Miscellaneous stuff

[wiseheart]

At first, I was a bit annoyed to see the sudden colour change on the menu bar - but then I recognized the haunted house and the whole Halloween stuff, and now I find it rather nice. Even if a bit too soon.

Tomorrow, we're going to the cemetery. We've wasted another summer when we could have moved my grandparents to a closer one. Mum and I could be a bit... lazy sometimes.

School's out for the next nine days, thank God - autumn break. I'm so very tired. All this stuff going on here, plus my still-not-qute-cured cold, plus my damaged little toe... I just want to curl up and sleep for a month or so. And if possible, get disgustingly rich, so that I won't have to fight with teenagers who stubbornly defend themselves from being taught anything.

I'll try to finish "The Lost Warrior" during autumn break, but I don't really hope I'll manage. We probably won't get to Vienna, either, due to work-related stress at Mum's workplace. Too bad - we were both looking forward to it.

Okay, off to sleep now. My PC has beaten me at solitary so many times it's really depressing.

Comments

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Ah, relief that you've reached your autumn break! I hope you can use the time to get some rest, and get properly better.

I'm sorry you won't get to Vienna, but it sounds like you both have quite a lot on your plate at the moment. :-( Maybe you can make it there at Christmas, though, and have fun round the Weihnachtsmärkte? I hope so.

Good morning! I hope you slept well.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, Vienna in its pre-Christman insanity is more than I could actually bear. I've tried many times, sometimes I even enjoyed it, but at one point it has reached a level that was just too much for me.

But perhaps we'll manage to get there between Christmas and New Years Eve, during Xmas break. It's a beautiful city and only 3 hours by train from Budapest, so it's doable in one day.

Actually, sleeping is still a bit problematic because of the caughing, but thank you nevertheless. :))

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you didn't get as much done over summer as you'd like but life tends to be that way.

I didn't take much notice of the menu bar till you mentioned it, Halloween is not big down under, possibly because it looses it's meaning in springtime!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, possibly. It's growing on us over here, at least where the commercial part of it is considered, but without a true tradition it just doesn't have the right roots. Just like Valentine's Day.

BTW, I haven't forgotten the Brother Cadfael books I promised you - they just haven't arrived yet. If they ever will. I'm getting doubtful.

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Yes, Valentine's Day is another one not much celebrated until quite recently here. I know of a lot of Australians who aren't aware of what either Halloween or Valentine's Day are.

I hope your Brother Cadfael books arrive safely soon. Thanks for not forgetting me, but you know you don't have to send them. :) Not that I wouldn't be pleased to give the extra books a good home.