A fun weekend
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deborah_cWell, all things considered, the weekend was quite fun.
Saturday was the girls' birthday. They're seven now; it seems almost unbelievable how quickly they're growing up. I think one of my resolutions for the new year, when it comes, should probably be to make sure I don't miss any more of it; the last two years have been quite difficult. In turn, we had their godparents here (well, some of them); then my parents, Liz's parents, Liz's sister and her four children. I think everyone enjoyed themselves... Home-made pizzas and (bought, I'm afraid) birthday cake for tea, with seven children exploring applied ballistics :-)
On Sunday I was off to London again for the afternoon to practice "Trial by Jury". I still have one or two intricate passages which I need to work on before the convention at which they're singing it in February, but that should be OK. I also need to get round to joining Dixseption at some point! (And booking somewhere to stay, and possibly getting in touch with the Portsmouth end of my family, and so on...)
Dreadfully tired by the end of Sunday, though. I fell asleep in the car on the way back from London (despite having drunk a fair amount of coffee), got home, went to bed, was woken by my parents phoning about their Christmas letter at 9ish, went back to sleep, and then woke up when Liz came to bed at 1.30ish. By that point, I was still shattered, but couldn't get back to sleep... sigh...
Hopefully life can now settle down to something a little closer to the chaos that passes for normality in our household! We just have to sort out all the things that haven't got done in the last three weeks of panic, get Christmas sorted out, work out if/when we're seeing the rest of the family, clear up and decorate the house, and... well, sleep at some point, with an ounce of luck.
Saturday was the girls' birthday. They're seven now; it seems almost unbelievable how quickly they're growing up. I think one of my resolutions for the new year, when it comes, should probably be to make sure I don't miss any more of it; the last two years have been quite difficult. In turn, we had their godparents here (well, some of them); then my parents, Liz's parents, Liz's sister and her four children. I think everyone enjoyed themselves... Home-made pizzas and (bought, I'm afraid) birthday cake for tea, with seven children exploring applied ballistics :-)
On Sunday I was off to London again for the afternoon to practice "Trial by Jury". I still have one or two intricate passages which I need to work on before the convention at which they're singing it in February, but that should be OK. I also need to get round to joining Dixseption at some point! (And booking somewhere to stay, and possibly getting in touch with the Portsmouth end of my family, and so on...)
Dreadfully tired by the end of Sunday, though. I fell asleep in the car on the way back from London (despite having drunk a fair amount of coffee), got home, went to bed, was woken by my parents phoning about their Christmas letter at 9ish, went back to sleep, and then woke up when Liz came to bed at 1.30ish. By that point, I was still shattered, but couldn't get back to sleep... sigh...
Hopefully life can now settle down to something a little closer to the chaos that passes for normality in our household! We just have to sort out all the things that haven't got done in the last three weeks of panic, get Christmas sorted out, work out if/when we're seeing the rest of the family, clear up and decorate the house, and... well, sleep at some point, with an ounce of luck.
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Date: 2004-12-14 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-12-14 11:28 am (UTC)I think it probably does constitute "small world", though: given that she's starting from 3000 miles away, it's not quite so expected an event :-)
(*waves* to
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Date: 2004-12-14 11:34 am (UTC)One of my colleagues, though, is a rather dedicated example of the type, though. He and I have been dragging each other into assorted things for many years now (random concerts, running conventions, several choirs and at least two jobs so far...) He's involved in a filk choir (yes, that probably is a rather strange concept!) who, while they normally sing a cappella have decided to filk G&S this time, and needed an accompanist. I've been quite enjoying it, I do have to admit -- it's too long since I last did anything like it, or really anything musical at all.
I'm still hoping I can get to your party; the time itself is free, but I'm not sure that I have either the time during the rest of the week or the money to do anything about costumery. ~squirm~. I really do want to come, honestly!
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Date: 2004-12-14 07:54 pm (UTC)Don't worry about costume - its optional. TBH I'm not a great one for fancy dress and haven't watched MASH for years - the theme was Mel's idea and I don't think I got consulted (not griping). So I'd love to see you with or without anything special.