70 days left...

[wiseheart]

... and at least the central heating started, almost 3 weeks earlier than its regular time. It isn't overwhelming, we aren't sweating in the flat (we rarely do, in truth), but at least the pipes are lukewarm and we are no longer freezing. Temperatures are rising a bit, although weather forecast "promises" another cold front and lots of rain for Saturday. Joy, joy, joy.

We are struggling with the new e-class book system. It is incredibly slow, because the authorities have forced every single school to switch to it and I think the servers simply can't deal with all the traffic. It is also a lot less logical than the old system was, with a great deal more unnecessary work. Thank God I only have to deal with it for 9 more weeks. It is bad enough for such a short time.

Other than that, not much is happening over here, although I'm told that no news is good news. I'm trying to keep up with the daily posts because I know I'll want to remember how I spent these last months at work later on, but there isn't really much to report.

I just wish my LJ friends of old hadn't vanished into thin air. I'm happy to have found new ones, but it's saddening not to hear anything from people some of which I'd even met in real life. Ah, well, keeping up a friendship always needs a mutual effort and apparently, they don't find keeping in touch worth the effort. :(

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I agree about older friends on LJ. It was nice to be able to meet up with them and just get to know each other off line. Now, it's gone. I love my new friends, but I miss my old ones, too.

I hope that you continue to stay comfortable. I remember the heat going off in our London flat and freezing. We actually were able to get it back on, but our friend in the flat next door never did.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, today was a warmer day and the heating shut down automatically. Now we're freezing our backside off again. Blasted thermostate!

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Hmm, we have a thermostat, but we control it. It's hate to have someone else in charge of my comfort levels. brr...

[meathiel]

A lot of LJ people have absconded to FB ... sad as it is. :-( Esp. after LJ was bought by the Russians - a lot of my old friends left then.

I refuse to turn on the heating yet - it's still quite warm during the day so I'll manage. I think when my parents come back they will want it turned on, though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember all the hysterics when the Russians bought LJ - people mass-migrated to DW, but the sad truth is, although I do have an account and import my LJ there on the weekly basis, no-one of them bothered to comment at all.

Central heating has the disadvantage that you can't decide when you want to turn it on; although if it had been our choice, we would have, too. Mum is at home most of the day and she's almost 87 by now, she needs her creature comfort. As for me, I spend too much time standing around on the school yard by every weather to tolerate cold well. I used not to be bothered by the cold, but I think I've got miniature ice shards in my bone marrow by now, so yeah, I like it cosy and warm when inside the flat.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's sad when we lose touch.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm so fed up with trying to keep in touch one-sidedly!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I find too that trying to keep friendships can be one way. I miss many of my old LJ friends.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That says a lot about those so-called friends, doesn't it? I mean, what kind of friends are they when they cannot be arsed to care?