They Say What They Say

1. This really has been an OMG, long week. I am so glad that it is Friday.

2. Not sure the boy is speaking to me anymore. I've come to the conclusion that I'm happy to just be friends, but he's gone all odd and when we ran into each other by accident on Tuesday it was awkward to say the least. I guess all I can do is leave him to it and either he'll get over it or he won't. I'll be sad to lose a friend, but what else can I do?

3. It's payday today, yay \o/

4. Tonight Helen and I are going to the Sun Bookshop for a wine and cheese event and then onto Mad Moose for pizza. And the best thing about going to both of those places? We live less than five minutes away from them so there's absolutely no problem with having a few drinks than trying to figure out how to get home.

5. I'm having a haircut tomorrow. I'm thinking shoulder length or shorter. Anyone who has met me in real life, or has at least a photo of me with my hair out, knows how think it is and I've been feeling like it's weighing me down lately. I really want a bit of a change, but I'll see what happens on the day. My hairdresser might have other ideas. He usually does.

6. Did I mention it was Friday and it's payday?

1. This really has been an OMG, long week. I am so glad that it is Friday.

2. Not sure the boy is speaking to me anymore. I've come to the conclusion that I'm happy to just be friends, but he's gone all odd and when we ran into each other by accident on Tuesday it was awkward to say the least. I guess all I can do is leave him to it and either he'll get over it or he won't. I'll be sad to lose a friend, but what else can I do?

3. It's payday today, yay \o/

4. Tonight Helen and I are going to the Sun Bookshop for a wine and cheese event and then onto Mad Moose for pizza. And the best thing about going to both of those places? We live less than five minutes away from them so there's absolutely no problem with having a few drinks than trying to figure out how to get home.

5. I'm having a haircut tomorrow. I'm thinking shoulder length or shorter. Anyone who has met me in real life, or has at least a photo of me with my hair out, knows how think it is and I've been feeling like it's weighing me down lately. I really want a bit of a change, but I'll see what happens on the day. My hairdresser might have other ideas. He usually does.

6. Did I mention it was Friday and it's payday?

Hellooo interwebs!

I'm still alive, although I'm finding that the longer I go without posting the harder it becomes to do so. I'm still sans internet at home, which seems to shock people more than I thought it would. When I tell them that I have no access to the WWW outside of work hours its like I've told then that I've cut off my left foot or something. Very odd.

So, what's been happening? Not a lot, really. I spent my birthday in a meeting in Wollongong, which was novel, have traveled back and forth to the old home town many times over the last month and ate too many party pies at my niece's fifth birthday party on Saturday. Seriously, I cannot look a meat pie in the eye at the moment. The very though of it makes me want to gag.

I've also been doing a lot of sewing. Dresses mostly. I can't get enough dresses these days and as a result my wardrobe it about to burst at the seams, so to speak. But still. DRESSES!!!!!

*ahem*

Not much happening on the fannish front. I seem to have lost all interest in fanfic, both reading and writing it, and I'm barely keeping up with the shows I do have a passing interest in. Put it this way: I've only just watched the first episode of season six of Supernatural. That's how far behind I am. I can't say if this lull is permanent or temporary. I'll just have to wait and find out.

*waves at you all*

ETA: So now I'm eating my words about the fanfic thing because I just found out that celli posted this perfect little Dan/Casey ficlet for me on AO3 and I just love it!

*hearts*

Hellooo interwebs!

I'm still alive, although I'm finding that the longer I go without posting the harder it becomes to do so. I'm still sans internet at home, which seems to shock people more than I thought it would. When I tell them that I have no access to the WWW outside of work hours its like I've told then that I've cut off my left foot or something. Very odd.

So, what's been happening? Not a lot, really. I spent my birthday in a meeting in Wollongong, which was novel, have traveled back and forth to the old home town many times over the last month and ate too many party pies at my niece's fifth birthday party on Saturday. Seriously, I cannot look a meat pie in the eye at the moment. The very though of it makes me want to gag.

I've also been doing a lot of sewing. Dresses mostly. I can't get enough dresses these days and as a result my wardrobe it about to burst at the seams, so to speak. But still. DRESSES!!!!!

*ahem*

Not much happening on the fannish front. I seem to have lost all interest in fanfic, both reading and writing it, and I'm barely keeping up with the shows I do have a passing interest in. Put it this way: I've only just watched the first episode of season six of Supernatural. That's how far behind I am. I can't say if this lull is permanent or temporary. I'll just have to wait and find out.

*waves at you all*

ETA: So now I'm eating my words about the fanfic thing because I just found out that celli posted this perfect little Dan/Casey ficlet for me on AO3 and I just love it!

*hearts*

Grrr, one of the major Australian banks has had a computer meltdown which means that all organisations who bank with it are unable to pay their staff. Guess who the university I work for banks with?

Fortunately I had savings to fall back upon. Some of my friends are not so lucky...

Grrr, one of the major Australian banks has had a computer meltdown which means that all organisations who bank with it are unable to pay their staff. Guess who the university I work for banks with?

Fortunately I had savings to fall back upon. Some of my friends are not so lucky...

God, I haven't posted in aaaages! I must get better at remembering to do so.

Meanwhile, here's a short update on what's going on in Layleeland:

• I'm still internetless at home and I'm not really missing it, except for those nights when I'm watching a movie and I can't remember the name of the actor playing the second best friend or some such. That's when I really wish I could jump onto IMDB to find out, although the feeling subsides after I'm ambled off to make a cup of tea.
• Mousey Mousey has reared his(her) ugly head again. Every now and then I see a flash of tail or whiskers and I've become paranoid about wiping the kitchen bench down ever since I found some suspicious looking black deposits near the tea caddy. Grrr!
• I'm going to a conference in Brisbane in September, yay!
• I'm also going to a 'We're not getting married but mum offered to throw us a party anyway' party in Adelaide in October. Note to self: you'll be with your very stylish sisters-in-law. Buy new dress and shoes!
• My bike wen't through a period of need new pedals and needing a service and breaks failing. Who'd a thunk that owning a bike could be just as complicated as owning a car?
• My internetless state has seen me become obsessed with knitting gloves to while away the hours at home. I can't stop buying wool and trawling the intertubes for new patterns. I may be a wee bit addicted to knit one, purl one :~\
• I've just been invited to my 25th year high school reunion. Oh god, I'm not that old am I???

God, I haven't posted in aaaages! I must get better at remembering to do so.

Meanwhile, here's a short update on what's going on in Layleeland:

• I'm still internetless at home and I'm not really missing it, except for those nights when I'm watching a movie and I can't remember the name of the actor playing the second best friend or some such. That's when I really wish I could jump onto IMDB to find out, although the feeling subsides after I'm ambled off to make a cup of tea.
• Mousey Mousey has reared his(her) ugly head again. Every now and then I see a flash of tail or whiskers and I've become paranoid about wiping the kitchen bench down ever since I found some suspicious looking black deposits near the tea caddy. Grrr!
• I'm going to a conference in Brisbane in September, yay!
• I'm also going to a 'We're not getting married but mum offered to throw us a party anyway' party in Adelaide in October. Note to self: you'll be with your very stylish sisters-in-law. Buy new dress and shoes!
• My bike wen't through a period of need new pedals and needing a service and breaks failing. Who'd a thunk that owning a bike could be just as complicated as owning a car?
• My internetless state has seen me become obsessed with knitting gloves to while away the hours at home. I can't stop buying wool and trawling the intertubes for new patterns. I may be a wee bit addicted to knit one, purl one :~\
• I've just been invited to my 25th year high school reunion. Oh god, I'm not that old am I???

I just accidentally deleted most of the contents of my departmental statistics folder. The same folder which contained the spreadsheet I had had been working on all afternoon. The IT guys can probably do a restore from last night's network backup, but it won't include that particular spreadsheet because I only finished working on it half an hour ago.

I'll just be hiding under my desk crying if anyone needs me.

*sobs*

ETA: Thank god our email saves a copy of an attachment into another folder when you send it to someone. I had only just sent the spreadsheet to the subject librarians and was able to forward it to myself. I've still got to get the rest of the files back, but at least I don't have to redo last months' filled report. Phew!

My week has been fairly blah. Not unpleasant or anything, just boring. Work continues along apace, mother is doing well for a change and I've made it to gym twice, which is more than I've done in a long time. I have been rather tired, but going to bed at 9.30 last night helped a lot and so far I haven't been rained on as I've ridden my bike home at night. Small victories, eh?

However Supernatural continues to delight ( cut for spoilers )

I've also caught up on Castle and might have a look at Eastwick if only for Paul Gross running around being charmingly evol as only Paul Gross can be.

Oh, and apparently Katee Sackhoff wouldn't mind being stranded on a desert island with Callum. Can't say I blame her, really.

And how's this for a small world? Turns out the father of one of my staff is a guy I used to work with at Darebin Libraries over ten years ago. I had no idea until I mentioned to her in passing that I used to be a casual at Preston library and then she went, "Then you must know my dad!" Talk about a blast from the past!

LJ just went weird on me and I thought it had eaten my entire post. It's back now but I've forgotten what else i was going to say. Mustn't have been that important after all.