Domestic stuff, light and dark

[wiseheart]

One of my former classmates of ten years died in December from brain aneurysm... whatever it is. *looks at ithilwen hopelessly*

She was a teacher, too. She went to work one day, like always, and within the hour, she was dead. Just like that. The e-mail announcing her funeral haven't even reached me. I'v only learned about it three days ago. Well... it seems it's our turn now.

On a lighter note, I've baked walnut muffins with apples and cranberries yesterday. It's a recipe I found in the book "Muffins and Pogatchas" I got from Mum for my birthday... and it's fantastic! I'm determined to try out all recepies without coconuts, poppy seeds and dates, which we both hate. The rest lookes very promising.

Got back to work on "The Web of Darkness" a bit. I so hope to finish that story, soon. Before I end like my classmate one day, leaving a huge backlash of unfinished stories behind.

Comments

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Dear E., I'm sorry to hear about your friend. (An aneurysm is a swollen blood vessel, which can burst suddenly, though I'm sure ithilwen can tell you much more.)

Good luck with the writing and baking - both very good things to be doing *Hugs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a sad thing, isn't it? She was only a month older than I am, and although she wasn't the first of our class to go, it's still a bit shocking. The other girls died at least fifteen years ago; she had cancer, which is a different matter.

We've lost contact after secondary school but used to be very good friends for a long while... it's hard to believe that she's gone now.

I really want to finish "Web of Darkness". I'm currently working on Chapter 28 now and hope to be done with the whole thing in two more chapters. Or one. It's been going on long enough. I wish I could post it to SoA, at least there one gets a few reviews, but alas, SoA doesn't accept crossovers. *le sigh*

Then I'll have to finish the second chapter of "Movements", which has turned out quite differently from the first one. I'm curious what you'll say to it. I hope there won't be a third chapter, but with me, one never knows...

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

(An aneurysm is a swollen blood vessel, which can burst suddenly, though I'm sure [info]ithilwen can tell you much more.

Not really; there's not much more to tell. Some people are predisposed to them, and they usually can't be diagnosed before they rupture. If the person is lucky, it's a slow leak which causes nothing worse than an excruciating headache, and the aneurysm can be clamped off surgically. If they're not lucky...