This does not feel like home yet

This is the first extended period of time I've had on the internet since the last time I posted and currently I don't care that I'm tying up the phone line; if people want to contact me on a Sunday afternoon for once, they can text me.

I have ridiculous amounts of livejournal to catch up with (ten days and counting) and considering we're on dialup at the moment, doubt I'll manage to do so before I go to Tauranga on the 23rd. I'll be able to catch up on some in Tauranga. I've managed to check my personal gmail/hotmail and trademe (we're finally advertising the motorbike) on the one machine at work that allows access to those sites, but I don't touch livejournal at work.

God, I miss broadband and my own firefox tabs. It's too much effort to install the dialup modem on my machine (and I have to have telephone cords everywhere and move my desk into the middle of my room), so I'm currently on maudlinrose's machine, since she left for Auckland this morning.

( Telecom Trials and Tribulations )

I've spent some time this morning doing a bit more tidying and cleaning and generally putting things in a bit more order. We still have some unpacking to do (all the spare linen) and many many boxes to either return or put into storage. Straightened them out, packed away the bubble wrap, so it all looks much tidier now. My room isn't going to feel quite right until I have my jewellery on the walls again, but I need some pieces of dowel or something to hand them from and a backing fabric so the earrings don't scratch the walls.

The cats went into the cattery yesterday. It feels very strange not having them around. They took tamarillow and I through where they keep the cats and the girl said they usually have their lunchbreaks in the room and keep them company. I feel better having seen the place, but concerned about Jemima, who is both grumpy and doesn't like new experiences.

I'm alone in the house until this evening and again on Monday night, so if anyone would like to come around and keep me company, that would be nice. Comment or text to let me know.

Time and space

I have spent most of the day either on dialup downloading fic to read or off dialup reading said fic, lied when I said I wasn't going to catch up on livejournal and feel much better as a result.

I should be in bed asleep, but fic. Also I don't think I'll go to the gym tomorrow; for one thing, I can't be bothered dealing with the laundry before I go.