Dear friendslist

[wiseheart]

Where are you all gone, fellas? Have you died, fallen ill, got eaten by Real Life or migrated from LJ elsewhere? I still remember the time when one had to check LJ almost on the daily basis to keep up with the lives of one's friends. Now it seems that most of you got eaten by a big, blue space yellyfish, and nobody thought to send me the death certificates.

Come on, folks, spring starts tomorrow, rise from your tombs! The people in Romania will pin the mârtisors on their jackets (small, flower-shaped broches with colourful ribbons) to remember everyone that spring has come again. So finish the hibernation act and drop in for our very own little spring festival! I can't offer much more than a warm welcome because I am being eaten by Real Life right now, but you will be most warmly welcome, for sure!

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Those are fantastic news indeed! Congratulations on all aspects! It's sooo important that one have a good working atmosphere and a good place to live.

Now I should probably start looking for organized package holidays that include a visit in Belfast.... *g*

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I totally agree: having good people to work with in a friendly atmosphere is extremely important. And I have always been quite picky about where I want to live, though people kept being shocked about how quickly I had found and bought a house in Belfast. To be honest I liked it pretty much as soon as I walked in the door, and looking around just confirmed my opinion. I did get a survey done -- it was one of the conditions of getting a mortgage, but I would have anyway -- and was rather worried they would find something that meant it wasn't a good place to buy. The one thing it lacks to be my dream house is a suitable space for a library, but then my living room usually looks quite a lot like a library with bookcases covering most of the walls...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

P.S. and yes, do come to Belfast! It is really quite pretty, and as pretty much everybody I have talked to about moving to Northern Ireland remarks, "I want to see the Giant's Causeway". I have wanted to see that since before I moved to the UK, so it really is high time for me...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'd love to! Unfortunately, it also depends on how much Mum is willing to take upon herself, as I won't go without her. And package holidays are rather exhausting as a rule. We wee both fairly dead from the England-Wales one two years ago. But they're still the financially most doable way to travel, so I'll start looking.