my teeth are chattering uncontrollably. Two days before I go home. Waaah. Pity me. -
Tiiiiired
A week of waking at 4am, aided by a colleague ringing my mobile (no, I did not answer) and my mother texting me, 'you haven't texted me' as well as my body just pinging up, and I am wrecked. Today is the flight back. As usual, I woke 4 or 5 times last night.
I rode yesterday, it was good in some places and less so in others. I'll write some other ( Read more... ) -
Busy doing nothin'
You can tell I haven't much to do, other than plenty of work that is. I'm not inclined to do that until tomorrow. Here I am noodling on LJ again ( Read more... ) -
Lazing
Not being used to long distance travel, I woke at 4am despite staying up till 11pm local time. It's almost 10am now and I'm lounging about in the hotel. There's work to do in advance of being in the office tomorrow.
Driving here last night in the dark was Interesting. It took a while to work out that the road name signs apply to the road ( Read more... ) -
Jet setting
I think some time ago I may have posted about some possible travel with work. It has happened. Now, I hoped for glamorous Asian gigs but expected the arse end of Belgium. There's a compromise to be had. With work I've done Spain, lots of France and am now in the States, sitting in an airport waiting to get to another bit of the States. Just ( Read more... ) -
jizmarmots
J's school shoes have fallen to pieces. Bleagh. It happened on Friday so the weekend involved the expedition to Clarks, where we found that his feet are now the same size as mine and larger than the shop stocks. We now have to be measured in store then order on line. The shop is 25 mins away on the motorway. Humbug. J has had to attend school in ( Read more... ) -
Party
I am full of mulled wine and this is good. We had an early bonfire party tonight and it was marvellous. I love fireworks! S baked the most chocolatey biscuits in the world and I made plenty of delicious mulled wine, indulging royally. Mmmmm. Yummy.
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Silver linings
We picked up the car today. While it would take a very long time to recoup our losses in improved fuel economy, the car is now averaging 59mpg on the motorway. Maybe giving your diesel engine a good clean out with petrol has a plus side.*
The kids are celebrating movember by plastering their faces with slime moustaches and turkey wattles. They went ( Read more... ) -
Stupid women drivers
Gnnnrrggh! It was my own fault. I put petrol in the car instead of diesel. What an idiot.