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[lyore]

Well, that was a slightly longer than usual gap between posts, wasn't it? I blame the weather - no, seriously. We've had massive electrical storms just about every night for the last few weeks. It's been insane. The central section of town got closed down today because of the hail drifts - yep, that's right, hail drifts blocked all the streets and car parks. The Uni, a bunch of schools and government departments had the day off - not mine, of course.

In two weeks today that I leave for Europe - this time in a fortnight I'll be sitting in plane flying to KL, if all goes according to plan. Plane tickets are booked, accommodation in France is sorted, britrail/eurostar passes paid for - after paying that much money, it's starting to feel sort of real. Wow.

Right, I'm going to take advantage of the continuing break in the storms to actually read my flist - since there isn't a hope in hell of me actually catching up, let me know if I've missed anything vitally important?

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[psuedoskribe.livejournal.com]

Uni is closed for the entire week. It's a good time to be at uni and behind on your tutorial readings. Wazzah!

[lyore.livejournal.com]

It is ABSOLUTELY NOT FAIR that you get three days off uni and I still have to go to work. Why didn't we get hailed on?

[psuedoskribe.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you, somebody up there takes great pity on me. I also got hit up with a mystery stomach thing and got told to stay home from work today. I am, however, rushing job apps, so it's a tradeoff.

(What would be REALLY unfair is if I was sent home and still got paid today. Which is not happening, btw.)

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I must say, that's the best thing about full-time employment - paid sick leave. Well, paid leave in general :)

[psuedoskribe.livejournal.com]

Are they paying you for the time you're in Europe?

Remember, I would like some pictures of cardiff, please. You better find Torchwood's HQ and hug that water feature, stomp on the perception-altering curb... all that jazz, because I sure ain't getting to Europe anytime soon. Not while family still care to see us, at least.

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Hmm! Well, if you haven't been reading LJ since your last post, Aelfgyfu has a new fic up, which I recced here. And sg_fignewton continues to rec lots of good fic- she's just posted her end-of-month-summary yesterday, and I think there was another of her canon vs. fanon pieces while you were out.

Welcome back.. drifts of hail, eh? One of the things I really like about having my own wireless network is I can stay online without endangering anything, even when the weather is crummy. I just unplug and run on battery power during the storm.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up - I'll check them out.

I have wireless, but unfortunately the battery on my laptop is on its last legs and only manages about 10 minutes without being plugged in. It's been on my list of things to replace for a while now, but I've just never gotten around to it. Maybe now I finally will.

[amethyste5.livejournal.com]

Me? Nothing vital, missed you though. I've done the drifts of hail thing, I'm, at least nominally, in tornado alley, and my dad is an insurance adjuster so wild weather is the norm for us.

Two weeks? Wow it's close! You will post mountains of pics when you get back and tell us all about it, right?

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I've missed all of you guys too :)

The weirdest thing about this hail was the fact it it is (well, was) technically summer at the time. We do get insane storms in summer, but the fact that there was enough hail to last more than 5 minutes when it hit the ground it a novelty.

And yes, you'll get lots of picks and stories. In fact, I suspect you and everyone else will be begging me to shut up about it :)

[kasneeze.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! 2 Weeks!!!! I'm excited, although I'm gonna be hell busy when you arrive :P so forgive me if i'm all super stressed!! but YAY :D

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I forgive you in advance :)

I do need to talk to you - I'll drop you a line in gmail sometime this weekend, got some last minute questions for you.

Yay! So close!