22 days left

[wiseheart]

Today was really long. I sacrificed my writing hours in the morning for getting Mum to the other side of the city, where I dumped her onto one of her friends - they were visiting a mutual friend who doesn't get out much any longer - and then hit the craft shops. Naturally, I ended up with spending a shocking amount of money on designer craft paper (beautiful) and permanent white, gold and silver markers (they were on sale).

Then I went to an eatery to have lunch. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything I felt like eating (although they really have a wide selection), so I ate broccoli cream soup and an ungodly serving of tiramisu (although I suspect it didn't have much to do with actual tiramisu - still it was good) before going to work.

There I finally met the New Guy (the replacement of the silly ex-colleague who didn't speak with me in the last two months or so). Well... I'll hold back my judgement for a while yet. Everyone deserves a chance, right? Still, I find him odd.

After work, we had choir practice and M, our choir leader gave me a lift home, as is her wont. I'm really grateful for this; I hate coming home in the dark, plus I had to take home the 30 eggs I'd ordered, and other assorted stuff. (In the hope that they'll, in fact, give us our gas back tomorrow, and I can finally cook and bake again.) She also gave me my belated birthday gift: some artful photo frames and a 1000-gram Panettone cake, which we cut for supper. Health food is something else, but at least this is delicious - not to mention very soft, so Mum doesn't have problems with eating it.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a pretty good morning.
Wow, 30 eggs. Mostly for baking?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Assuming they'll give our gas back in this eternity, yes. Advent baking has to start, soon - more so as I offered a colleague (and an overworked grandmother twice over) to make a batch of each sort for her as well.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Still no gas?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Nope. :(

[meathiel]

Well, at least you won't have to deal with new guy for long ... ;-)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's definitely a comforting thought. Imagine a guy about 50 with gelled up hair and a bead necklace, wearing a muscle shirt like those completely brainless young men in the gyms... He's polite and friendly enough, but there's something in him that I find very off-putting.