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[hawkwing_lb]

Did I mention I saw a tortoise yesterday? Two tortoises, actually: one sitting in his shell in the middle of one of the gravel paths up Lykavittos hill, and the other, somewhat larger, trundling along through long grass in the underbrush. He (or she) was making a good clip, too: I'm always surprised that tortoises aren't, in fact, all that slow.

(Tortoises are cool. I never get past that sudden shock of cool, it's a living fossil! when I see one. They have armour.)

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I spent today working on a required Plan Of Work For Academic Year 2012-2013 for my mandatory progress review. I finished it, too. It only took me six hours to write not quite the thousand mandatory words. (Actually, I have something like 850. I doubt they will count individually.)

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I have a review to write for Strange Horizons, on Juliet E. McKenna's Dangerous Waters and Darkening Skies. My resounding feeling about these books is meh, why should I care?

Also, I am tired. Lonely. Feeling very isolated. I've burned through my fun paperback reading in the last three weeks, and what's left is either work or the next best thing. And ebooks, pleasant as they are, just aren't so comfortable for reading on the couch when one's laptop is one's ereader.

I want to whine. So tell me something good?

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[(Anonymous)]

Something good: next week, or perhaps the week after, I will begin planting my summer garden. Some folks have begun planting already, but I have a feeling Mother Nature is going to spring a surprise on them and I don't want to sacrifice my (rather expensive) seeds. There are bluebirds in the bluebird house down by the tractor barn and chickadees (or perhaps titmice, I haven't gotten close enough to tell) in the box at the back of the dog yard. The deer have thus far left the two remaining raspberry plants alone. And the big herb show is April 28, less than a month away, and I already have a list of Wants. >:-)

[hawkwing_lb]

Bluebirds and deer? And raspberries? Nice!

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

1. I accomplished some community service on Friday by giving "double reds"; two units of red cells (in which they returned some plasma along with saline to me). I can haz a Tired, but it's a good kind of tired.

2. The Ex may have found her new house, for possibly a smaller down payment, which is good for me. I will be cautiously optimistic until the papers are signed.

3. The Son has a vacation this week, so I do not have to run off to get him every afternoon, and consequently can leave work a little earlier. Combined with the lack of bell choir practice tonight means I get to see my FG.

4. At the end of this week, I have a comp day. I plan to commit acts of extreme decadence. I may even sleep late!

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Nice!

Mmm, sleep. I forget how much of it I need.

(By the way, I have a letter for you. Hopefully soon I will have a stamp, too.)

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Yes, sleep! Comfortable, cozy, decadent sleep!

I actually didn't sleep that late, as it turned out we were doing our semi-annual inspections and the Big One was scheduled for that day, so I went to work on my comp day. Once the inspection was finished, I went home and napped on my couch, surrounded by cats and dogs.

(Letters, mm.)

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

I managed to get to tai chi tonight. Hurrah. Coming out of the village hall afterwards, I nearly bumped into a passerby on the pavement. He apologised with exquisite politeness.

I'm still not sure whether he was naturally polite or whether the fact that I was carrying a six foot pole might have had something to do with it.

I'm sorry to hear that the Juliet McKenna hasn't proved inspiring. I keep hoping she'll produce something that I like as much as her first few books.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

The six foot pole always has something to do with it. :)

I haven't really enjoyed anything she's written since the end of the first series. These new ones are fairly - well, I found them tedious? So.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

A tortoise! Woo!!

I get excited when I see lizards...

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Lizards are foreign and exciting.